A public library in Washington state is offering a free way for residents to monitor their blood pressure at home.
The Timberland Regional Library has teamed up with the American Heart Association to offer the "Libraries with Heart" program, which allows people to check out at-home blood pressure monitoring kits, reports KOMO News.
"They have a chance to take the kit home and use them at their own convenience is another amazing resource that libraries can offer to people," says a library content and access director.
Nearly half of Washingtonians have high blood pressure, but monitoring it can be difficult in rural or remote areas, where people often have to travel long distances to get to a doctor, says an AHA official.
The kits are especially important for people with a family history of high blood pressure, she says.
In Denver, meanwhile, a community health center that combines affordable housing, a healthcare provider, a pharmacyand next, a grocery store offering fresh produce is proving how collaborative partnerships with real community input can meet the needs of historically underserved neighborhoods, reports CBS Denver.
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