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Community Health is the effort to strengthen the linkages between traditional healthcare and community based prevention strategies in order to help individuals prevent, delay, or live better with chronic conditions.
Community Health:
- Increases access to care
- Lowers cost
- Prevents and addresses chronic disease
- Reduces the effects of some social determinants of health
Have you or a loved once recently been diagnosed with a chronic disease such as cancer or Parkinson’s? Your local YMCA is here to walk you through the steps it takes to combat the disease you may be facing. See below for the programs that are currently being offered that best suits you and your current needs.
Chronic disease – such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes – are responsible for 7 out of 10 deaths among Americans. Treatment for individuals accounts for more than 75% of the $2.5 trillion spent on annual medical care costs in the U.S.
Employers in the U.S. spend an average of $1,685 per employee per year for indirect healthcare costs such as absenteeism, disability, and reduced work output.
Investing in employees health has shown to decrease healthcare expenditures and absenteeism and increase work productivity. The Foothills Area YMCA is here to assist you in bettering the health of your employees!
Contact Halie Patterson at [email protected] to learn more on how to save money by investing in your employees health.
Improving patient outcomes just go easier with the help of the YMCA’s Community Health Programs. Referring patients to the YMCA for exercise, lifestyle change, or chronic disease prevention/management can be critical for the patients quality of life.
For more information, see below for some of our program offerings or contact Halie Patterson at [email protected]
Current Community Health Programs:
For more information on these programs, please contact our community health programs coordinator, Morgan Massey, at [email protected] or 864.719.2462.
LIVESTRONG at the YMCA
LIVESTRONG® at the YMCA is a 12-week exercise program for those that have had a cancer diagnosis today or 30 years ago. This program addresses survivorship and improving quality of life.
Rock Steady Boxing
Rock Steady Boxing at the Foothills Area YMCA enables people with Parkinson’s Disease to fight their disease by providing non-contact boxing style fitness classes that improve their quality of life, sense of efficacy, and self-worth.