Managing High Blood Pressure

Our Managing High Blood Pressure program begins with a blood pressure screening, is followed by four one-hour educational sessions, and concludes with another blood pressure screening.

Your employees will learn:

what their blood pressure is and what it means
how their cardiovascular system works
how high blood pressure affects their health
how to manage their blood pressure through diet, medication, and physical activity

Why is this so important?

One in three adults have high blood pressure (also known as hypertension), and nearly one-third of these people don't know they have it.
Even 60% of those that do know they have high blood pressure aren’t able to keep it under control.
Uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to stroke, heart attack, heart failure or kidney failure.
High blood pressure is among the top 10 most costly conditions for employers.*

* A Purchaser’s Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Moving Science into Coverage. National Business Group on Health, pg. 217, 220.