NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR WELL-BEING
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Mission Statement
The Center for Well-Being is Sonoma County's premier health education and wellness center committed to defeating chronic disease in the North Bay. Core service areas are diabetes and heart disease. The Center offers self-managment classes to help curb the effects of chronic disease. We train community health workers to educate their neighbors about diabetes, obesity, tobacco and healthy eating. Each of our programs has been born from needs expressed by our community members and we partner with others in the community to prevent chronic disease through school-based programs, advocacy and by supporting healthy work sites. Over the past 20 years, the Center has helped over 70,000 people and their families take positive steps towards better health and empowered others to reach out in their community to defeat chronic disease before it starts through preventative action.
About This Cause
The Center for Well-Being's mission is to promote the well-being of the whole person by empowering people with the knowledge, skills and spirit to take responsibility for personal, family and community health. Over the past 20 years, the Center has helped over 70,000 people and their families take positive steps toward greater health. We are teaching families how to defeat chronic disease before it starts through preventative action. Program Snapshots: - Our Youth Programs reach over 16,500 youth at 74 schools engaging them in regular physical activity, teaching them healthy eating and training them how to be advocates in their neighborhoods and schools to prevent risk factors for heart disease and diabetes. - Our Community Health Workers (Promotores de Salud) mentor community leaders to take up the mantle for good nutrition and active living. Over 60 leaders have been trained and lead the efforts in their communities that influence health. - We offer a variety of Wellness Classes including cardiac rehabilitation, diabetes, weight control, smoking cessation and more. Our community struggles every day with the realities of chronic disease and how it threatens our ability to live a full, healthy life. The Center for Well-Being is a partner to those in need and a promise for something better. More people than ever are finding help in our self-management programs. We are gaining ground on the promise of lifelong health.