Health Education and Lecture Programs

• Diabetes Outpatient Education
  Open to all people with diabetes and their families, this program is offered in six sessions of an hour and one-half each. Numerous topics are covered during the sessions, including a beginning survey, types of diabetes, nutritional management, exercise benefits, medications, self-monitoring, and community resources. Check the Lifespan.org calendar for upcoming diabetes education programs and support group meetings.
• Healthwise for Life
  The mission of HealthwiseÃ’ is to help people make better health decisions. The workshop articipants learn to:
  • Prevent health problems with good self-care, self-management and wellness behaviors
  • Avoid unnecessary care through evidence-based decision making
  • Link to HealthwiseÃ’ Knowledgebase (online source): comprehensive, up-to-date, credible, evidence-based, consumer friendly health information.
  • Take home the HealthwiseÃ’ Handbook. This will help people deal with common health problems, partner with their doctors, live better with chronic disease, stay healthy and avoid unnecessary costs.
• Safe Sitter - Essential skills for kids ages 11-14
  Safe Sitter is more than just a babysitting course. Sponsored by Hasbro Children's Hospital and Lifespan, the program covers a range of topics over two days, advocating safe child care, good parenting skills and responsible adolescents. 
  More about Safe Sitter
• Emergency Cardiovascular Care Program for Kids
  Lifespan Community Health Services is offering a free, 45-minute class on emergency cardiac care for school children, Teaching Children to Save Lives.
  More about Teaching Children to Save Lives
• HiTECH Heart Program
  The HiTECH Heart program (Help in Teaching Elementary Children about Healthy Hearts) is a free multilesson, introductory series designed to help elementary school students discover how the heart works and how to use healthy behaviors to care for it.
  More about the HiTECH Heart Program
• Life Support/CPR Training
  The Lifespan Community Training Center offers several life support training programs both for the general public and for health care providers.
  More about life support classes
• Speakers Bureau
  Lifespan Community Health Services provides speakers on a wide variety of health topics.

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