High Blood Pressure Education Materials

Learn more about your risk for high blood pressure and how to lower your risk with heart-healthy lifestyle changes, including healthy eating and physical activity.

Handouts & Fact Sheets

A fact sheet for consumers on high blood pressure.
What is High Blood Pressure? Fact Sheet
Screenshot of the “Self-Measured Blood Pressure” provides tips and steps on self-monitoring blood pressure and is organized in the following sections: 1) Prepare for your blood pressure reading 2) Uncover your upper arm 3) Rest your arm on the table 4) Make sure your feet uncrossed and flat on the floor 5) Sit up straight in a chair 6) Take more than one measurement 3 7) Set targets 8) Record and track your measurements. Includes the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; the National Heart, Lung, an
Self-Measured Blood Pressure Fact Sheet
The Heart Truth for Women: Pregnancy and Your Heart Health. A young African American/Black pregnant woman in exercise clothes places her hands on her belly while smiling.
Pregnancy and Your Heart Health Fact Sheet
High Blood Pressure and Women
High Blood Pressure and Women Fact Sheet
Questions to Ask About Your Blood Pressure
Questions to Ask About Your Blood Pressure Fact Sheet
Image of a stethoscope and a red heart
My Blood Pressure Wallet Card
This fact sheet provides information on what high blood pressure is, how can it affect your health, and steps you can take to prevent or control your high blood pressure.
Healthy Blood Pressure for Healthy Hearts: Small Steps To Take Control Fact Sheet
This worksheet provides space to write down your blood pressure readings.
Healthy Blood Pressure for Healthy Hearts: Tracking Your Numbers
Screenshot of the “Put Your Heart Into Getting Active and Eating Healthy” fact sheet showing the following sections: (1) Plan to eat heart healthy; (2) Eat smart; (3) Choose healthy snacks; (4) Dine out the healthy way; and (5) Find heart-healthy menus to enjoy. There are also logos for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and The Heart Truth, along with a link to The Heart Truth website.
Put Your Heart into Getting Active & Eating Healthy Tip Sheet
Sceenshot of the Advancing Women’s Heart Health Handout
Advancing Women's Heart Health Fact Sheet
Publication cover of Healthy Heart, Healthy Family - Help Your Heart: Control Your High Blood Pressure / Malusog na Puso, Malusog na Pamilya - Tulungan ang lyong Puso: Kontrolin ang lyong Alta Presyon
Healthy Heart, Healthy Family - Help Your Heart: Control Your High Blood Pressure / Malusog na Puso, Malusog na Pamilya - Tulungan ang lyong Puso: Kontrolin ang lyong Alta Presyon
Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure
Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure
Publication cover of Your Choice for Change - Honoring the Gift of Heart Health for American Indians
Your Choice for Change - Honoring the Gift of Heart Health for American Indians
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On the Move to Better Heart Health for African Americans
An overview of NHLBI’s DASH eating plan materials including guidance on what publications to use depending on your level on the DASH journey.
DASH Eating Plan: Healthy Eating, Proven Results
This fact sheets provides an overview of the DASH eating plan, which can help to lower blood pressure
Why the DASH Eating Plan Works
Get started using the DASH eating plan to lower your blood pressure with the help of this fact sheet, which provides five steps to help you begin.
Getting Started on DASH
An image describing heart-healthy/unhealthy foods and the DASH eating plan to support a healthy lifestyle.
DASH Eating Plan: Tips on What to Eat vs. Limit Fact Sheet/ Hoja informativa sobre el plan de alimentación DASH y consejos sobre que comer y qué limitar
Tips to help you change to heart healthy eating with the DASH eating plan.
Making the Move to DASH
A fact sheet for consumers on how to read labels on food packaging.
Nutrition Facts Label Guide
This fact sheets provides tips to help you reduce salt and sodium in your food choices.
Tips To Reduce Salt and Sodium
A fact sheet for consumers on how to make physical activity a part of your daily life.
Get Active With DASH
A fact sheet for consumers on how to eat fewer calories and lose weight while following the DASH Eating Plan
Tips to Lowering Calories on DASH Fact Sheet
A fact sheet for consumers on how to increase potassium in your diet.
Getting More Potassium Fact Sheet
This fact sheets provides tips to keep you on track with the DASH eating plan.
Tips To Keep on Track
Information and menus with examples of heart healthy meals to help make the DASH eating plan part of your daily life.
A Week With the DASH Eating Plan
This worksheet can help you understand how your current food habits compare with the DASH eating plan.
What's on Your Plate? (1,200 calories/day)
This worksheet can help you understand how your current food habits compare with the DASH eating plan.
What's on Your Plate? (1,400-1,600 calories/day)
This worksheet can help you understand how your current food habits compare with the DASH eating plan.
What's on Your Plate? (1,800-2,000 calories/day)
This worksheet can help you understand how your current food habits compare with the DASH eating plan.
What's on Your Plate? (2,600 calories/day)
Try this heart-healthy recipe for chicken quesadillas with red and green salsa
Chicken Quesadillas Recipe
Try this heart-healthy recipe for Maria’s Veggie Wrap.
Maria's Veggie Wrap Recipe
This fact sheets provides a heart-healthy recipe for baked red snapper with zesty tomato sauce
Baked Red Snapper Recipe
Try this heart-healthy recipe for jambalaya.
Jumpin' Jambalaya Recipe
Try this heart healthy recipe for stir-fried orange beef that’s better than takeout!
Stir-Fried Orange Beef Recipe

