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Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Program

If you are living with high blood pressure, taking steps to manage it can help reduce your risk of health complications, such as heart attack or stroke. The YMCA’s Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Program provides personalized support to help you keep track of your blood pressure.

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How the program works

The YMCA’s Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Program helps participants:

  • Identify blood pressure patterns and trends
  • Increase awareness of triggers that impact blood pressure
  • Expand knowledge of nutrition

Participants will work with trained YMCA Healthy Heart Ambassadors throughout the four-month program. You will:

  • Take and record blood pressure two times per month
  • Meet with a Healthy Heart Ambassador two times per month
  • Attend monthly nutrition education talks

You will record your blood pressure readings using an easy-to-use tracking tool of your own choosing. The YMCA can provide participants with a home blood pressure monitor.

Program features

OFFICE HOUR CONSULTATIONS

Healthy Heart Ambassadors are available each week for one-on-one 10-minute consultations to support you as you continue to better manage your blood pressure. You’ll be asked to attend at least two consultations a month, but you will be welcome any time a Healthy Heart Ambassador is on-duty. To ensure you feel supported throughout the program, you will also receive weekly emails or calls from a Healthy Heart Ambassador.

Nutrition education seminars

Our monthly seminars highlight how food is related to blood pressure management and will provide you with the knowledge and skills to make heart-healthy choices. Topics covered include reducing sodium intake and heart-healthy eating. Each 45-minute seminar will also offer an opportunity for you to take your own blood pressure with coaching on proper technique from a Healthy Heart Ambassador.

HEALTHY HEART AMBASSADORS

Certified Healthy Heart Ambassadors will train you on the proper technique for taking your own blood pressure readings accurately, will assist you in identifying trends and patterns in your readings over time, and will provide ongoing support as you work to make blood pressure self-monitoring a habit.

CAN I PARTICIPATE?

To qualify for the Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Program, you must:

  • Be at least 18 years old
  • Be diagnosed with high blood pressure
  • Not have experienced a recent cardiac event
  • Not have atrial fibrillation or other arrhythmias
  • Not be at risk for lymphedema

YMCA membership is not required to participate in the program.

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