This short online course will provide you with the knowledge you need to set up a Blood pressure awareness programme in your community. The course includes learning outcomes, a training film, links to relevant resources and a certificate. This course is supported by Blood Pressure UK.
The course objectives for this course are:
- To understand how many adults in the UK have high blood pressure and who is at risk
- To know what blood pressure is, how to measure it and to be aware of what the readings mean
- To be able to give advice to your community on how people can reduce their blood pressure
- To appreciate that not everyone has trust in the NHS and therefore they might need support to help them look after their blood pressure
The course includes learning outcomes, a training film, links to relevant resources and a certificate of completion.
This course is suitable for any individual who works or volunteers for a community organisation and who has an interest in learning about blood pressure and running blood pressure awareness events.
This course is assessed by a short multiple choice quiz (12 questions). A score of 10/12 has to be achieved for a certificate to be issued.
For information on our policies (payment, cancellation, terms and conditions, etc.) visit our general information page.
If you have a question that we haven’t answered here, please contact lsbushortcourses@lsbu.ac.uk and we will respond to your query within 24 hours.
