DIL WALK MAGAZINE
MARCH 20 – CALGARY, AB – DIL Walk Foundation and Mosaic Primary Care Network are excited announce the launch of a new magazine, DIL WALK Magazine, focusing on heart health issues in the South Asian Community. The magazine will feature tips, ideas, articles, heart-healthy recipes and information from local health professionals, with an emphasis on South Asian culture. The intention of the magazine is to help individuals and families in the community access information to promote the consumption of healthier foods, more active life style and self-management. The magazine is part of an initiative to help increase the awareness of heart disease using a primary prevention approach, further lessening the burden on the health care system and saving lives. Success of the foundation is largely based on partnerships and collaborations with local community businesses and individual volunteers. Through these efforts there has been a steady improvement in knowledge translation and actual heart healthy practices. This magazine is an example of this.