Managing High Blood Pressure Workshops Offered at Martin's Point Health Care

Martin’s Point Health Care is offering a workshop at each of its four locations in Portland, Windham, Brunswick, and Portsmouth, N.H. in early 2005 for people who want to learn more about managing their high blood pressure.

The workshops will cover self-management strategies for diet, stress reduction, and exercise. In addition, participants will receive their own digital monitor and learn how to monitor their blood pressure at home.

Taught by Senior Health Educator Leigh Kirchner, MPH, CHES, the workshops will be offered in Portland on January 13 and 20 from 11:30 to 1 p.m., in Windham on February 10 from 6 to 8 p.m., in Brunswick on February 10 from 2 to 4 p.m., and in Portsmouth on February 17 from 10 a.m. to noon.

Registration is required for the workshops, which cost $50 each and are open to the public. Call the Martin’s Point Health Education Center at 828-2497 or 1-800-260-6681 for additional information or to register.

Free blood pressure screenings will also be held from 10 a.m. to noon on January 10, February 14 and March 14 at the Martin’s Point Health Education Center, 331 Veranda Street, in Portland. No registration is required and persons are encouraged to stop by to receive a screening and educational materials.

Established in 1981, Martin’s Point is a not-for-profit health care provider with facilities in Portland, Brunswick and Windham, Maine, and in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and serves patients in the areas of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, radiology, cardiology, and mammography, as well as other fields.

The Martin’s Point Health Education Center has a variety of related resource materials that includes publications and videos. The center offers information and classes that focus on a host of other topics, ranging from weight loss and smoking cessation to diabetes and disease management. For additional information, visit the organization online at www.martinspoint.org.

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