Community Teaching Project: Hypertension Presented by: Mariel Alvarez, Michelle Vickers, Andy Nguyen, Lalita Poon, Minh Luong

Welcome to the Community Health Fair!  Topic: HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE  Patients: Adults, age 18 and older  (USPSTF, 2013)  Stations:  What is Blood Pressure? - Video with Lalita  Blood Pressure Basics -with Andy  Food Choices-with Minh  How often should you get checked? – with Mariel

Blood Pressure Video Speaker: Lalita

BLOOD PRESSURE BASICS Speaker: ANDY

Food Options Speaker: MINH

Foods To Eat

Foods to Avoid

Screening Intervals: How often should you check? Speaker: MARIEL

Screening Guidelines High blood pressure (hypertension) is usually defined in adults 18 years and older as: systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 140 mm Hg or higher, or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of 90 mm Hg or higher. Due to variability in individual blood pressure measurements, it is recommended that hypertension be diagnosed only after 2 or more elevated readings are obtained on at least 2 visits over a period of 1 to several weeks.

Blood Pressure Stages

Screening Intervals  The Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) recommends:  Screening every 2 years with BP< 120/80  Screening every year with SBP of mmHg or DBP of mmHg

Question & Answer Forum What can high blood pressure lead to? What foods should you avoid? What foods should you eat?

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References American Heart Association. (2016). Retrieved at H. (2015, March 24). Blood Pressure Animation. Heart disease risk factors. Retrieved April 1, 2016, from U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (2013). Blood pressure in adults screening. Retrived from inal/blood-pressure-in-adults-hypertension-screening inal/blood-pressure-in-adults-hypertension-screening