Title:

HEW News Release

Creator:

National Institutes of Health (U.S.)

Date:

26 July 1972

Description:

This news release from the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (now the Department of Health and Human Services) announced the start of a national hypertension awareness initiative, later named the National High Blood Pressure Education Program, which would promote education, screening, and treatment of the disease. Impressed by the VA hypertension study, Mary Lasker and others had prevailed upon HEW Secretary Elliot Richardson to begin such an effort.

Location:

Box: 5. Folder: 25

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Press releases
Announcements

Subject:

Hypertension and Public Health

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

XFBBKS

NLM ID:

101584929X159

Profiles Collection:

The Edward D. Freis Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584929X159

Story Section:

The VA Cooperative Study and the Beginning of Routine Hypertension Screening, 1964-1980