Together For Health

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Together For Health

• Maricopa County
• Funded By
• Arizona Department of
• Health Services

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What is TFH?

• A FREE healthy lifestyle program for teenagers
  and adults focusing on
• Increasing physical activity
• Improving nutrition intake, including 5-A-Day
• Educating about stress management
• Tobacco Use, Exposure, and Cessation

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Who Can Participate?

• Men and Women who are interested in learning how
  to live healthier lives
• Age 13 on up
• English Spanish Classes Available

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Why this target age group?

• Grant funded program from ADHS
• The state identified this age group has much to
  gain from a program addressing chronic disease
  risks, physical inactivity, and nutrition

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Where are the classes?

• All communities in Maricopa County
• Our facilitators come to your site
• Examples
• Work Sites
• Community sites
• Churches

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Class Details

• Must have at least 10 participants
• Classes offered Monday-Thursday during morning,
  midday, afternoon, and evening times
• A 10 week (10 hour) course

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Site Commitment

• Site Coordinator / Contact
• A room for the class
• Marketing your class(es) (flyers provided)
• Sign Up Sheet (provided)
• Childcare (if applicable)

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PTFH will provide

• Two facilitators for the entirety of the program
• (RD-registered dietician health educator)
• All class materials
• All equipment (unless provided)
• Participant incentives
• Childcare reimbursement (for site)

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Incentives Include

• Pedometer
• Resistance Bands
• Sports Bottle
• Stress Massagers
• Journals

• T-Shirt
• Cookbooks
• Neck Wallets
• And More

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What are participants saying?

• Wonderful program, informative
• Awesome handouts and user friendly tools
• The step log and food log help me monitor
  progress and set goals
• Much needed training

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Ive Learned!!!

• How to read food labels
• How to better take care of myself and my family
• How to do more exercises/exercise techniques

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Program Evaluation

• Pre and Post Health Test
• Participant Input (mid end course evaluations)

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Any Questions???