Diverse Montana Communities Deliver Lifestyle Change Program to Prevent Diabetes Since 2008, Montana communities have been helping prevent type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease among adults at high risk through the Montana Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Prevention Program (CVDDPP). The…
The primary objective of the StrongWomen™ Program is to help communities nationwide to implement safe and effective strength training programs for midlife and older women. Women begin to show decline in muscle mass beginning at age 30 and if this condition is not…
The Billings Area Food Policy Council (BAFPC) is a joint working group that brings together a diverse range of stakeholders (non-profit organizations, the City of Billings, food service personnel, healthcare providers, grocers, citizens, producers, etc.) to discuss and take action on…
Healthy By Design is an initiative marked by collaboration across all sectors of the community. Members intentionally and strategically influence the environment in which people live, work and play, with a focus on physical activity and nutrition. www.healthybydesignyellowstone.org Healthy By…
Laurel Public School’s (LPS) Wellness Program’s mission is “to encourage and promote the well-being of our staff through education, prevention, and district-wide programs that provides opportunities which support improvement in the elements of overall health: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social,…
Fitness classes specifically designed with Plains Tribal People in mind. While working to become a medical doctor, Lita Pepion began to realize that many of the health problems in Indian Country result from human behaviors and cannot be “fixed” by IHS…
Montana AFHK is dedicated to improving the health and wellness of Montana’s children in schools and communities through nutrition and physical activity where children learn, participate in, and enjoy healthy lifestyle behaviors. Montana Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK), a subcommittee of…
A nonprofit organization designed to help efforts to create and maintain trails in and around Billings’ communities BikeNet is a nonprofit, 501 c 3 organization whose mission is to promote a complete, community-wide trail system. To date, BikeNet has raised…
Every year MSU-Billings’ students in the Media for Social Change class through the Department of Communications and Theaters promotes a different cause. In the spring of 2006, the communication students launched the Go Play! campaign. Go Green! Go Fit! Go…