Heart Health 4 Moms

The study team will work with patients via focus groups to develop a novel internet-based
program to provide information and tools for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction for
women who are at increased risk of CVD by virtue of their history of preeclampsia, a common
complication of pregnancy. The American Heart Association has recently issued guidelines
that physicians should include history of the hypertensive pregnancy disorder, preeclampsia,
as a risk factor for CVD. Indeed, research demonstrates that roughly 2 out of 3 women with a
history of preeclampsia will die from CVD. This study will work with patients with prior
preeclampsia and with the Preeclampsia Foundation, a patient- based organization, to create
an online lifestyle modification program ( accessible by computer or smart phone) for women
with recent preeclampsia to reduce CVD risk. The study is a randomized controlled trial to
test the program's acceptability, use, and impact on diet, postpartum weight retention,
physical activity, blood pressure, and patient knowledge and self-efficacy to improve
health.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Within 5 years of a live birth complicated by preeclampsia as determined by medical
chart review

- Age >=18

- Not pregnant

- Normotensive or prehypertensive

- Access to the internet via computer or mobile device

- Able to communicate in English or Spanish at an 8th grade level.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes

- Currently pregnant

- Diagnosis of hypertension BP >140/90 mm Hg or on medications for treatment of
hypertension