Partnering with Ribbon Community (formerly known as AIDS Vancouver), the in-person BCC3 Healthy Aging Talks: Heart Health event took place on July 8th, and the virtual event on July 11th

• In preparation for the event, our team developed a "Heart Health Roadmap" - a booklet that provides information about heart health, as well as advice and tips about how to talk about heart health with care providers. The booklet covers the following topics: simple heart health anatomy, risk factors for hearth disease (including women-specific ones), symptoms of heart disease, and tips about heart health-related laboratory tests and questions to ask your care team. The booklet also included a BCC3 heart health research result - an estimate of 10-year risk of cardiovascular event (heart attack or stroke)
• At the event, women had a chance to learn more about heart health during the booklet presentation by our Community Research Associates, and then solidify the knowledge during two rounds of trivia and Q&A.
• We were lucky to be accompanied by Dr. Elizabeth King during the Q&A- and infectious diseases specialist at the Oak Tree Clinic, one of the co-investigators in the BCC3 study, and a principle investigator of the REDOSE study. Dr. King provided invaluable insight into heart health during both the in-person and virtual events.
• At the end of each event, women were able to request personalized booklets (with their own result labeled as "you are here" in a graph containing more than 300 data points).
• Women who participated in the BCC3 study but did not attend the events can also request their booklets by contacting BCC3 Research Coordinator
• The Heart Health events brought together 30 women (20 in-person and 10 virtual)
• We also hosted a virtual Heart Health for women living without HIV, marking a total of 3 Heart Health KT events!

Stay tuned for the future BCC3 Healthy Aging Talks that will focus on immune health, kidney health, and more!