Please Note: This program is no longer active, however we wanted to share it as a potential model.

​

Know It Control It is a free blood pressure management program for people with hypertension, also known as high blood pressure. The program consists of eight sessions where people learn how to self-monitor their blood pressure and how to control factors that influence it.

​

Each of the sessions are about 30 minutes long (15 minutes if presented in a one-on-one setting). They are usually offered every other week over a four-month period. Before or after each session, the leader takes everyone’s blood pressure and records it in an online tracking system that can be shared with participant's healthcare providers.

​

Here’s what participants learn in each lesson:
 

• Know Your Numbers: What blood pressure numbers mean, and what can happen if they get too high

• Check It Often, Check It Right: How to self-measure blood pressure correctly

• Eat Smart – Slow Down on Salt: Why it is important to limit salt intake, how to track what you eat through food diaries, how to read nutrition labels, and how to determine
  serving sizes

• Eat Smart the Mediterranean Way: How to keep blood pressure in check by following a Mediterranean diet, along with other healthy eating tips

• Move More: Why it is important to increase physical activity, along with some easy and fun ways to be more active
  every day

• Live Tobacco Free: How smoking can negatively impact blood pressure and resources to help smokers quit

• Manage Your Blood Pressure Meds: How to keep track of medications, how to talk with providers about the medications they prescribe, and how to find medications at low cost

• Keep Calm and Sleep Well: How to manage stress and improve sleep