Healthy Neighbors

Health Awareness Program
Health Awareness Program courses and lectures can lead you to a healthier lifestyle. Get on board now and join the program.

The Weigh to Go Weight Management Program
To help break the cycle of losing and regaining weight, we offer an innovative weight management program to help you keep off the pounds. "The Weight to Go" is taught by registered dietitians with years of specialized experience as weight loss counselors. They can work closely with your personal physician to ensure that your needs are being met. "The Weigh to Go" program focuses on gradually changing individual eating habits, behaviors, and attitudes, and on teaching you to make healthier lifestyle choices that yield more permanent results. The program meets once a week for 10 weeks and includes two one-on-one sessions with a dietitian.
Class Dates: Mondays, September 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 4, 11, 18, 25, December 2
Time: noon to 1 p.m.
Location: 213 Curtis
Contact: Pre-registration is required.
Fee: Community Members: $150; Jefferson Employees and Students: $75. Jefferson employees who attend 9 of the 10 classes and at least one personal session will get a 50 percent rebate.

Eating Well With Diabetes
Healthy eating is the first step in taking better care of your diabetes. This 5-week session taught by a registered dietitian will make you more confident and in control of your daily food choices while you aim for better control of your blood sugars. Topics include: the relationship between nutrition and diabetes, overview of basic diet goals and principles, importance of self-monitoring, balancing food groups, food sources of carbohydrate and their effect on blood sugar, carbohydrate control, sugar is not a poison, fiber is a friend, cut back on fat, label reading, food preparation, and meal planning.
Class Dates: Thursdays, September 26, October 3, 10, 17, 24
Time: noon to 1 p.m.
Location: 217 Curtis
Fee: $50
Contact: Pre-registration is required.

Smoke Stoppers
This three-phase program addresses both the physical and psychological addiction to smoking and focuses on changing behaviors. Come to the free introductory session to see if this program is right for you.
Free Introductory
Meeting Date: Wednesday, September 25
Time: noon to 1 p.m. or
5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Suite 110, 1015 Chestnut Street
Class Dates: September 30, October 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, and 21
Fee: $75. Employees who complete the program and remain smoke-free for six-months get a $60 rebate.

Free Lectures
"Coping with Memory Loss"
Learn about the red flags that signal the need for an evaluation and the kinds of medical and social interventions, including supplemental resources, that can enable older adults to maintain optimal functioning and quality of life.
Date: Tuesday, September 17
Time: noon to 1 p.m.
Location: 218 Curtis
Speakers: Meg Laudise, MSN, and Amy Bregman, MSW
Wills Geriatric Psychiatry Program

"Life Successes with Sickle
Cell Disease"
Join us for this panel discussion featuring physicians and sickle cell patients who will relate their experiences in successfully treating and coping with this disease.
Date: Thursday, September 26
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: 105 Bluemle
Free Lectures at Ford Road Campus

"Exercise for Older Adults"
Learn what happens to our physical bodies as we age, what can be done to prevent aches, pains and loss of vigor, how to start an exercise program, and why exercise is so important.
Date: Wednesday, September 25
Time: 2 to 3 p.m.
Location: Eatery Conference Room, 1st Floor
Speaker: Michelle Lazarski, PT
Chief Physicial Therapist, Ford Road Campus

"Nutrition Requirements for Seniors"
Although proper nutrition is important at any age, older adults have specific needs and concerns. Find out if you or someone you know is getting the nutrition that is needed along with practical hints and tips for a healthy diet.
Date: Wednesday, October 2
Time: 2 to 3 p.m.
Location: Eatery Conference Room, 1st Floor
Speaker: Lisa Taormina, RD
Outpatient Nutrition Services, department of nutrition and dietitics

To register or for more information on any of the programs or lectures, please call The Health Awareness Program at 215-955-6319 to reserve your seat.

New Pediatrics Practice Formed
The kids are in luck! Jefferson Faculty Pediatrics is at your service. The new private practice, made up of eight experienced Jefferson pediatricians, offers a full range of health care to children, from newborns through age 18. Prenatal appointments are welcomed as well.

"Because we all teach medical residents of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital's pediatrics department, we have an academic bent and stay current in the field," comments Judith A. Turow, MD, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics and member of the group practice. "If needed, we're in close reach of the hospital and can use the consulting specialty resources at the duPont Hospital for Children as well."

The other members of the group, all board-certified physicians, are: Clara A. Callahan, MD; Allan R. De Jong, MD; Gary A. Emmett, MD; Kelly R. Leite, DO; William McNett, MD; Charles A. Pohl, MD; and Ira H. Strassman, MD.

"We all have a similar style and work well together. We emphasize the doctor-patient relationship," Dr. Turow continues about the staff. "We like to talk to patients and welcome phone calls. Some of our special interests are early child development, school and learning difficulties, and sleep problems."

Jefferson Faculty Pediatrics is open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, and on Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Saturday, physicians see children for "illness visits" between noon and 2 p.m. The physicians are on call 24 hours a day as well.

The Philadelphia office is located at 909 Walnut Street, Suite 270. Discount parking is available. You can make an appointment by calling 5-7800. Most insurance plans are accepted. This winter, the pediactric practice will be opening a second office in Turnersville, NJ.