The Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP)--a therapeutic knowledge translation program.
The Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) is a dynamic therapeutic knowledge translation program that changes annually based on the previous year's experience. To meet the challenge of hypertension treatment and control, CHEP activities include updating evidence-based management recommendations, implementing the recommendations and examining the impact of CHEP on hypertension management and hypertensive complications. CHEP aids health care professionals by providing credible, widely dissentinated up-to-date recommendations in multiple formats to suit individual learning needs. Key words: Hypertension, knowledge translation.
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Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta. ncampbel@ucalgary.ca
D026683:Advisory Committees; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*