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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
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Members of NAMI
Greater Fall River offered a program on their new "Hearts
and Minds
Program at the Corrigan
Mental Health Center on May 2, 2011. The
aim of the program is to promote sound "mind and body"
health practices among individuals who live with serious mental
illness. The initiative takes aim at risk factors like high blood
pressure, high cholesterol, smoking and obesity for major illnesses
such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Fall River NAMI
president Brenda Venice invited Fall River Tobacco Control
coordinator Marilyn Edge, Corrigan dietitian Margot Copeland and
Healthy City Fall River coordinator David Weed to address the group
on the resources that clients can use to improve their health
status. The national program is funded by OptumHealth
and the Smoking
Cessation Leadership Center at the University of California-San
Francisco. The self-help program's focus on wellness inspires health
and fitness practices familiar to many Americans €such as diet,
exercise and smoking cessation. Click
here for a NAMI event last year. For further information about
the program, contact NAMI president Brenda
Venice at 508-678-2584. (Photos
courtesy of Sheila Rossi)
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(Top row, left) NAMI President Brenda Venice begins the program by playing a ten-minute video about the new Hearts and Mind Program that NAMI produced. (Top row, center) Fall River Tobacco Control coordinator Marilyn Edge describes some of the available cessation resources available to mental health clients. (Top row, right) Sheila Rossi asks a question about the difficulty that mental health clients experience in trying to quit smoking. (Middle row, left) Corrigan Mental Health Center dietitian Margot Copeland describes the different ways that clients learn about nutrition. (Middle row, center) Health City coordinator David Weed describes the community resources that clients can take advantage of in Fall River. (Middle row, right) Nona Coyne asks about wellness resources as Merisol Rosas and Barbara Audino listen. (Bottom row, left) Marilyn Edge responds to questions about cessation by Steve Wilson. (Bottom row, center) Al Araujo makes a point about the cost of healthy eating as his sister, Kathy Shannon, listens. (Bottom row, right) Towne House staff member Theresa Macioce listens. |
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