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

Online programs

Visit the Fresh Start website to see if this program is the right fit for you 

In-person programs

Reach out to one of the contacts listed below for your community for information on how to enroll

Anchorage

Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center

Tamara Deschaine, RDN, LD, CDCES

Phone: 907-743-7200
Email: tdeschaine@anhc.org 

Spanish option also available

Providence Medical Center Community Health Workers

Cynthia Lyell

Phone: 907-201-0182
Email: cynthia.lyell@providence.org 

YMCA Anchorage South

Erin Widener

Phone: 907-563-3211 ext. 104

Virtual option also available

Spanish option also available

Aniak

Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation

Abby Zito
Email: abby_zito@ykhc.org 

Haines

Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium WISEWOMAN

Pam Sloper
Phone: 907-766-6367

Email: pams@searhc.org 

Women enrolled in WISEWOMAN program

Homer

Homer Medical Center

Bonita Banks, BSN, RN
Email: bbanks@sphosp.org 

Juneau

Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium

Genevieve Schmidt

Phone: 907-463-7507
Email: gschmidt@searhc.org 

Nome

Norton Sound Health Corporation

Megan C. Mackiernan, PA-C

Phone: 907-443-4501
Email: mmackiernan@nshcorp.org 

Tyonek

Native Village of Tyonek

Justin Trenton
Email: TFDchief@outlook.com

Administered through EMS department

Unalaska

Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska

Kate Arduser

Phone: 907-581-2920
Email: kate@qawalangin.com 

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