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Stroke is a non-communicable disease that still has the highest death rate in the world. Even though stroke is not transmitted from one sufferer to another through contact, prevention must still be improved. Lifestyle and socioeconomics are thought to be one of the biggest factors that cause strokes. This activity aims to prevent and manage stroke by increasing knowledge in detecting signs and symptoms of stroke, preventing recurrent strokes and changing lifestyle modification behavior. Community service activity methods include health education, health checks to identify risk factors for hypertension/stroke, empowering families to recognize signs and symptoms of stroke, controlling stroke risk factors and lifestyle modification. The results of the activity showed that the majority of respondents had had one stroke (60%), the majority of families had sufficient knowledge (60%) about preventing recurrent strokes, the majority of respondents had a low risk (50%). Increased knowledge of patients and families in detecting signs of preventing stroke risk factors is targeted at changing behavior and improving healthy lifestyles to prevent recurrent strokes.

Hypertension is nicknamed the silent killer because it is a disease without symptoms. This refers to a condition where blood pressure increases beyond normal limits, namely systolic pressure ≥140 mmHg and diastolic pressure <90 mmHg. Educational activities and detection of hypertension symptoms were carried out because the incidence rate was still high in the Maccini Sawah Health Center Working Area. This service is carried out with the target of people aged ≥ 40 years so that they can maintain a healthy lifestyle and have the knowledge, attitudes and skills to implement the principles of healthy living for every community. The aim of this service is to increase public awareness, understanding of prevention, lifestyle changes and increased participation in health decisions. The method for implementing this community service is education and blood pressure checks carried out simultaneously. There were 23 people who took part in this activity. The activity ran smoothly and well where the people who had been invited to take part in the education and detection of hypertension symptoms had followed it to completion with a total of 20 families participating. There are still many people who do not have their health checked at the health center. The community health center needs to carry out a door to door visit program to increase the coverage of the P2M program and reduce morbidity due to non-communicable diseases, especially hypertension.