| | The Heart Truth® Highlights is a bimonthly email providing heart-health education resources, tips for outreach, Healthy Hearts Network partner announcements, and more. Find additional resources from The Heart Truth. May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month!  High blood pressure—or hypertension—is a major risk factor for heart disease. Half of Americans have high blood pressure and don't even know it. The Heart Truth encourages everyone to know their numbers and learn how to control their blood pressure if it's high. Find tools in the High Blood Pressure Education Month toolkit to help track your numbers, learn tips to accurately measure blood pressure, and take steps to keep your numbers in a healthy range. Share social media resources to inspire others to know and control their blood pressure too. Follow and tag The Heart Truth on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. | New! Self-Measured High Blood Pressure Fact Sheet  If your blood pressure numbers are high, your healthcare provider may suggest self-measuring your blood pressure outside of the doctor's office. The Self-Measured Blood Pressure fact sheet provides tips to help you accurately measure your blood pressure at home. Download this fact sheet. |  DASH Recipe of the Month Following the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating plan helps you keep your blood pressure in a healthy range. Get your summer off to a heart-healthy start by adopting healthy habits that can help keep your blood pressure under control. Try this DASH-friendly Hawaiin Huli Huli Chicken recipe and watch the cooking demo to help you prepare a heart-healthy meal with family and friends. | Resources from Healthy Hearts Network Partners  The Preeclampsia Foundation is celebrating Preeclampsia Awareness Month in May! Preeclampsia is a type of high blood pressure that occurs only during pregnancy. The Heart Truth would like to highlight the great work the Foundation is doing around pregnancy and heart health. Check out the partner spotlight on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and find resources to share for Preeclampsia Awareness Month. |  Join the African American Health Program (AAHP) for AAHP Community Day 2023 on Saturday, May 20, 2023 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST at the Montgomery College - Germantown campus. AAHP Community Day 2023 will include an interactive discussion with youth, parents, and the community on security, change, and wellness. There will be workshops, fun activities, a host of exhibitors, and more. Register today. |  The Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) and The Balm in Gilead, Inc. recently released Labor of Love: Saving the Hearts and Minds of Black Mothers, a podcast discussing the significant role that cardiovascular disease and structural racism play in the Black maternal health crisis, as well as what can be done to address this crisis. ABC also shared updates on their "We Are the Faces of Black Maternal Health™" campaign. Listen to the podcast. |  The HHS Office on Women's Health (OWH) is inviting public and private sector organizations to apply to become a Women's Health Champion during National Women's Blood Pressure Awareness Week, National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, National Women and Girls' HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, National Women's Health Week, and other OWH observances. Learn more about the initiative. Letters of interest can be submitted via email to womenshealth@hhs.gov. |  | | | |
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