Health Education Programs
Turn to Desert Oasis Healthcare's PHARxM™ Population Health and Prescription Management department for free health education services for our members. The classes we offer are a combination of teaching activities, fun games and some homework. All classes are 2 hours or less. Some of our classes are one session only, while others are 1-2 sessions per week for 4 consecutive weeks.
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Stable Steps
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Come get the facts on fall prevention! You will learn more about risk factors for falls, tips for safety in the home and simple exercises to improve strength and balance. Also available in Spanish.
Referral not required.
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Preventing Falls - The Four Fall Stoppers
A Matter of Balance
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Learn and practice ways you can prevent falls, along with strength and balance activities. Class is 2 hours, 8 sessions.
Referral not required.
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Preventing Falls: Two Good Exercises
Diabetes Education
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We’ll teach you how to control your diabetes with diet and exercise, combined with home testing and medications. Questions are encouraged, so tell us about your health. We also offer individual counseling with a Certified Diabetic Educator. For 1:1 Diabetes counseling, a referral is required. Also available in Spanish.
Physician referral preferred, but not required for this class.
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Diabetes: How Exercise Can Help
Conquer Your Meter
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Get complete instruction on how your blood glucose machine works.
Referral is not required.
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Diabetes: Carbohydrates and Your Blood Sugar
Smoking Cessation Program
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Isn’t it time? We are here to help you stop smoking and stay quit.
Physician referral preferred, but not required.
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Quitting Smoking - Have Your Own Reason
1:1 Nutrition Counseling
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Nutrition plays an important role in controlling diabetes and our Registered Dietitian can help -- with tips for healthy eating, nutrition-related diseases, and more. We even provide counseling to those under the age of 18.
Referral is required.
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Heart-Healthy Diet
Sweet Success/Gestational Diabetes
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Diabetes is a complication that affects 7-14% of pregnant women. Our Sweet Success Program, through one-on-one counseling with a Certified Health Educator, seeks to help manage gestational diabetes, so you can have a healthy baby. The program promotes and improves pregnancy outcomes for high-risk pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes and women who develop diabetes while pregnant.
Referral is required.
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Gestational Diabetes: Avoiding Type 2 Diabetes
