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Policy efforts focus on making it easier to walk and bike in the community, and partnerships with public agencies are working to create an environment where it is easy to be A NEW APPROACH TO IMPROVING HEALTH healthy, with sidewalks, bicycle lanes, and increased access Live Young: Sky Lakes Wellness Center: The Wellness Center is funded by Sky Lakes and projects a Evidence-based and comprehensive return on investment of six-to-one; for every dollar invested, to fresh, affordable fruits and vegetables - all essential to sustaining individual behavior change. six will be returned to the community in the form of better Live Young: Sky Lakes Wellness Center is an outpatient health. The Wellness Center has had an ongoing test wellness clinic and an investment by Sky Lakes to aid in the program open to Sky Lakes employees and their families, process of improving the health of the community. and plans to open to the community in the coming months. The Wellness Center officially opened in April 2015, although Complementing conventional primary care clinics, where its principals - Stephanie Van Dyke, MD, MPH, and Katherine modifying lifestyle behaviors that contribute to obesity is Pope, RN, MPH - have been working for almost two years challenging, the Wellness Center is a comprehensive, on the Center's mission of reducing the risk of developing a evidence-based approach that focuses on reversing and chronic disease associated with weight and nutrition. preventing chronic diseases related to lifestyle. Jeanette Rutherford, behavioral therapist, Jennifer Lehman, a registered dietitian and diabetes educator, and Stephanie Scott recently completed the Wellness Center team. Through innovative nutrition guidance, physical activity interventions, behavioral counseling, and stress reduction, the Wellness Center focuses on helping people improve their well-being - physically, mentally, and emotionally - through behavioral change. The Live Young: Sky Lakes Wellness Center opened in April at the corner of 11th Street and Klamath Avenue. 26 

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Sky Lakes 2014-2015 Community Report

Sky Lakes 2014-2015 Community Report
Table of Contents
Community Benefit Report by CEO Paul Stewart
Klamath Works Human Services Campus
Investments in the Community
Electronic Health Record System
SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners)
The Blue Zones Project
Stroke Care
Klamath-Lake CARES
Smoking Cessation
Cascades East Family Medicine
Outpatient Care Management
Early Detection Saves Lives
Access to Health, Information
National Recognition
Live Young: Sky Lakes Wellness Center
Schools Donations
Financial Condition
Financial Aid Policy

Sky Lakes 2014-2015 Community Report

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