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Health and well-being Darrell Greer Northern News Services Published Wednesday, February 16, 2011
The five-week healthy lifestyle wellness program was originally slated to start on Feb. 7, but bad weather forced its delay. The program is being delivered by Health and Social Services through funding provided by the Government of Nunavut's Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative. The healthy lifestyle wellness program focuses on health promotion and the prevention of illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease. Public health nutritionist Brenna MacEachern is a member of the program's organizing committee. Other committee members include community health development co-ordinator Michelle Rand, community health representative Yvonne Aggark, public health nurses Cielo Smith and Lourdes Hernandez, as well as Mike Wheeler and Francine Mach of therapy services and mental health worker Ujaralaaq Eno. MacEachern said the program deals with health and overall well-being, including physiotherapy with an exercise component, mental health with relaxation techniques, public health nurses doing overall education and nutritional support. She said the program started at the curling arena this past Monday and will run until March 14, featuring such themes as physical activity, relaxation and a healthy-eating presentation, a grocery store tour and diabetes, heart health and program wrap-up. "We have a core working group of about seven people, some of whom are concentrating on the workshop presentations," said MacEachern. "The nurses and physicians at the health centre are also helping to promote the program. "Also, the community health development co-ordinator (Rand) helped us co-ordinate the project and assisted us with the funding proposal, while community health representative Yvonne Aggark also helped out. "Each session has something special to offer, and people will have fun while learning a bit more about their own health and wellness."
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