HEW News Release
- Contributor(s):
- National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Publication:
- Produced: 26 July 1972
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Hypertension Public Health
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Press releases Announcements
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101584929X159 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Profiles in Science ID:
- XFBBKS
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584929X159
- Archival Collection:
- The Edward D. Freis Papers (Profiles in Science)