Men more at risk of high blood pressure but slow to act
The initiative, run by the Irish Heart Foundation, has just marked a year in operation in shopping centres, community centres, car parks and other public places where trained nursing staff encourage passers-by to take a minute to check their pressure.
More than 11,000 participants were tested and out of a sample survey of 268, 41% were found to have high blood pressure, many of them having no idea they had what is often called the silent risk factor for heart attacks and strokes.
