When the Heart is Spiritually and Physically Strong, Women Have Lower Incident Cardiovascular Disease: Quantifying Aboriginal Women’s Narrative of Cardiovascular Protection

Aboriginal women have described the heart as healthy when they are spiritually and physically strong, and personal attributes (i.e., a sense of belonging) and socioecological factors (i.e., family and community) are in balance [ [1] McBride K.F. Franks C. Wade V. King V. Rigney J. Burton N. et al. Good Heart: telling stories of cardiovascular protective and risk factors for aboriginal women. Heart Lung Circ. 2021; 30: 69-77 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (2) Google Scholar ]. Socioecological factors affect women’s capacity to influence personal attributes. This study sought to explore whether women’s conceptualisation of personal attributes was associated with incident CVD, and whether socioecological factors predicted personal attributes in a cohort of Central Australian women.