En Español

Captura de pantalla de la "Automedición de la presión arterial" proporciona consejos y pasos sobre la automedición de la presión arterial y está organizada en las siguientes secciones: 1) Prepárese para la medición de la presión arterial 2) Descubra la parte superior del brazo 3) Apoye el brazo sobre la mesa 4) Asegúrese de que sus pies no estén cruzados y estén 3 apoyados en el suelo 5) Siéntese derecho en una silla 6) Realice más de una medición 7) Establezca objetivos 8) Registre y controle sus medicione
Automedición de la presión arterial (Self-Measured Blood Pressure)
Esta hoja informativa proporciona información sobre qué es la presión arterial alta, cómo puede afectar su salud y los pasos que puede tomar para prevenir o controlar su presión arterial alta.
Presión arterial saludable para corazones saludables: Pequeños pasos para tomar el control (Healthy Blood Pressure for Healthy Hearts: Small Steps to Take Control)
Preguntas para hacerle a su proveedor de salud sobre su presión arterial
Preguntas para hacerle a su proveedor de salud sobre su presión arterial (Questions to Ask About Your Blood Pressure)
The Heart Truth para mujeres: El embarazo y la salud de su corazón. Una joven afroamericana/de raza negra en embarazo, esta vestida con ropa de ejercicio, tiene las manos sobre su vientre mientras sonríe.
El embarazo y la salud del corazón (Pregnancy and Your Heart Health)
Las mujeres y la presión arterial
Las mujeres y la presión arterial (High Blood Pressure and Women)
Esta hoja de trabajo proporciona espacio para anotar sus números de presión arterial.
Presión arterial saludable para corazones saludables: Seguimiento de sus números (Healthy Blood Pressure for Healthy Hearts: Tracking Your Numbers)
Primera página de Mi Tarjeta de Presión Arterial para la Billetera
Mi Tarjeta de Presión Arterial para la Billetera (My Blood Pressure Wallet Card)
Por qué funciona el plan de alimentación DASH
Por qué funciona el plan de alimentación DASH (Why the DASH Eating Plan Works)
An image describing heart-healthy/unhealthy foods and the DASH eating plan to support a healthy lifestyle.
DASH Eating Plan: Tips on What to Eat vs. Limit Fact Sheet/ Hoja informativa sobre el plan de alimentación DASH y consejos sobre que comer y qué limitar
Consejos para reducir la sal y el sodio
Consejos para reducir la sal y el sodio (Tips to Reduce Salt and Sodium)
Empezando con DASH
Empezando con DASH (Getting Started with DASH)

Additional Resources

High Blood Pressure Social Media Resources

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High Blood Pressure Publications for Health Professionals

Find helpful high blood pressure publications and fact sheets for health professionals. 

High Blood Pressure Videos

Learn about lifestyle changes that can help you lower your blood pressure. You can also watch videos featuring NHLBI researchers discussing their work to advance research and improve patients’ lives.