Target: BP – Partnering with Patients: Step 3 in Hypertension Control (Lifestyle Modification) Webinar
| Last Modified | May 9, 2025 |
| Audience | Healthcare Professionals | |
| Topics | Partner with Patients | |
| Resource Type | Video / Webinar |
| Languages | english |
| Formats |
Description: This webinar details Step 3 in Hypertension Control - Partnering with Patients. Learn from Stephen P. Juraschek, M.D., Ph.D. and Ruth-Alma Turkson Ocran, Ph.D., MPH, RN, FNP-BC as they address modifiable lifestyle risk factors related to hypertension, evidence-based interventions to improve blood pressure control, communication strategies that promote culturally, linguistically, and socially appropriate patient engagement, and resources to support clinicians, care teams, and patients. For more information about Partnering with Patients, visit TargetBP.org.
Learning Objectives:
- List 6 modifiable lifestyle risk factors related to hypertension
- Describe evidence-based interventions for each risk factor that can improve blood pressure control
- Provide examples of communication strategies that promote culturally-, linguistically-, and socially- appropriate patient engagement in lifestyle change
- Identify resources that can support clinicians, care teams, and patients to achieve lifestyle change
Faculty:
Stephen P. Juraschek, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, RN, FNP-BC
Clinical Investigator, Division of General Medicine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Faculty of Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center