Alabama Power Health and Wellness ______________________________________ Lauren Whitt, PhD Wellness

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Alabama Power Health and Wellness________________
______________________Lauren Whitt,
PhDWellness Coordinator
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• Everything we do today can make a difference for
  tomorrow.

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Top Three Causes of Death
Age 25-44
45-64
65 up
? Source CDC National Vital Statistics Reports
Volume 54 19, June 28, 2006
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Awareness is key!

• 5 changeable behaviors drive 70 of health care
  spending
• Smoking
• Drinking
• Eating
• Stress
• Not enough exercise

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• OUR MISSION
• Promote a culture that embraces healthy lifestyle
  choices by providing tools and resources to
  increase awareness and influence behavior

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• OUR GOALS
• PREVENTION
• To promote health and quality of life by
  preventing illness and disease
• EARLY DETECTION
• To promote and utilize the use of screening
  tests, diagnostic tests, medical exams, and
  self-exams for early disease detection.
• DISEASE MANAGEMENT
• To communicate and promote available resources to
  improve the quality of life for individuals with
  chronic disease conditions by minimizing the
  effects of a disease or chronic condition through
  integrative care and reducing healthcare costs.

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• A Sample of Success Stories
• Employees with high cholesterol identified
  through the lab profile and through discussion
  with wellness coach initiate diet and exercise
  program and lower cholesterol and improve blood
  pressure
• Employees identified with elevated PSA levels
  through the lab profile and physician follow up
  revealed prostate cancer
• Lab profiles have identified individuals with
  high glucose numbers who have worked with
  wellness coaches to get their numbers under
  control allowing them to keep their Commercial
  Drivers Licenses and retaining their jobs

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• Cure peoples ills and make them healthy for a
  day. Teach them to stay well and keep them
  healthy for a lifetime.
• Chinese Proverb

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• SouthernLifeStyle
• The business of changing lives