Health Promotions
Fall Prevention
Stepping On Class
What is Stepping On?
Stepping On is a program that has been researched and proven to reduce falls by 30% in older adults. Workshops meet for two hours a week for seven weeks. They are led by a health profession-al and a peer leader–someone who, just like you, is concerned about falls. Local guest experts such as an Occupational or Physical Therapist, Pharmacist, and Optometrist provide information on exer-cise, vision, safety, and medication.
Here’s what some workshop participants have to say:
“When I’m walking I still think, ‘lift your feet, walk heel-to-toe.’
"I have stopped falling outside!"
“Not only did we learn some things about preventing falls, but we had a good time doing it. It was really fun.”
Some things you will learn:
▶ Simple and effective balance and strengthening exercise
▶ How medications can contribute to falls
▶ How to eliminate fall hazards from your home
Tai Chi
Program Benefits
Tai Chi for Arthritis/Health is a 1-hour class led by a trained instructor. Tai Chi is an enjoyable exercise that can relieve your pain, improve your health, and increase your ability to do things. It’s easy and fun to learn. Tai Chi consists of slow continuous whole-body movements, strung together in a form. Like dance, the movements are learned and follow one after the other. Anyone 65 and older is welcome to join!
What is Provided to Participants
Participants will learn Tai Chi movements in a fun, non-threatening environment. Tai Chi for Arthritis/Health incorporates exercises that improve muscular strength, flexibility and fitness. The Tai Chi for Arthritis/Health program also focuses on weight transference, which improves balance and prevents falls.
Living Well Workshops
Participants meet once a week for 2 1/2 hours for six weeks.
Living Well with Chronic Conditions
Program Benefits
The workshops empowers participants to take an active role in managing their health by giving them the key skills needed to manage any chronic health condition. The program addresses common symptoms and worries from all types of chronic disease and illnesses. Family members and others who support people with a chronic health condition are also encouraged to attend. Participants who have completed a workshop demonstrate:
- Increased exercise
- Increased ability to do social and household activities
- Less depression, fear, frustration, and worry about their health
- Reduction in symptoms like pain
- Increased confidence in their ability to manage their condition
- Decreased emergency department visits and hospitalization
Living Well with Diabetes (LWDiabetes)
Program Benefits
In addition to addressing the physical and emotional symptoms of diabetes, this program also aims to help participants better communicate with their health care providers and make healthy day-today decisions. The workshop is goal-orientated and shown to improved health outcomes for people looking to better manage their diabetes. Participants who have completed a workshop demonstrate:
- Increased exercise
- Increased ability to do social and household activities
- Less depression, fear, frustration, and worry about their health
- Reduction in symptoms like pain
- Increased confidence in their ability to manage their condition
- Decreased emergency department visits and hospitalization
- Increased knowledge for dealing with diabetes specific symptoms
Living Well with Chronic Conditions
Program Benefits
Living Well with Chronic Pain (LWCP) is a 6-session evidence-based workshop designed for those dealing with chronic pain. Participants learn self-management techniques and skills needed in the day to day management of their chronic pain condition. This program has also been proven effective with family and caregivers. This program also aims to help participants better communicate with their health care providers and make healthy day-to-day decisions.
What Is Provided To Participants
Participants who have completed a workshop demonstrate:
- Pain and fatigue management
- How to make an action plan to set and achieve attainable goals
- Problem solving
- How to deal with difficult emotions
- Appropriate physical activity for maintaining and improving strength, flexibility, and endurance
- Effective decision making
- Healthy eating
- Communication skills
- Pacing activity and rest
Working with your health care professional
Walk With Ease
Walk With Ease
Participants meet 3x per week for six weeks
No matter if you need relief from arthritis pain or just want to be active, the Arthritis Foundation’s six week Walk With Ease program can teach you how to safely make physical activity part of your everyday life.
