Prevention. Promotion. Protection.

Living Well Alaska: Better Choices, Better Health
Workshop Contacts

  • Anchorage VA Clinic
    Deedee Brandeberry
    257-4890
  • Juneau
    Justine Muench
    796-8912
  • Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center
    Sharon Z-Zeman
    257-4637
  • Seward
    Ina Hawkins
    224-5205
  • Talkeetna
    Abigail Schoenberger
    733-2273
  • Mat-Su
    Julie Cascio
    745-3360
  • Kenai
     Linda Tannehill
    283-4877
  • Classes for parish nurses
     Marlise A. James
    212-5053
  • Statewide through UAF CES
    Leslie Shallcross
    786-6313
  • General Information 
    269-8035
Better Choices, Better Health: A Chronic Disease Self-Management Program

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Living Well Alaska: Better Choices, Better Health workshops are held throughout Alaska for people with all kinds of chronic conditions, such as arthritis, diabetes and heart disease.

Program Leader Training

Living Well Alaska Leadership Training

 

Seniors, health professionals and community members can become Living Well Alaska: Better Choices, Better Health course leaders and learn how people with chronic health conditions can lead better lives.

  • Anchorage
    CDSMP Course Leader Training to be held at the Anchorage Senior Activity Center. pdf iconDownload Flyer.

    Dates: March 13th, 14th, 19th and 20th, 2012 8:30am - 3:30pm

    Call Leslie Shallcross at 786-6313 or
    Carmen Montoya at 258-7823 for more information.

Upcoming Self-Management Workshops

Anchorage

  • Ongoing 6-week chronic disease self-management workshops will be held at Southcentral Foundation.


    For more information or to register, please contact SCF Health Education at 729-2689.

    Please note that the classes are open to beneficiaries of SCF/ANMC.

  • A 6-week chronic disease self-management workshop for Female Vets will be held at the Anchorage VA Outpatient Clinic, 1201 North Muldoon Road.

    Dates: Jan. 30 – March 5, 2012,
    Mondays 5:30- 7:30 PM.

    Contact: Sinnamon M. Bovey at 257-5427 for more information.

  • Eagle River
    A 6-week chronic disease self-management workshop will be held at Saint Andrew's Catholic Church in Eagle River.

    Dates: April 9 – May 14, 2012,

    To register call Marlise: 212-2053.

  • Klawock
    A 6-week chronic disease self-management workshop will be held at the Klawock Senior Center.


    Dates: March 7 – April 11,  2012, Wednesdays 11:00-1:30 PM.

    To register call Julie Sturtevant 755-4975 or Beverlee Tyner 755-2388

  • Kodiak

    A 6-week chronic disease self-management workshop will be held at the Church of Nazarene located at 1109 Selief Lane.

    Dates: Jan. 31 – March 6, 2012, Tuesdays 6:00-8:30 PM.

    To register call Christy: 745-3667 or Darsha: 486-8366.

  • Palmer
    A 6-week chronic disease self-management workshop will be held at the Palmer Senior Center.

    Dates: Jan. 10 – Feb. 14, 2012, Tuesdays 1:00-3:30 PM.

    To register call Julie Cascio: 745-3360.

  • Wasilla

    A 6-week chronic disease self-management workshop will be held at the Wasilla Senior Center.

    Dates: Jan. 30 – March 5, 2012, Mondays 12:30-3:00 PM.

    To register call: 745-3667.

About Living Well Alaska: Better Choices, Better Health

Living Well Alaska: Better Choices, Better Health is a series of workshops that help people with chronic illnesses learn ways to self manage their condition and take charge of their life.

Living Well Alaska: Better Choices, Better Health covers a range of health topics such as:

  • healthy eating
  • relaxation techniques
  • managing fatigue
  • low impact exercising
  • managing medications
  • problem solving
  • goal setting
  • working with your health professional.

Research on this program has shown that participants are able to manage their symptoms better and communicate more easily with their doctors and loved ones. People who take the program feel better, are less limited by their illness, and may spend less time at the doctor or in the hospital.

The State of Alaska, Section of Chronic Disease and Health Promotion, has obtained from Stanford University a State license that is valid through August 2012. All course leaders and master trainers are required to sign MOAs to teach Living Well Alaska: Better Choices, Better Health workshops.

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Contact Us

For information about Living Well Alaska: Better Choices, Better Health classes in your area or if you would like to become a course leader for your organization or community, please contact:

Barbara Stillwater PhD, RN
Diabetes Program Manager
(907) 269-8035

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
State of Alaska Division of Public Health
3601 C Street, Suite 722
Anchorage, AK 99503