including the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the Office of the Director
in the studies that led to this one. Our participants shared their stories with us, and we would not be able to do this work without them. They have made an everlasting impact on the study of cardiovascular disease, cardiac rehabilitation, and behavior change.
Brown University, with which this research is affiliated, is located in Providence, Rhode Island, on lands that are within the ancestral homelands of the Narragansett Indian Tribe. We acknowledge that beginning with colonization and continuing for centuries the Narragansett Indian Tribe have been dispossessed of most of their ancestral lands in Rhode Island by the actions of individuals and institutions. We acknowledge our responsibility to understand and respond to those actions. The Narragansett Indian Tribe, whose ancestors stewarded these lands with great care, continues as a sovereign nation today. We commit to working together to honor our past and build our future with truth.