Field Notes: Eskenazi Health Hypertension Group Education Program

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
• Description:
  Lifestyle factors, including exercise, diet, smoking, and stress, are known to affect health and risk for cardiovascular disease. About 78 million American adults—1 in every 3—have hypertension (defined as blood pressure greater than or equal to 140/90 mmHg or taking antihypertensive medication).1,2 Lifestyle interventions may contribute to improved hypertension and cardiovascular disease outcomes and are an important resource for linking patients in clinical care environments with community resources using public health strategies. The Eskenazi Health Hypertension Group Education Program (EHHGEP) is a lifestyle program run by the Indianapolis-based Eskenazi Health system (EH) and is conducted in five Federally Qualified Health Centers within the health system. From 2017 to 2019, the program has served 297 participants.
• Content Notes:
  Publication date approximated from file properties
• Subjects:
  Blood Pressure Cardiovascular Diseases Chronic Disease Exercise Health Education Heart Disease Risk Factors Heart Diseases Hypertension Sodium, Dietary
• Keywords:
  Eskenazi Group Education High Blood Pressure
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)
• Division:
  DHDSP - Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Chronic Diseases and Conditions
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/252149/cdc_252149_DS1.pdf
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