About Heart Week
Heart Week is Australia’s national heart health awareness week held in May each year.
This Heart Week, we’re encouraging health professionals to never miss a beat by using the Aus CVD Risk calculator to deliver more Heart Health Checks to their eligible patients.
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Get involved this Heart Week!
Health Professionals
Everyday Australians
Start a conversation with your patients about heart disease and steps they can take to improve their heart health this Heart Week.
Heart Week resources for your organisation
Download or order your FREE resource pack and engage your community about their heart health.
This Heart Week pack includes resources and decorations to help you:
- Start a conversation with your patients about their heart disease risk and positive steps to reduce their risk.
- Encourage Heart Health Checks with your patients.
- Help patients calculate their heart age and assess their risk for heart disease.
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Use the Aus CVD Risk calculator during your next Heart Health Check
Enhance your CVD prevention efforts with the 2023 Australian Guideline and calculator for assessing and managing CVD risk.
Aus CVD Risk calculator
Use the Aus CVD Risk calculator during your next Heart Health Check
Since its launch in July 2023, the Aus CVD Risk calculator has been used over 1 million times, providing an accurate and comprehensive mechanism for cardiovascular risk assessment in primary care.
The 2023 guideline provides the latest evidence on assessing and managing CVD risk in a primary prevention setting.
Developed through multidisciplinary collaboration, the Aus CVD Risk calculator is uniquely modified and calibrated for the Australian population, enabling more accurate assessment of CVD risk.
Practical resources to support your Heart Health Checks
Use the below tools and resources during your next Heart Health Check
Creative display competition
Get creative in decorating your practice using our free resources to start a conversation about heart health with your patients!
Enter our Heart Week creative display competition for your chance to win one of three $500 gift vouchers (T&Cs apply). Winning and shortlisted displays will be featured nationally on our social media and newsletters.
To enter, share photos on social media with #HeartWeek2025 and tag the Heart Foundation, or submit them via our online form. Eligible displays must be in shared public areas within workplace settings.
