Women Together for Health

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Women Together for Health
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What is WTFH?
FREE

• A healthy lifestyle program
• Increase physical activity
• Improve nutrition intake, including 5 a Day
• Tools to manage stress
• Tobacco Use and Exposure
• Vehicle Seat Belt Restraint / Car Seat Safety

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Who can participate?

• Women, 18 to 44 years of age

Facilitated in English or Spanish
Why this target group?

• Grant funded program from ADHS
• The state identified this target group has much
  to gain from a program addressing chronic disease
  risks

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Where are the classes?

• All communities in Maricopa County
• Our facilitators come to your site
• Example sites
• Work sites (Medtronics, Banner Health)
• Community sites (St. Vincents, YMCA)

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Class Details

• There must be a minimum of 10, a maximum of 20-25
  participants to start a class
• Classes are offered Monday Thursday, morning,
  midday, afternoon, and evening
• Your choice of a 8-week class for 1.5 hours/week
  or a 12-week class for 1 hour/week

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The Site Commitment

• Site Coordinator / Contact
• A room for the class
• Marketing your class(es) (flyers provided)
• Sign up sheet (provided)
• Childcare (if applicable)

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WTFH will provide

• Two facilitators for the program (registered
  dietitian and health educator)
• All class materials
• All equipment (unless provided)
• Participant incentives
• Childcare reimbursement (for the site)

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Incentives Example

• Pedometer
• Stress balls
• Journals

• Resistance bands
• Water Bottles
• Cookbooks

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What are participants saying?

• Wonderful program, informative
• Awesome handouts and tools
• The step log and food log help me monitor
  progress
• Lots of fun to meet with other women each week
  who want to improve health habits

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Ive learned

• How to read food labels
• Food portions
• How to take care of myself and my family
• How to do more exercises/exercise techniques

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Program Measurement

• Pre and post-test
• Participant input (mid/end-course)

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Questions?