Hypertension Intervention
Running head: Hypertension Intervention Paper 1
Hypertension Intervention Paper
Brianna Harris, Zach Adams, Jon Fierro, Spencer Gilfoy
Author’s note:
Submitted to Miss Wigginton, Therapeutic Interventions: California Baptist University in
fulfillment of the Therapeutic Intervention Research Paper
Running head: Hypertension Intervention Paper 2
INTRODUCTION:
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is extremely prevalent in the U.S. One out of three American adults has high blood pressure (CDC website). Hypertension acts as a gateway disease considering it increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, amongst the leading causes of death (CDC website). Hypertension is often referred to as the “silent killer”, rarely showing signs or symptoms (CDC website).
There are a few classifications including risk factors associated with hypertension including behavior, conditions, and heredity (CDC website). The risk factors included with behavior consist of poor diet (often containing excess sodium), excess weight, physical inactivity, alcohol consumption, and tobacco use (CDC website). There are also preexisting conditions with are considered to be risk factors such as prehypertension and diabetes (CDC website). Some risk factors are inevitable such as the hereditary ones including age, ethnicity, and family history (CDC website). We will be conducting a community based intervention due to the fact that our audience will be geographically bound. We will acquire our target audience from physicians at Arrowhead
Community Hospital. Our target audience will consist of individuals identified to be at high risk for hypertension. We will inform the referring staff to send these high risk individuals to one of the facilitated meeting being held at the Senior Citizens Center in Rialto on Monday December
3, 2012 at 8am, 12 pm, and 6 pm. Our intervention will
Hypertension Intervention Paper
Brianna Harris, Zach Adams, Jon Fierro, Spencer Gilfoy
Author’s note:
Submitted to Miss Wigginton, Therapeutic Interventions: California Baptist University in
fulfillment of the Therapeutic Intervention Research Paper
Running head: Hypertension Intervention Paper 2
INTRODUCTION:
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is extremely prevalent in the U.S. One out of three American adults has high blood pressure (CDC website). Hypertension acts as a gateway disease considering it increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, amongst the leading causes of death (CDC website). Hypertension is often referred to as the “silent killer”, rarely showing signs or symptoms (CDC website).
There are a few classifications including risk factors associated with hypertension including behavior, conditions, and heredity (CDC website). The risk factors included with behavior consist of poor diet (often containing excess sodium), excess weight, physical inactivity, alcohol consumption, and tobacco use (CDC website). There are also preexisting conditions with are considered to be risk factors such as prehypertension and diabetes (CDC website). Some risk factors are inevitable such as the hereditary ones including age, ethnicity, and family history (CDC website). We will be conducting a community based intervention due to the fact that our audience will be geographically bound. We will acquire our target audience from physicians at Arrowhead
Community Hospital. Our target audience will consist of individuals identified to be at high risk for hypertension. We will inform the referring staff to send these high risk individuals to one of the facilitated meeting being held at the Senior Citizens Center in Rialto on Monday December
3, 2012 at 8am, 12 pm, and 6 pm. Our intervention will
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