Heart2Heart: Implementation of a peer support program for people with heart disease

The intervention group will have access to a 6-month intervention that enables peer support via an interactive mobile application (app). Participants will be able to access the app down download from their personal mobile device. The intervention includes online peer discussion groups via discussion board (e.g., exercise and diet) in the app, access to digital educational resources (web-based information such as text, images, and videos), and facilitated conversations with health professionals (e.g., cardiac nurse, physiotherapist, dietician etc.). All participants will have access to all discussions and groups within the CVD community. Health professionals will be joining into the discussion groups periodically, post educational resources, as well as facilitate conversations with participants. The facilitated discussions will be online and likely less than a few minutes in duration on each occasion, however duration will vary and will be generic in nature with anything substantial in medical information requirements, the participants will be encouraged to discuss more fully with their general practitioners or other personal health provider. There will be no specific number of times per week required, however, participant will be encouraged to use the app as many times as they want. Adherence and engagement with the app will be monitored through analytic report provided by the app company (e.g., user session time, login tracker, engagement etc.).