Before Reverend Dr. Rose Ellington Murray became a HeartSmarts Ambassador, she wasn’t practicing what she was preaching when it came to her health.
A program seeks to use faith and lessons from the Bible to persuade minority congregants of churches throughout New York to embrace healthier lifestyles.
Dr. Naa-Solo Tettey teaches a class of HeartSmarts, the faith-based cardiovascular health education program created by Tettey in 2011 to improve health outcomes.
The HeartSmarts program at the Perelman Institute highlights the important role that religion can play in disease prevention efforts in underserved communities.