Educational Tools for Health Care Professionals
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Hypertension Canada produces public education tools that can be used by healthcare professionals to educate and inform the public about high blood pressure. The publication is based on the Canadian Hypertension Education Program guidelines for hypertension for health professionals and is updated each year.
Public Recommendations
| 2010 Public Recommendations | 2009 Public Recommendations Hypertension in Diabetes | Brochure summarizing the 2010 Recommendations | |
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| 2007 Public Recommendations (English) | 2007 Public Recommendations (Dari) | 2007 Public Recommendations (Gujarati) | |
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| 2007 Public Recommendations (Hindi) | 2007 Public Recommendations (Punjabi) | ||
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Hypertension and Diabetes – Resources for patients/public
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| Patient Handout Download |
Slide deck for patient education Download |
Hypertension and Diabetes – Resources for health care professionals
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| Key Messages for HCP Download |
Short Clinical Summary Download |
Detailed Clinical Paper Download |
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| Detailed Scientific Summary Download |
Slide deck for HCP Download |
Home Measurement of Blood Pressure
| Brief Hypertension Action Tool | Home Measurement of Blood Pressure | How to Measure Your Blood Pressure at Home (I-pager) |
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| Learn how to inform and engage hypertensive patients to become more active in their care. | Use this simple tool to correctly measure your blood pressure at home. | Learn how to measure your blood pressure at home. |
| Blood Pressure Log | ||
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| Record your blood pressure readings using this BP Log. | ||
Slide Kits
| 2009 Public Education Slide Kit | 2009 Public Education Sodium Slide Kit |
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| This slide kit has been developed as a general presentation to the public on hypertension. | This slide set is for health care professionals to educate patients on dietary sodium. Blood Pressure Canada is working on an intensive education effort on the effects of sodium. |
Videos
| Hypertension Awareness DVD (Silent Killer 2008) | Patient Education DVD (home measurement of BP) |
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| Video developed to increase public and patient awareness on hypertension emphasizing lifestyles to prevent and control hypertension, diagnosis of hypertension and hypertension related risks. | Step-by-step educational video that provides visual instruction and narration on everything you need to know about measuring your blood pressure at home. |
Posters
| Measuring Blood Pressure the Right Way |
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| Learn to measure your blood pressure in the right way. |
Previous Slide Kits
- 2008 Public Recommendations
- 2008 Public Education Slide Kit
- 2008 Public Education Sodium Slide Kit; and presenter notes
Blood Pressure Canada is developing a modified version of the public recommendations that is tailored to the needs of the Indo-Asian community. The project is funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada and the pamphlets should be available in 2008. Be sure to check back if you have Punjabi, Hindi or other Indo-Asian patients.