Through Initiated Act I, and the Tobacco Settlement funds, the Arkansas Minority Health Commission, CHCA, and three of the Federally Qualified Health Centers located in counties with the highest number of strokes are implementing the hypertension screening and treatment program. CHC Hypertension and Stroke Prevention Program Coordinators screen for high blood pressure and refer those individuals to their primary care physicians or to the CHCs for treatments.
The program is designed for those individuals with hypertension who are not currently being treated and for whom the financial burden of the physician visits and medication have precluded them from being under the care of a provider to control their blood pressure.