Overview 

Self-Measured Blood Pressure (SMBP) programs teach adults how to improve and manage blood pressure. Participants work to:

  • Make healthy choices
  • Choose healthier foods
  • Stay active
  • Control stress
  • Manage medications if needed

Repeated visits with a member of their health care team help track progress. Support from a trained health care team helps people achieve and maintain their health goals.

Who qualifies?

Alaska adults who:

  • Have high blood pressure
  • Are currently working to manage their blood pressure
  • Are at risk of developing high blood pressure

Being at risk of developing high blood pressure includes:

  • Occasional high blood pressure readings
  • A family history of high blood pressure
  • A history of high blood pressure during pregnancy

There can be benefits to SMBP even if you manage your blood pressure with medication. SMBP may reduce how much medication you need.

How to sign up

Find an Alaska-based program near you

Anchorage

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Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center
Valerie Bixler, PharmD, BC-ADM, Clinical Pharmacist
Phone: 907-743-7203
Spanish: Yes

Pacific Community of Alaska
Designed for Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander population
Mavis Boone
Phone: 907-891-9996

Providence Medical Center Community Health Workers
Cynthia Lyell
Phone: 907-201-0182

YMCA Anchorage
Erin Widener
Phone: 907-563-3211 ext. 104

Bethel

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Bethel Family Clinic
Micheline Tchatchoua
Phone: 907-543-3773

Cordova

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Ilanka Community Health Center
Tamara Russin
Phone: 907-424-8257

Girdwood

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Turnagain Community Health
Clare Jackson
Phone: 907-783-1355

Glennallen

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Cross Road Health Ministries
Phone: 907-822-3203

Haines

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Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC)
Genevieve Schmidt
Phone: 907-463-7507

Homer

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Homer Medical Center
Bonita Banks, BSN, RN
Phone: 907-235-8586

Juneau

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Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC)
Genevieve Schmidt
Phone: 907-463-7507

Nome

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Norton Sound Health Corporation
Megan C. Mackiernan, PA-C
Phone: 907-443-4501

Northern Mat-Su Valley

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Sunshine Community Health Center
Duronda Twigg, BSN, RN
Phone: 907-733-2273 ext. 2830

Seward

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Seward Community Health Center
Tiffany Becker
Phone: 907-224-2273

Sitka

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Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC)
Genevieve Schmidt
Phone: 907-463-7507

Talkeetna

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Sunshine Community Health Center
Duronda Twigg, BSN, RN
Phone: 907-733-2273 ext. 2830

Tyonek

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Native Village of Tyonek
Administered through EMS department
Justin Trenton
Phone: 907-583-2201

Unalaska

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Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska
Kate Arduser
Phone: 907-581-2920

Willow

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Sunshine Community Health Center
Duronda Twigg, BSN, RN
Phone: 907-733-2273 ext. 2830

Program list updated in July 2026.

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