Studies by the Thurston Arthritis Research Center and the Institute on Aging of the University of North Carolina show that Walk With Ease is proven to:
- Reduce the pain and discomfort of arthritis
- Increase balance, strength and walking pace
- Build confidence in your ability to be physically active
- Improve overall health
Car Seat Safety
Keeping children safe is a priority of all parents, especially when traveling. The leading cause of death in children is motor vehicle crashes. Using the appropriate car seat can reduce your child’s risk of injury by 71% - 82% . Yet, despite best intentions, SafeKids worldwide estimates that three quarters of child safety seats are improperly installed. For example, a loose harness can’t hold a child in a car seat during an accident.
To ensure your car seat is properly installed contact Central Utah Public Health Department. Our health department has 4 certified car seat techs that cover our six-county health district. New car seats are available based on current grant funding. To have your car seat checked or obtain a new car seat, please contact our Richfield office and you will be referred to the car seat tech in your area.
For more information on car seat guidelines please visit the following website:
www.safekids.org/ultimate-car-seat-guide/
To access more car seat guidelines please visit:
www.safekids.org/ultimate-car-seat-guide/
www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/child_passenger_safety/cps-factsheet.html#tabs-1-4
Tobacco Prevention and Control
Central Utah Health Department is here for you and your family members in your journey to better health. FREE tobacco cessation kits are available at all CUHD offices.
It is unlawful to sell tobacco or nicotine products to anyone under 21 years of age.
The Utah Tobacco Retailer Education Guide will help you prevent individuals younger than 21 years of age from having access to tobacco products, electronic cigarette products, and nicotine products.
CUHD can help businesses create a tobacco policy, review and provide suggestions to enhance current tobacco policies, share free cessation resources, and provide no smoking signage at no cost.
Contact Heidi Pearson for additional information.
Physical Activity Resources
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Opioid Abuse Resources
EPICC Program: Environment Policy & Improved Clinical Care
Top Star Training for Day Care Providers
Teaching Obesity Prevention in Early Childcare and Education Settings, TOP Star for short, is a Utah Department of Health and Human Services program created to improve the health of children who are cared for in early childcare and education settings. The goal of TOP Star is to help childcare providers improve their nutrition and physical activity environments. Training to become a certified Top Star provider is available through Central Utah Health Department
For more information about the Top Star program visit: heal.utah.gov/childcare/choosehealth.utah.gov/prek-12/childcare/top-star-program.php
Clinical Improvement Project:
Central Utah Health Department offers an incentive program to local health care clinics to track chronic disease rates and promote evidence-based practices that improve self-management rates. The chronic diseases targeted in this program include: hypertension, diabetes, prediabetes and cholesterol rates.
Diabetes Management Resources
Research indicates that approximately 186,706 people in Utah or 8% of the adult population have diagnosed diabetes. Central Utah’s health district has a lower rate at 6.8%. However, many people that have Type 2 Diabetes or are Prediabetic don’t know they have it. If you would like to learn more about prediabetes visit the doihaveprediabetes.org website and take the risk quiz.
For more information on how to prevent Type 2 Diabetes visit: www.cdc.gov/diabetes/prevent-type-2/index.html
There is currently one Diabetes Self-Management Education Class (DSME) and one National Diabetes Prevention Program Class (NDPP) in the CUPHD health district.
Million Hearts Program
Million Hearts® 2022 is a national initiative to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes within 5 years. It focuses on implementing a small set of evidence-based priorities and targets that can improve cardiovascular health for all 12 local clinics in our Health District have received the Million Hearts Award For more information about the yearly Million Hearts Challenge please visit: millionhearts.hhs.gov/
For information on how to take accurate blood pressure readings at home please visit: www.cdc.gov/bloodpressure/measure.htm
Recommended Class for Diabetes
DSME : Central Valley Community Pharmacy
152 West 1500 North
Nephi, Utah 84648
435-623-3700
www.centralvalleypharmacy.com/diabetes
NDPP: Four Points Clinic
440 South Main Street
Richfield, Utah 8701
435-893-6800
fourpointshealth.org/richfield/
Contact your local health department for additional classes.