We’ve gathered the 5 free resources below to mark Hypertension Month.
“This booklet highlights the most critical and widely relevant aspects of the Hypertension Canada Guidelines. Beginning with proper measurement techniques for diagnosis and advancing through treatment and follow up, this booklet serves as a practical guide for health care professionals.”
2) Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure With DASH
“This booklet, based on the DASH research findings, tells how to follow the DASH eating plan and reduce the amount of sodium you consume. It offers tips on how to start and stay on the eating plan, as well as a week of menus and some recipes”
3) Pescatello, LS and colleagues for the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee. Physical Activity to Prevent and Treat Hypertension: A Systematic Review. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 2019. 51(6): p 1314-1323.
doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001943
“This systematic umbrella review examines and updates the evidence on the relationship between physical activity (PA) and blood pressure (BP) presented in the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Scientific Report.”
4) Supporting smoking cessation: A guide for health professionals (2019)
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has published this “practical, succinct and evidence-based resource for use by a wide range of healthcare professionals working in a variety of contexts. The recommendations are based on research evidence and informed by guidelines from other countries with similar populations.”
5) Hypertension Canada’s Recommended Blood Pressure Monitoring Devices Listing
Hypertension Canada’s Recommended BPM Devices List identifies home blood pressure monitoring devices that have been validated for accuracy.
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