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Get Vertical: And Don’t Take Back Pain Lying Down!
- January 19th, 2012
The Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Aligning Forces for Quality initiative are launching a campaign called “Get Vertical: And Don’t Take Back Pain Lying Down!” It’s estimated that 4 out of 5 people in the U.S. will have low back pain during their lives and most pain is caused by a strain on muscles and ligaments. Partner for Quality Care has developed a consumer booklet and interactive, online quiz to help Oregonians better understand safe and effective care for low back pain. All the information can be found at www.PartnerforQualityCare.org/lowbackpain .
Get Vertical is sponsored by Partner for Quality Care, a program of the Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Aligning Forces for Quality initiative.
Fitness/Stress Relief Rooms
- January 13th, 2012
South Coast ESD’s “Walk Away Stress Free” wellness program used grant dollars to create a “Stress Relief Room” which is equipped with 2 treadmills, elliptical machine, yoga mats, flat screen T.V., DVD’s, and chair and leg massage machines. Employees have access to the workout room throughout the workday and the wellness coordinators are analyzing usage by having each person sign in before using the equipment.
South Coast ESD’s Workout Area
South Coast ESD’s Leg Massager South Coast ESD’s Chair Massager
Port Orford School District’s wellness grant “Catch the 2CJ Wellness Wave” also used grant dollars to create a workout room that would compare against most gyms. It includes” elliptical machines, treadmill, exercise bike, yoga mats, stability balls, free weights, bench press machine, and a flat screen T.V. Port Orford is a small community on the southern Oregon coast with limited resources to fitness equipment, but by creating a fitness room on-site employees have unlimited access with no gym membership fee. South Coast ESD and Port Orford School District are creating a healthy environment at the worksite and using fitness equipment as a way to sustain the program.
Port Orford Exercise Equipment Room
Resource Guide on Health Care Consumerism – 3rd Edition
- October 5th, 2011
A Resource Guide on Health Care Consumerism has been updated on our website. This is the third edition of the consumerism guide with many new articles and information from financial planning to the advantages of breast feeding. The guide is intended to raise your awareness on issues that may affect you and your lifestyle. The Resources page contains the link to the Resource Guide on Health Care Consumerism . Also, on the Resources page there is a link to the 2011-12 Health Observant Dates which are special days, weeks, or months used to raise awareness on certain health topics.
Tooth Taxi
- September 10th, 2011
Blog: September 2011
A new tab has been created on our website and the new tab is “Tooth Taxi”. Created through a unique partnership and the generous support of OEA Choice Trust, The Dental Foundation of Oregon and ODS, the Tooth Taxi is a mobile state of the art dental clinic, which is a 38 foot mobile unit that includes two operatory units. Annually the Tooth Taxi visits approximately 50 sites, serves 3,000 children and provides more than $700,000 in donated dental services. Please click on our new tab www.oeachoice.com/news-events/tooth-taxi and learn more about the Tooth Taxi and the Dental Foundation of Oregon. The following is a quote from a Tooth Taxi host: “The Tooth Taxi staff provide a great service to the kids of our community. They’re great with kids and it’s a safe, welcoming environment. I’m proud to host the Tooth Taxi at my school.” (Principal Mathew Ihle, Chenowith Elementary, North Wasco County SD)
Portion Sizes
- August 1st, 2011
The website http://kgwlivewell.com/ has a colorful short video on portion size changes over the years. Research shows the people unintentionally overeat and consume more calories when given larger portion sizes. When you look at the chart below see if you’re surprised at how small one serving is, especially the butter and cheese! Click on the link below to take a short portion distortion quiz and test your portion knowledge.
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/downloads/portion-quiz.pdf
