Program: Promoting Healthy Lifestyles

What

Walking

An 8 wk worksite wellness program promoting nutrition & physical activity. Employees exercise 30 mins each day. We will offer physio-exercise ball classes to encourage other forms of exercise. Each dept in our agency will be competing against each other.

Tribes Involved:
confederate tribes

Location:
Workplace
Worksite, outside, & fitness center.

Program Purpose:
To help get physical activity going at a worksite, provide enthusiasm and awareness of self-goals, & put those goals into action. It's also to raise awareness for Nat'l Heart Disease month, which is February.

Program Key Features:
Self-report (honesty) - participants will use a form to keep track, competition, reaching long/short term goals

Most Excited About:
Getting my fellow employees to obtain more physical activity, making them aware of important their health is.

Program Partners:
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles Program & Native Vision Tobacco Program at Native American Community Health Center, Inc.

Program Age Groups:
Adult
Elder


Community:
NACHC, Inc. & other worksites soon

Start Date: 2/14/05

Location

3008 N. 3rd St.Suite 310
Phoenix, AZ 85012
US