Healthy Heart Ambassador Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Program

Join HEALTHY HEARTS* and keep doing the things you love!

This free 4-month program for adults with high blood pressure supports you in developing the habit of checking your blood pressure at home. Receive a free home blood pressure monitor, as needed.
The next class for Spanish speakers is enrolling now! Attend an Orientation on either Feb 11 or Feb 18 (your choice) from 10:00-11:30am and the first class meets Feb 25. Classes meet every other week on Wednesdays 10:00-11:30am at Centro Hispano de Frederick (5 Willowdale Drive, Suite 18, Frederick, MD 21702). Registration is required- Call Carolina at 301-835-9050 (TTY: 711).
The next class for English speakers is enrolling now! Attend an Orientation on either Feb 19 or Feb 26 (your choice) from 5:30-7:00pm and the first class meets March 5. Classes meet every other week on Thursdays 5:30-7:00pm at the Downtown Frederick YMCA (1000 North Market St., Frederick, MD 21701). Registration is required- Call Colleen at 240-357-1161 (TTY: 711).
Guidance & support are provided by a trained lifestyle coach. Receive education on healthy food choices and other healthy habits that help lower blood pressure.
To learn more or enroll, complete the short Online Interest Form or call us at 301-600-3362. We will explain the program and answer any questions.
Language interpretation is available upon request.
Interpretación de idiomas está disponible a pedido.

*Note: This is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Healthy Heart Ambassador Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Program.

Blood Pressure Fact Sheets
1. What is High Blood Pressure (HBP)? Eng Span
2. How Can I Reduce HBP? English Spanish
3. African Americans & High Blood Pressure
4. Blood Pressure Categories Chart (2025)- English Spanish
For more fact sheets & information like this, visit the American Heart Association (AHA)

Healthy Lifestyle Resources
1. Lifestyle Change Programs in Frederick County
2. Local Community Health Resource List: English Spanish
3. AHA's Life's Essential 8 - Steps you can take to live a healthier lifestyle: English Spanish

Provider Information
1. Healthy Hearts: Provider Fax Referral Form
2. Healthy Hearts Program Flyer: English Spanish
3. 2025 Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines
4. Surgeon General's Call to Action to Control Hypertension (2020)
5. 2021 Accelerating Use of Self-Measured BP Monitoring (SMBP) through Clinical Community Care Models
6. Joint Policy Statement AMA & AHA on Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring at Home (2020)
7. 2014 Check It Change It - A Community-Based Multifaceted Intervention to Improve BP Control