1. School for hypertensive patients as a new health promotion and disease prevention technology in hospitals and out-patient clinics MD Eganyan R.A., PhD Kalinina A.M. State Research Center For Preventive Medicine MoH

2. School of health for hypertensive patients is the complex of joint methods and means of individual prophylactic counseling and, particularly, work in groups for both sick and at high risk patients. It directs to:  improve awareness  work out practical habits, skills to eliminate..behavioral risk factors  raise compliance to treatment  optimize patients cure  prevent severe complications  increase their quality of life

3. The general purpose of activities, carried out at school Availability Quality Volume of medical preventive aids in different medical health care services for patients with AH

4. Tasks to : improve awareness create motivation for healthier lifestyle raise a res- ponsibility for keeping health form an active attitude to own disease work off abilities and skills raise compliance to treatment master of some self- control techniques render urgent, emergency first aid

5. Target groups and location School consists of 8-10 patients with mild, moderate and severe arterial hypertension. “School of health for hypertensive patients” can be arranged in hospitals, outpatient clinics, sanatoriums, and cardiologic dispensaries.

6. Structural educational programme for patients Pedagogical methods Psychological methods Special professional information Educational units, then educational steps presenting aim and logic in an active, «questions-answers» form reverse communication, explanation, repetition, fixation, visual aids cognitive, emotional and senso-motor levels of the perception

7. Model of program (8 lessons) 1. Risk factors, their roles in the development of AH 2. Healthy nutrition 3. Obesity and arterial hypertension 4. Physical activity and health 5. Smoking and health (for smokers) 6. Stress 7. Drugs. Problems of medical compliance 8. Conclusion (control of awareness)

8. Influential factors on School result are: 1.Existence of available scientific conception 2.Readiness of the population 3.Professional competency of medical workers

9. Prevalence of arterial hypertension and its risk factors

10. Awareness of the risk factor`s role in AH

11. Didn’t know about the criteria

12. «PROTON» PROfessional Training fOr traiNers