Description of the Active Control Health Education (HE) Condition
Seniors in the HE group receive a single 30-minute individual counseling session on healthy lifestyle changes similar to PREMIER [8] and print versions of standard hypertension education material from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute [copies of the publications “Your Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure [26]” and “Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH [27]”.