The Blood Pressure Screening Committee was designed to provide both primary and secondary prevention of hypertension, through the use of blood pressure screenings in the community. In addition to the actual screening, participants are educated about the risk factors, prevention, complications, and treatment of hypertension. The majority of participants are minorities. Through this program students are exposed to various learning experiences including lectures from minority physicians and mentoring from medical students. Students also have the opportunity to learn basic physical exam techniques.
Youth come from the surrounding Pittsburgh area and meet once a week to participate in the program.
The group consists of 100 - 150 students, so they may choose to participate on Wednesday or Thursday evenings. The time commitment is approximately 1.5 hours each week, and is offered from August until June. Return to University of Pittsburgh's SNMA Home Page .