Southcentral Foundation - Health Education

Information: Phone: (907) 729-2689
Fax: (907) 729-1824; Monday - Friday
8am - 5pm
(Wellness Center 7am - 6pm); SCF Admin Building
4501 Diplomacy Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508

Health Education

The Southcentral Foundation Health Education Department provides education to patients and staff, and is integrated into the primary health care system. The following services offer patient education and/or counseling and are dedicated to helping people understand how they can participate in their overall health and wellness.

Please call for info. or appointments for any of our services at (907) 729-2689 or fax us at (907) 729-1824.

Services:

Car Seat Program

We furnish clients with the appropriate car seat for their children based upon the child's weight and age, and give proper car seat installation instructions via a certified technician.

A program developed in 1987 to help lower the death and injury rates of alaska Native and American Indian children.

We provide the appropriate car seats for children based upon the child's weight and age. To apply call Southcentral Foundation's Health Education Department to schedule an appointment for a 45-minute training session.

Health Information Center

A place where clients can get health information on topics of their choice. The center offers access to reference books, newsletters, brochures, the Internet, and has staff available to help clients with their information needs.

Injury Prevention

Provides education and prevention strategies with a goal of reducing injuries and deaths among Alaska Natives and American Indians.

Nutrition Services

Our dieticians offer nutrition education and couseling to individuals and groups. Appointments can be made on the same day or in advance.

Tobacco Education

Helps clients who wish to stop using tobacco and remain tobacco-free. We provide individualized counseling and follow-up services. A weekly support group is also available. Appointments can be made on the same day or in advance.

This program is designed for clients who wish to stop using tobacco and remain tobacco-free. Individualized counseling is available as well as follow-up services.

Appointments can be made on the same day or in advance by calling SCF's Health Education Department at the Alaska Native Primary Care Center - (907) 729-2689.

Step 1: Decide you want to quit
Step 2: Pick a quit day
Step 3: Quit

What tobacco can do for you:

Can take your health...

...and give you chronic cough and more frquent respiratory illnesses.
...and give you an increased risk of cancer, heart disease, and emphysema.
...and give you decreased respiratory function and decreased athletic endurance.

Can take the health of your family and friends...

...and give your unborn children the risk of low birth weight, complicated delivery and chronic respiratory disease if their mother smokes during pregnancy.
...and give your children an example of addictive behavior.
...and give anyone close to you the toxins in smoke from second hand exposure.

Can take your money and time...

...and shorten your life expectancy.
...and increase your expenses.
...and increase the amount of time lost at work or play due to illness.

Support Groups:

Nicotine Anonymous
Alaska Native Medical Center
4315 Diplomacy Drive
Meets weekly on Fridays at 7:00 p.m.

Nicotine Anonymous
Southcentral Dental Clinic
670 Fireweed in the conference room
Meets weekly on Tuesdays at noon.

Websites:

http://www.nicotine-anonymous.org
http://www.smokesignals.org
http://www.tobaccofree.org
http://www.lungusa.org
http://www.aklung.org
http://www.quitnet.org
http://www.cancer.org

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Organ & Tissue Donation Education

This program focuses on reducing the number and rate of Alaska Natives and American Indians needing organ and tissue transplants by raising public awareness through education and counseling.

Women's Health Education

Furnishes education on a wide variety of women's health issues and promotes health and wellness among Alaska Native and American Indian women. Services include, but are not limited to, childbirth education, breast and cervical cancer awareness, and chronic disease prevention.

Fitness Education

Provides education on fitness, and guides you on a path to living a healthy life.