The initiative equips libraries with blood-pressure monitor kits and educational tools
Communities across Massachusetts are embracing heart-health access in new and powerful ways. This week, the Greenfield Recorder highlighted how the Greenfield Public Library and Montague Public Libraries have joined the American Heart Association’s Libraries With Heart initiative, offering blood-pressure monitor kits that patrons can borrow just like a book.
The article, written by Domenic Poli, shares how library staff received training from local public health officials and how the new lending kits give residents simple, reliable tools to check their blood pressure at home, an important step in helping more people “know their numbers” and take charge of their well-being.
This expansion into Western Massachusetts builds on a growing statewide movement. Earlier this year, the American Heart Association launched Libraries With Heart programs in Franklin and Brockton, partnering with local libraries and community leaders to make heart-health resources more accessible for everyone. Together, these efforts are helping to bring lifesaving tools into trusted community spaces, especially in areas where access to care can be limited.
You can read the full Greenfield Recorder story here. For more information about high blood pressure, visit heart.org.