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Hypertension: History, Impact, and Interventions (webinar)

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February 25th from 12:30-1:30pm PT. The event is free, but registration is required. 

How and why do we measure blood pressure (BP)? Does it matter? How do we decide if BP is too high (a condition known as hypertension) and whether that is a result of aging, bad luck, or a disease? If it’s a disease, when and how should we treat it? How does hypertension interact with other diseases, and does race or ethnicity increase (or decrease) the risks of high BP?

This presentation will provide a brief history of our developing understanding of hypertension’s central role in cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, and stroke. In particular, it will include a selective review of the research results which have driven diagnostic and treatment guidelines and public health policies over the past century.

The presenter, Dr. Umans, is Director of the Biomarker, Biochemistry and Biorepository Core and of the Field Studies Division at MedStar Health Research Institute Over the past 14 years, his primary research focus has been on the staggering disparities in cardiovascular disease and related disorders that affect American Indian and Alaska Native populations nationwide.

This free webinar is part of the Native-CHART Webinar Series. Native-CHART (Native-Controlling Hypertension And Risk Through Technology) aims to improve control of blood pressure and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease in American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders with diagnosed hypertension. The research center is housed within the Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH) at WSU.

Research Center Update: Native-CHART

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In November, Native-CHART held its 3rd Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington. Center investigators and staff, community action board members, and Satellite Center leads met to discuss the study’s progress. All field work and outreach has begun for the three community-based interventions, with the support of the Cores and the modifications that were discussed at the Annual Meeting. Native-CHART has launched its fourth year with new momentum, ready to tackle research questions and publish new data.

Engaging Native Hawaiians & Pacific Islanders And Activating Communities To Take Steps (ENACTS) Webinar and Presentation Available

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In this webinar, Dr. Ka’imi Sinclair discussed the project, “Engaging Native Hawaiians & Pacific Islanders and Activating Communities to Take Steps (ENACTS).” The event was live on Wednesday, April 2, 2019 and was presented as part of the Native-Controlling Hypertension And Risk Through Technology (Native-CHART) Webinar Series.

 

Click here to view and download the webinar slides

 

Recordings of previous webinars can be found here.

2018 Native-CHART Annual Meeting

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On November 8th and 9th, Partnerships for Native Health hosted the third annual meeting for Native-Controlling Hypertension and Risk Through Technology (Native-CHART) in Seattle, Washington. Some highlights from the gathering include the following:

  • Keawe’aimoku Kaholokula, Professor and Chair of the Department of Native Hawaiian Health at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, presented his research on race, discrimination, and blood pressure.
  • Jason Umans provided training and guidance on the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association Hypertension Guidelines.

Attendees also received updates on Native-CHART’s three current projects:

  • Our partners at Southcentral Foundation in Anchorage, Alaska, discussed their progress with Blood-Pressure-Improving Control among Alaska Native People (BP-ICAN).
  • Washington State University researchers presented an update on Engaging Native Hawaiians & Pacific Islanders and Activating Communities to Take Steps (ENACTS).
  • Our partners from the Chickasaw Nation and the University of Oklahoma updated attendees on the Chickasaw Healthy Eating Environments Research Study (CHEERS).