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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Control Hypertension

About this resource:

HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: Office of the Surgeon General

Last Reviewed: October 2020

Workgroups: Heart Disease and Stroke Workgroup

This 2020 Call to Action seeks to prevent negative health effects of hypertension in the United States. It highlights specific interventions that stakeholders across diverse settings can implement, adapt, and expand. It contains 3 sections:

  • Current state of hypertension control, including economic costs and health disparities 
  • 3 goals with supporting strategies to improve hypertension control
  • Sectors that can take diverse action to positively influence hypertension control
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Objectives related to this resource (2)

Reduce the proportion of adults with high blood pressure — HDS‑04
Baseline only
Increase control of high blood pressure in adults — HDS‑05
LHI label
Baseline only

Suggested Citation

1.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Surgeon General. (2020). The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Control Hypertension. Retrieved from https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/call-to-action-to-control-hypertension.pdf [PDF - 2 MB]