HealthPOWER! Prevention News (Spring 2012)

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From the Chief Consultant—Calvin Collidge once said that "all growth depends upon activity— there is no development without effort." Read more...

FEATURE ARTICLE

How Does Your (Community) Garden Grow?: MOVE!^® Program Helps Veterans Get Healthy "from Earth to Plate"— In it's third planting season, the community garden at the Palo Alto Campus of VAPAHCS has provided Veterans and staff more than just a bounty of fresh organic produce. Read more...

SPRING SHOWCASE ARTICLES

MOVE!^® Weight Management Program in Fiscal Year 2011: A Discussion with NCP's Dr. Ken Jones and Lynn Novorska— Dr. Ken Jones, National Program Director for Weight Management, and Registered Dietitian Lynn Novorska, MOVE!^® Dietitian Program Coordinator, recently discussed the Fiscal Year 2011 (FY 11) evaluation of the MOVE!^® Program. Read more...

Putting the "Team" in "PACT" at the Cincinnati VAMC: Clinicians Collaborate to Help Veterans Get Heart Healthy—Staff from the Women Veterans Health Program and MOVE!^® Program recently partnered to successfully promote female Veterans' health as part of the sixth Annual Red Heart Day Celebration. Read more...

What They're Saying About: —Read more...

Racial Disparities in VA Health Care: Improvements, Challenges, and Opportunities— In the mid-1990's, VA undertook an organization-wide transformation aimed at quality improvement (QI) in health care. Read more...

RESOURCES

Research Reveals Factors that Influence Overweight and Obese Veterans' Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables—The factors that drive U.S. Veterans' choice of a healthy diet are not well understood. Read more...

Working Out With Resistance Bands—Resistance bands are large rubber bands or tubes that may be purchased at sporting good stores and most department stores Read more...

NEWS UPDATES—Read more...

STAFF UPDATES—Read more...

MOVE!^® SUCCESS STORIES

The Most Rewarding Job: MOVE!^® Physician Champion Dr. Inge Ferguson Helps Veterans Meet the Challenges of Weight Management—"When a Veteran has that 'a-ha moment and  his weight starts going down, that's exciting for me," says Dr. Ursula (Inge) Ferguson, who describes her role as a MOVE!^® Physician Champion as the "most rewarding job" that she's ever had.   Read more...

It's What You Still Can Do, Not What You Can't: Veteran Lanny Carrero Gets Inspired, Goes Cycling, and Gives Back—HealthPOWER! recently talked with Veteran and VA patient Lanny Carrero, who is successfully battling multiple sclerosis (MS) with the help of physical activity, a positive mind-set, and a renewed sense of community involvement. Read more...

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