Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Prevention and Maintenance of Hypertension and Diabetes & Stroke Prevention

June 8, 2011
This week class was called Prevention and Maintenance of Hypertension and Diabetes & Stroke Prevention. I only have 7 classes, so they are very condensed.  After planning for this class, I never thought I was going to be able to fit everything in 50 minutes. I cut it down to the very basics and made handouts. I went to the National Stroke Association website stroke.org and printed out copies of their Stroke 101 Fact Sheet. I also made my own pamphlet for them. I called it “Just a Few Bites on Blood Pressure, Diabetes, and Stroke.”  I decided on its name because everything we were going to be talking about had a lot to do with healthy eating and lifestyle modification. I also used information from the Mayo Clinic and The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.  I made a power point to use in class too.  This class had some difficult information, but I tried to make sure we covered all the basic concepts. My main concern was making sure that the information was relevant to their situation.
Class outline
·         Blood Pressure
o    What is high blood pressure?
o    How do you find out if you have it?
o    Checking your blood pressure
o    Prevention
o    Treatment
·         Stroke
o    What is a stroke?
o    Overview of types and causes
o    Signs of a stroke
o    Stroke Prevention
o    Recovery
·         Diabetes
o    What is DM?
o    Types
o    Risk factors
o    Prevention

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