

The reason?: a recent survey shows most women do not recognize that heart disease is their number one health threat. Why focus on connecting women to community resources?Ĭonnecting women with the latest information, evidence, and research on how to measure and control their blood pressure is more important than ever.

We encourage you to take simple, everyday steps to control your blood pressure and put a heart-healthy lifestyle into practice.

The theme of NWBPAW 2022 – Healthy Hearts, Healthy Communities – highlights the need to connect women with resources and tools within their communities to improve their heart health. The good news: Early diagnosis and blood pressure management can reduce heart-related disease and death. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that nearly half of women who have hypertension (high blood pressure) do not have it under control. The key to preventing hypertension is to know and control your blood pressure. High blood pressure is often called a “silent killer” because women with the condition may show no symptoms. One of the major risk factors for heart disease is hypertension, which is a blood pressure at or above 130/80 mmHg. Heart disease is the number one cause of death for women in the United States. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office on Women's Health (OWH) is leading the 3rd Annual National Women's Blood Pressure Awareness Week (NWBPAW) to improve women’s health outcomes related to hypertension, or high blood pressure.
