Self-Measured Blood Pressure Programs
Learn to monitor and manage your blood pressure
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
Reach out to the following organizations in your community to learn about how to enroll in a program to improve and manage your blood pressure.
Anchorage
Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center
Valerie Bixler, PharmD, BC-ADM
Clinical Pharmacist
Phone: (907) 743 - 7203
Pacific Community of Alaska
Mavis Boone
Programs designed for the Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander population
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
Virtual option also available
Spanish option also available
Cordova
Ilanka Community Health Center
Ellen Sheridan RN, CCM
Phone: (907) 424 - 8257
Homer
Homer Medical Center
Bonita Banks, BSN, RN
Phone: (907) 235 - 8586
Juneau, Haines, Sitka, Wrangell
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium
Genevieve Schmidt
Phone: (907) 463 - 7507
Nome
Norton Sound Health Corporation
Megan C. Mackiernan, PA-C
Phone: (907) 443 - 4501
Talkeetna, Willow, and Northern Mat-Su Valley
Sunshine Community Health Center
Duronda Twigg, BSN, RN
Phone: (907) 733 - 2273 ext. 2830
Tyonek
Native Village of Tyonek
Justin Trenton
Administered through EMS department
Phone: (907) 583 - 2201
Unalaska
Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska
Kate Arduser
Phone: (907) 581 - 2920
Program list updated June 2025