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NEW BLOOD PRESSURE PROGRAM
12.8.09
Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City
Albemarle Health has begun a free, new program designed to help area residents monitor their blood pressure. The Health & Beauty program was developed to encourage people to check their blood pressure for free in locations that are convenient for them, and where just about everyone goes on a regular basis – beauty and barber shops.
“By providing blood pressure cuffs, educational brochures, and tracking cards, we are giving people important tools to identify high blood pressure, also known as the ‘silent killer,’ since many times there are no symptoms present,” said Pamela Etheridge, RN, BSN, Albemarle Health’s Community Health Nurse. “Our plans are to extend the program to 40 local shops in the future. Since so many men and women frequent beauty and barber shops, this program will be accessible to a great number of people, who, if high blood pressure is identified, can get needed treatment.”
Current participants include Keystone Barber Shop (two locations), OIC Cuts, Hairways Salon, Designers Touch, Marietta’s Beauty Salon, Sassy Styles, Notorie Barber’s Shop, and Amarie’s Salon.
If you would like more information about Albemarle Health’s Health and Beauty program, please contact Arina Boldt, MBA, Director of Healthy Communities, at 384-4665.
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Albemarle Health, a University Health Systems affiliate, is northeastern North Carolina’s largest regional health and wellness provider. Facilities include: Albemarle Hospital, a full-service medical center in Elizabeth City, featuring critical care, surgical and diagnostic imaging services, and comprehensive women’s care; Regional Medical Center, in Kitty Hawk, which houses an outpatient surgery center, laboratory, diagnostic imaging services, and offices for nearly 50 physicians; and Regional Oncology Center, a state of the art cancer treatment facility located on the campus of Albemarle Hospital; and Albemarle Health Sleep Center, in Elizabeth City.
In addition, Albemarle Health offers primary care through Island Medical Center, in Manteo, and Gates County Medical Center, in Gatesville. The Albemarle Hospital Foundation Community Care Clinics, in Elizabeth City and Tyner, provide primary care and prescription services to the indigent, uninsured, and underinsured in our service area.
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