American Indian and Alaska Native women are three times more likely to receive an AIDS diagnoses than their Caucasian counterparts.
Several Citizen Potawatomi Nation worksite locations recently received approval from the Blue Zones Project, meaning the Tribe helps employees make healthier choices daily.
Maggi Gilbert recently joined CPN as a registered dietitian at FireLake Wellness Center. She enjoys her new job that includes patient care, cooking demos and grocery store tours.
Wilson Littlehead has a passion for people — people losing weight, improving their mental health and becoming well-rounded. He is a personal trainer and fitness technician at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Wellness Center. Equipped with a gym, a track, workout classes, trainers, a heated therapy pool and an aerobics room, it is where Littlehead wants Read More »
Blue Zones Project in Pottawatomie County recently announced that FireLake Discount Foods achieved designation as the first Blue Zones Project-approved grocery store in Oklahoma. FireLake Discount Foods completed the certification process, which includes encouraging parking at the farthest spaces from the store, selling healthy grab-and-go lunches, hosting monthly shopping tours led by a registered dietitian, distributing Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s wellness court welcomes many who choose sobriety, accountability — and a 9 p.m. curfew — over jail time. The 15-month Healing to Wellness Court is open to CPN tribal members, their children and Natives and non-Natives over age 18 who have a history of substance abuse and are charged with a Read More »
Chris Skillings. Health services provided by Citizen Potawatomi Nation continued to operate without missing a beat as the tribe’s clinics and wellness programs welcomed a new director. It wasn’t a completely unfamiliar face though, as well-known employee Chris Skillings re-entered the health services field. “I know a lot of people are thinking, ‘Why is the Read More »
Tammy Lorett admits that she had struggled with leading a healthy lifestyle for quite some time. On top of having to take daily medications, she had been unsuccessful in quitting her smoking habit. In 2014, Lorett decided to participate in the CPN holiday weigh-in contest and finally found the motivation needed to initiate a lifestyle change Read More »
Coming up on the physical therapy department’s second anniversary, the program has quickly expanded to provide another physical therapist to treat the CPN Health Service’s always growing roster of patients. The clinic recently relocated inside the FireLake Wellness Center to provide more space for their expanded staff and patients. Zachary Huff, a Choctaw Nation tribal Read More »
Spring is right around the corner and I have had several people asking questions about fitness. Here are some of those inquiries and my responses. How do I start a fitness program? “Try to get moving every day. Whether it’s walking, running, swimming, strength training, sports, playing with the kids or whatever works for you. Read More »