CHC Can Help You Quit Smoking

Donna Freeman | TOBACCO CESSATIONMonthly Tobacco Cessation Classes Offered to Employees & Patients

Do you have a patient, friend or relative that needs help to stop smoking? How about you? Could you use some assistance? In November of 2006 the CHC Clinic on Santa Maria Way began to offer tobacco cessation services. In April we added a Spanish speaking facilitator so we could offer services to our Spanish speaking population.

We offer monthly classes in both Spanish and English and also offer some individual sessions on a case by case basis. We offer Nicotine replacement therapy at no cost to those that qualify and also offer reimbursement for Chantix, Zyban and Wellbutrin to qualified participants. These classes are open to the public. Participants must be 18 years of age.

We offer a combination of education, process group and support. You can contact me, Donna Freeman, or Jose Nevarez at (805) 938-0935 x619 (the extension may change in the near future, we will keep you posted)

There are referral forms available at the clinic. Classes are held in the CHC Human Resources conference room, at 2801 Santa Maria Way, Suite C, Santa Maria. There is a series of seven classes per month with a suggested one-time donation of $20.00.

(There is no charge to the Spanish Speaking population)

We will be happy to e mail you a monthly schedule of our classes. E-mail me at dfreeman@chccc.org and request a schedule of classes.

In-service by Tufts University Researcher Ann McDermott: "Prescribing Exercise for Your Patients"

CHC medical staffers are invited to a free evening lecture presented by Tufts University Research Scientist and Cal Poly Assistant Kinesiology Professor Dr. Ann McDermott. Dr. McDermott has been lecturing across the country, most recently in Boston, MA, sharing her depth of knowledge on the topic of obesity prevention, and prescribing an effective exercise regimen for patients.

Attendees will learn about what exercises can be tailored to address patient's specific health issues, how much/how often patients should exercise, and what side effects or warning signs they should look for. The goal of this program is to prescribe every patient an effective exercise regimen that they can incorporate in their daily lives - in much the same way they would with medication. This promises to be a truly enlightening evening, and the first of what hopes to be an ongoing lecture series by Dr. McDermott, if there proves to be enough interest.

Speaker: Ann Yelmokas McDermott, PhD, MS, LN
Associate Professor, Cal Poly Kinesiology Department, Director of the Developing Center for Obesity Prevention & Education, & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine

Dr. McDermott is a research scientist at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University Lipid Metabolism Laboratory, studying the effects of exercise and diet on health, weight, and body composition (fat, lean and bone). Her interests have spanned healthy aging, athletic performance, HIV, with her current work focused on obesity, weight loss, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Dr. McDermott is dedicated to educating the medical community on the complex relationships between nutrition, health, disease and human performance. She teaches the Nutrition and Medicine course at the Tufts University School of Medicine, has published a number of scientific papers on the role of diet and exercise in disease treatment and prevention, and is often interviewed for magazines, television, radio, and newspapers.

Prescribing Exercise for Your Patients
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
7:00pm – 8:30pm

Healthful appetizers and drinks will be provided.

CHC Coastal Medical Center
336 South Halcyon, Arroyo Grande
(Across the street from Arroyo Grande Hospital)

RSVP: CHC Oceano; (805) 270-0025
Leave a message & a CHC Oceano staffer will respond promptly

CHC Provides Low-Pressure Education at Farmer's Market

CHC recently collaborated with CenCal Health (formally SBRHA) in San Luis Obispo, with their “Go Red for Women” American Heart Association Screening at the weekly SLO Farmers’ Market. Provided in honor of Women’s Health Month, the free blood pressure checks & educational information was well-received by market-goers.

[Photo L-R] Kathryn Reid (CHC), Theresa Merkle (SBRHA), Krista Morley (SBRHA), Bernadette Alexander (CHC), Paula Marie Michal (SBRHA), Steve Smith (CHC)