Health Teaching Plan on Hypertension

Institute of Clinical Laboratory Sciences

SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY

Dumaguete City

Venue: Barangay Center, Brgy. Poblacion 2, Upper Lukewright, Dumaguete City

Participants: Everyone who is willing in the community
Date: February 20, 2017

Topic: Hypertension
General Objective: At the end of the month, the community will be able to gain additional knowledge and better understanding
about what hypertension really is, to know the causes and effects of it, and to manifest proper practices about
it’s proper prevention and treatment.
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 Specific Objectives Content References
At the end of the health teaching session,
the mothers will be able to:

1. Introduce hypertension Definition of hypertension Kaplan, 2014, p. 455

Hypertension is an abnormally high blood
pressure above 140/90 mmHg
2. Discuss how hypertension occurs Pathophysiology of hypertension Kaplan, 2014, p. 92
 Hypertension is cause by several
factors such as lifestyle and genetics
 How it occurs: High blood pressure
(HBP or hypertension) occurs when
your blood pressure, the force of your
blood pushing against the walls of
your blood vessels, is consistently too
high.
 Signs and Symptoms: headache,
dizziness, blurred vision, vomiting,
chest pain, nausea
 Epidemiology of hypertension:
statistics based on WHO
(international, national, local)
3. Explain the grueling effects of Hypertension affects mainly the arteries Mayo Foundation for Medical Education
hypertension including these following body organs: and Research (MFMER), 2017
 Heart
 Brain
 Kidney
 Eyes
 Pregnant women
4. State further complications of High blood pressure can damage your Mayo Foundation for Medical Education
hypertension blood vessels, as well as organs in your and Research (MFMER), 2017
body. The higher your blood pressure and
the longer it goes uncontrolled, the greater
the damage.
 Cognitive changes
 Metabolic syndrome
References:

Kaplan, Norman M., Clinical Hypertension …

Kaplan NM, et al. Ocular effects of hypertension. http://www.uptodate.com/home. Accessed Aug. 3, 2016.
Description of high blood pressure. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-
topics/topics/hbp. Accessed Aug. 3, 2016.
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER), 2017.
Simon, Harvey. (2013 June). Health Guide. The New York Times.