Abstrak Hipertensi merupakan penyakit tidak menular dengan prevalensi tertinggi di Desa Suwaloh dengan jumlah kasus 74 orang yang penderitanya merupakan pra lansia dan lansia. Tujuan dari program “Suwaloh BERPOTENSI” adalah untuk memberikan upaya intervensi dalam mencegah dan mengendalikan penyakit hipertensi sesuai dengan kondisi sumber daya dan karakteristik masyarakat. Metode pelaksanaan program ini terdiri dari sosialisasi kesehatan (SOLASI), pembekalan berupa buku saku dan lagu (BUKSI dan LUSI), serta demonstrasi senam hipertensi (SELASI) yang dilangsungkan pada tanggal 17 Januari 2023. Sasaran dalam program ini adalah kelompok umur pra lansia dan lansia yang berjumlah 50 orang. Hasil yang telah dicapai pada Program “Suwaloh BERPOTENSI” adalah jumlah peserta yang hadir sebanyak 40 orang (80%) serta terjadi peningkatan pengetahuan >10% berdasarkan pre-test dan post-test. Oleh karena itu, program “Suwaloh BERPOTENSI” disimpulkan berhasil dilaksanakan dengan efektif dan optimal sebagai upaya intervensi penyakit hipertensi pada kelompok pra lansia dan lansia. Kata kunci: hipertensi; pra lansia; lansia; intervensi; sosialisasi Abstract Hypertension is a non-communicable disease with the highest prevalence in Suwaloh Village with 74 cases whose occupants are pre-elderly and elderly. The "Suwaloh BERPOTENSI" program aims to provide intervention efforts in preventing and controlling hypertension in accordance with the condition of resources and the characteristics of the community. The method of the program implementation consisted of health socialization (SOLASI), providing pocket book and song (BUKSI and LUSI), and demonstration of hypertension exercises (SELASI) which were held on January 17, 2023. The targets in this program were the pre-elderly and elderly age group with a total of 50 people. The results that have been achieved in the "Suwaloh BERPOTENSI" Program were the number of participants who attended by 40 people (80%) and there was an improvement in knowledge >10% between pre-test and post-test. Therefore, the "Suwaloh BERPOTENSI" program was concluded to have been successfully implemented effectively and optimally as an intervention effort for hypertension in the pre-elderly and elderly groups. Keywords: hypertension; middle age; elderly; intervention; socialization
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