Educational Tools for Health Care Professionals
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Blood Pressure Canada produces public education tools that can be used by health care providers to educate and inform the public about high blood pressure.
Public Recommendations
| Public Recommendations for Hypertension and Diabetes | Public Recommendations for Hypertension | Public Recommendations for Hypertension Brochure | |
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| 2009 Public Recommendations provide information for diabetic patients with hypertension | Blood Pressure Canada produces a pamphlet with hypertension recommendations for patients. The publication is based on the Canadian Hypertension Education Program guidelines for hypertension for health professionals and is updated each year. | Brochure summarizing the 2008 Recommendations | |
| 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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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
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.