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Pathways to Better Health Classes

The Pathways to Better Health class is designed to give you the skills and motivation to:

• Become more active
• Eat a balanced diet
• Control fatigue and pain
• Cope with despair and frustration
• Communicate better with your health care provider and family

Pathways to Better Health is based on a program developed at Stanford University School of Medicine. Stanford's program is one of the most researched and tested chronic health condition self-management programs in the world.

Classes are intended for people who suffer from chronic health conditions AND their caregivers.

Class features:

• Led by trained people who have chronic conditions
• Meet weekly for 6 weeks
• Family members, caregivers are welcome to attend
• Each session is 2½ hours long, including a break and snack
• Sessions are informal (it's OK to get up and move around)
• Cost is $40 for the program and the book Living a Healthy Life with
  Chronic Conditions
• No one will be turned away due to inability to pay the workshop fee

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Pathways to Better Health Leader training

If you are interested in helping people, like to teach and want a rewarding volunteer experience, consider becoming a Pathways to Better Health leader. Classes are lead by two leaders so you always work with a partner and you teach using a detailed manual. Training programs run two to three times during the year.

Class features:

• Taught by leaders who have been trained at Stanford
• Training is 24 hours total, spread over two weeks (usually 4 days, 6½ hours per day)
• Open to patients, care givers and health care professionals
• Informal and interactive sessions
• Learn to co-lead effective workshops
• Receive Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions and extensive
  leader's manual
• Participants commit to co-lead one workshop within a year

If you have questions or would like information about becoming a leader, call  the Pathways to Better Health program coordinator at 651-326-5061.