Events
Throughout the year, the HTN Roundtable hosts events, Fireside Chats, webinars, and our Annual Summit to offer timely and relevant discussion on emerging issues in hypertension control.
Throughout the year, the HTN Roundtable hosts events, Fireside Chats, webinars, and our Annual Summit to offer timely and relevant discussion on emerging issues in hypertension control.
Racing to the Top to Bring Down Blood Pressure | September 7, 2023 | Virtual Event
In October 2020, the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and the CDC convened a group of experts to discuss multilevel solutions to address hypertension control. Do these remain the right actions? Can a few of these actions be prioritized for the largest impact? Participants will use the 2020 NHBLI-CDC Workshop proceedings (Tables 1 and 2) as the starting point for discussion.
The National Hypertension Control Roundtable (NHCR) launched efforts to eliminate disparities in hypertension awareness, prevalence, and control as a part of its Annual Summit on Sept. 20-21, 2021. The Summit focused on elevating strategies for advancing health equity in hypertension control by hearing from thought leaders, sharing resources and the latest data as well as highlighting successes and lessons learned. Summit participants represent more than 50 organizations that collaborated to advance proven and innovative strategies to eliminate disparities in control rates.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention initially convened partners in September 2019 to design solutions and scale best practices and policies to increase hypertension control. After the meeting, the National Hypertension Control Roundtable was formed in 2020 to initiate a national dialogue to address the challenges surrounding hypertension control.
We kicked off this year’s fireside chat series with an in-depth conversation with experts on hypertension control in pregnant and postpartum women.
The National Hypertension Control Roundtable hosted a Fireside Chat on November 6, 2023, leveraging electronic health records.
The National Hypertension Control Roundtable hosted a Fireside Chat on May 22, 2023, on Faith-Based Initiatives for Improving Hypertension Control.
The National Hypertension Control Roundtable a Fireside Chat in March 2023 on Hypertension and Brain Health.
The National Hypertension Control Roundtable hosted a Fireside Chat on Feb 9, 2023, on the Value of Team-Based Care to Improve Hypertension.