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The Heart Truth is a campaign meant to raise awareness of the risk of heart disease and stroke in women.1 The campaign is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, an organization of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.1 It focuses mainly on educating women ages forty to sixty, as that it the time when the risk of heart disease begins to increase.1
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Campaign history
The campaign began in March 2001 on recommendation from over seventy experts on the health of women.1 The research stressed the need to communicate to women about the risk of heart disease, and endorsed the Heart Truth as a means of doing so.1
Logo and marketing
The logo of the campaign is a red dress. It came into being as a way to attract attention to the Heart Truth, and eliminate preceptions that heart diease is an issue only meant for men.1 The dress reminds women to focus on their "outerselves", as well as their "innerselves", especially heart health.1
The campaign has also conjured a National Wear Red Day, meant to take place on the first Friday of February annually.1
Events
The Heart Truth has joined with the United States Federal Government and fashion industries, in an attempt to appeal to female audiences.1 Red dresses have been displayed across the country, primarily at New York's Fashion Week.1 The first Red Dress Collection Fashion Week took place in 2003 when nineteen designers, including Vera Wang and Oscar de la Renta, contributed dresses that were displayed in the Byrant Park Tents.1 Many fashion shows have been put on in rencet years during the Fashion Week festivities; many famous celebrities have participated in walking the isle, including Sheryl Crow, Kelly Ripa, Venus Williams, Angela Bassett, Rachael Ray, Christie Brinkley, Thalia, Vanessa L. Williams, Billie Jean King, Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, Lindsay Lohan, LeAnn Rimes, Christina Milian, Fergie, Ashanti and Eartha Kitt.1
Laura Bush's involvement
First Lady Laura Bush has been the ambassador for the Heart Truth since 2003. She has led the federal government in giving women more information relating to heart disease.1 Bush has coordinated many events relating to the Heart Truth, including a White House ceremony in 2004, the Kennedy Center exhibit, the Reagan Library exhibit, and has participated in all Fashion Week events dating to 2003.1
A signature component of Mrs. Bush's involvement is her communication with women at hospital events featuring those living with heart disease.2 She promotes the campaign through various media interviews as well.2
First Ladies Red Dress Collection
In May 2005, the Heart Truth constructed a special exhibition at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., known as the First Ladies Red Dress Collection. The collection featured seven red dresses worn by America's first ladies Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush. The exhibit was unveiled by Laura Bush, in the presence of many Congressional spouses and Cabinet secretaries.3
In February 2007, the Heart Truth moved that exhibit to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California. There, the exhibit was opened by former First Lady Nancy Reagan along with television personality Larry King and Laura Bush.3 A conference was held at the library with leaders of the heart disease awareness movement as well as Bush and Reagan.1
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "The Heart Truth Campaign Overview". National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Retrieved on 2008-05-17.
- ^ a b "The Heart Truth Ambassador". National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Retrieved on 2008-05-17.
- ^ a b "First Ladies Red Dress Collection". National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Retrieved on 2008-05-17.
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