The National High Blood Pressure Education Program: Measuring Progress and Assessing Its Impact

The National High Blood Pressure Education Program: Measuring Progress and Assessing Its Impact

The National High Blood Pressure Education Program has been designed to translate the results of basic and clinical research to medical practice through a program of education for the public, patients, and health professionals. It has continuously used health-education principals of media developmen...

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Veröffentlicht in:Health psychology 1988, Vol.7 (S), p.297-303
Hauptverfasser: Roccella, Edward J, Horan, Michael J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Epidemiology
Health Education
Health Education - methods
Human
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - mortality
Hypertension - prevention & control
Knowledge Level
Office Visits - trends
Sodium, Dietary
United States
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Zusammenfassung:The National High Blood Pressure Education Program has been designed to translate the results of basic and clinical research to medical practice through a program of education for the public, patients, and health professionals. It has continuously used health-education principals of media development, patient education, social networking, community organizations, theories of social change, and program evaluation and measurement to reach its objectives. After 15 years, public knowledge regarding blood pressure and its sequelae has improved dramatically. Key words: education, hypertension, hypertension prevalence, hypertension control, hypertension awareness
ISSN:0278-6133
1930-7810
DOI:10.1037/0278-6133.7.Suppl.297