Category Archives: Clinical & Community Preventive Services
Ensure that prevention-focused health care and community prevention efforts are available, integrated, and mutually reinforcing.
Profile of the Week: Best Practice Medicine
Best Practice Medicine is a Montana clinician founded, owned and operated education team specializing in bringing emergency and critical care education to rural Montana and […]
Continue readingProvidence St. Joseph Medical Center Diabetes Prevention Classes
According to the Montana Department of Health and Human Services, about 65,000 Montana adults aged 18 and older reported having diagnosed diabetes in 2016. The […]
Continue readingProfile of the Week: Montana Diabetes Programs
The DPHHS Montana Diabetes Program is committed to reducing diabetes related disease and death rates, preventing type 2 diabetes among Montanans at high risk, and […]
Continue readingMontana Tobacco Quit Line
The Montana Tobacco Quit Line is a resource for individuals wishing to quit using tobacco. The Quit Line is free, convenient, and secure, and uses […]
Continue readingMontana BACI: Building Active Communities Initiative
Obesity and sedentary lifestyles are major contributors to chronic disease for both adults and children. In 2011, nearly two-thirds (60%) of Montana adults were overweight […]
Continue readingSuccess Story: Helena Community Gardens
Helena Community Gardens (HCG) provides organic vegetables to many community families with food insecurities through the Helena Food Share. In 2017, Helena Community Gardens applied for a […]
Continue readingSuicide Prevention Lifeline
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and […]
Continue readingSimulation in Motion
Simulation in Motion Montana, Inc. is a non-profit corporation formed to operate exclusively for educational and charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)3 of […]
Continue readingProject ECHO Billings Clinic
Billings Clinic has launched Montana’s only Project ECHO hub. Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a collaborative model of medical education and tele-mentoring […]
Continue readingHealth in the 406
What is Health in the 406? Health in the 406 is regular communication by DPHHS on a variety of wellness topics designed to raise awareness […]
Continue readingHeroes and Horses
Heroes and Horses is a Montana-based nonprofit organization that has created an innovative, three-phase reintegration program, which is offered to qualifying combat veterans (at no […]
Continue readingGeriatric Stimulation Training
The Montana Geriatric Education Center (MTGEC) is an interdisciplinary center which provides geriatric education and training for Montana health professionals, higher education faculty, and students, […]
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