Health Promotion: Hypertension in Middle-aged adults 36-65 years Health Promotion Program Assignment due Week 14. NOTE: This Assignment will be based on your priority health problem topic that you identified week 10

Health Promotion: Hypertension in Middle-aged adults 36-65 years

Health Promotion Program Assignment due Week 14.

NOTE: This Assignment will be based on your priority health problem topic that you identified week 10 in the Health Needs of Varying Groups content.

The Objective of this assignment is to examine the social determinants of health and health disparities for your Week 10 priority health topic choice and then develop a health promotion plan to address these determinants of health. You will develop a plan based on your Weeks 11 and 12 program objectives and interventions. Write a 10–13-page paper in APA formatting that includes the following information:

Note: The 10-13 page requirement does not include the title or reference page/s. Be sure to cite all sources in APA style.

A. Describe your Health Promotion program

Briefly describe your program objectives and interventions. Please list the objectives

and interventions that you posted in weeks 11 and 12. Be sure to note any instructor

comments on goals and objectives those weeks and make adjustments to your goal

and objectives. Worth 5 points.

Primary Goal: The primary goal is to reduce prevalence rates and complications over a 12-month period to improve high blood pressure in middle adults from 36 to 65 years of age through early screening, promoting lifestyle modifications, and better blood pressure management in primary care settings. 

Objective 1: Health screenings

Within 12 months, increase the number of people by 87% to have early screenings for high blood pressure through annual check-ups or community screenings. 

Objective 2: health promotion/lifestyle modifications

Within 6 months of hypertension diagnosis in middle adults, 60% of people are making lifestyle modifications and are compliant with blood pressure medications. 

Objective 3: Monitor and prevent complications

Within 12 months of being diagnosed with high blood pressure, 15%-30% of people achieve better controlled blood pressure <130/80 through regular follow-up visits, education, self-monitoring behaviors, and adherence to medications. It will help prevent further complications of cardiovascular disease. 

Intervention #1: Lifestyle modification Program- Diet, exercise.

Lifestyle modification is a key factor in managing hypertension and preventing other cardiovascular diseases from uncontrolled high blood pressure. Lifestyle modification includes diet, physical activity, reducing alcohol consumption, limiting high-calorie and low-nutritious food, limiting salt intake, and limiting highly processed food. Adherence to lifestyle modifications and continuing education by primary care is essential to improve high blood pressure and better long-term patient outcomes (Yang et al., 2024). It can improve quality of life with fewer complications. 

Intervention #2: Community based & Social determinants of Health (SDOH) screening

Intervention can be successful when community-based screening is offered to people with high blood pressure in the community. Offering free blood pressure checks with health fairs in the community and providing education and increasing awareness to people in the community may encourage people to seek care in primary settings (Azami-Aghdash et al., 2025). These screenings are helpful for people who do not seek care regularly or have not established care with primary care providers. It is very important to measure factors such as socioeconomic status, health literacy, transportation issues, limited food options, and unstable housing. Addressing barriers or challenges and providing available resources in the community help improve the long-term blood pressure control. Combining community-based and SDOH screening helps reduce health disparities. 

Intervention #3: Digital health self monitoring and medication adherence program

Digital health is a very effective tool to manage high blood pressure in patients. Remote blood pressure monitoring devices, mobile health apps, and telehealth services help patients to track their blood pressure regularly and increase the adherence of their medications (Niu & Li, 2026). At OSF OnCall, we have a chronic care management department that checks with patients on a weekly or biweekly basis to monitor their blood pressure and medication adherence and to assess for any concern or side effects. Providing education to patients on how to check their blood pressure at home, keep a log of blood pressure, and use any digital app for monitoring is crucial. Overall, digital health monitoring improves better patient outcomes and reduces long-term complications.

B. Social determinants of Health

Discuss what social determinants of health leading to health disparities may be

affecting the prevention and treatment of your health topic. Explain which factors are

upstream and downstream factors. You may use the determinants of health listed in

Chapter 4 of Zeni. Discuss at least 5 determinants. Worth 10 points.

C. Health Promotion Plan – Describe at least 5 items for each question 1-5 below.

1. Resources

What resources will be needed for your program?

Examples of resources might include funding, staff, equipment, the building,

and marketing, etc. ? Worth 10 pts.

2. Barriers to your HP program and how to address those barriers.

Describe if there are any barriers to implementing the program in terms of

staffing, finances, support etc. and how you will address those barriers.

Worth 5 points

3. Multidisciplinary team building

Describe how you will motivate the team to achieve the completion of this

program. How will you motivate the team to support this program and to work

towards its achievement? Worth 5 points

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4. Policies and legislation affecting your program

Discuss state and institutional policies or legislation that are supporting or

blocking your program. Worth 5 points

5. Organization and logistics

Describe how the program will be organized to achieve the goals and objectives

of the program.

What logistics concerning staff, patients, equipment, and location need to be

considered to make the program a success? Worth 5 points

6. Incorporate two recent (within the last 5 years) research articles that explain the

need for the program and/or support your interventions. The articles should be

summarized and cited in the text. Worth 20 points

7. Discuss how the Catholic Social Teaching Principle of caring for vulnerable

populations will be incorporated into your program. Worth 10 Points

8. Grammar, spelling, Punctuation, APA formatting, reference citations, and

reference page/s. Worth 10 points

Reference:

Reference:

Azami-Aghdash, S., Joudyian, N., Jafari, S., Karami, S., & Rezapour, R. (2025). Assessing community-based interventions effectiveness on hypertension prevention and control: A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health, 25, 3253. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24283-x

Niu, R., & Li, K. (2026). Systematic review of the impact of digital health technologies on blood pressure control and treatment adherence in young and middle-aged hypertensive patients. Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 13, 1708019. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2026.1708019

Yang, L., Zhang, Z., Du, C., Tang, L., & Liu, X. (2024). Risk factor control and adherence to recommended Lifestyle among US hypertension patients. BMC public health, 24(1), 2853. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20401-3

American Heart Association. (2026). Home blood pressure monitoring. https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/high-blood-pressure/understanding-blood-pressure-readings/monitoring-your-blood-pressure-at-home

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024). Measuring your blood pressure. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.cdc.gov/high-blood-pressure/measure/index.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). High blood pressure facts. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.cdc.gov/high-blood-pressure/data-research/facts-stats/index.html

O’Hagan, E. T., Marschner, S. L., Mishra, S., Min, H., Schutte, A. E., Schlaich, M. P., Hannebery, P., Duncan, N., Shaw, T., & Chow, C. K. (2024). Self-Guided Blood Pressure Screening in the Community: Opportunities, and Challenges. Hypertension (0194911X), 81(12), 2559–2568. https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.124.23283