Virtual Expansion of the YMCA's Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring (BPSM) Program: Using Telehealth to Adapt an Evidence-Based Program to Reach Rural Communities in South Carolina.

Context: Disparities in cardiovascular disease prevalence and death exist among South Carolina's rural residents. Blood pressure self-monitoring (BPSM), where individuals measure their own blood pressure outside of the clinical environment, coupled with additional support, is an evidence-based, cost-effective strategy that is underutilized at large.

Program: The YMCA's BPSM program is an evidence-based, 4-month program that includes 2 individualized office hours with a Healthy Heart Ambassador and 4 nutrition education sessions per month.