Keeping the Pressure Down

Keeping the Pressure Down is an eight-lesson group education program designed to assist individuals at risk for high blood pressure and those already diagnosed with this condition in making healthy lifestyle choices. The aim is to lower blood pressure and reduce associated health risks.

The lessons cover a range of topics, including:

Evaluating Your Risk
Decoding Food Labels
Building Activity Into Your Life
Enhancing Your Lifestyle
DASHing Toward a Healthier Diet
Reforming Our Recipes
DASH Diet: Balancing Minerals
Eating Out Sensibly

This curriculum CD includes:

Educator's Guide
Recruitment brochure
Forms, logos, and other program-related materials
Post-test and follow-up surveys for program evaluation
Each lesson comprises background information for the educator, a lesson plan with hands-on activities, PowerPoint slides, and consumer handouts.