Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Program
The Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Program (HPDP Program) includes representatives from a variety of clinical settings working together to ensure effective and coordinated health promotion and preventive services are provided to our Veterans.
Examples of these programs include but are not limited to:
- Patient-Aligned Care Teams (PACT)
- MOVE Weight Management Program
- Smoking & Tobacco Abuse Cessation Program
- Veteran Health Education
- My HealtheVet
- Women Veterans Program
- Home Telehealth
- National Health Promotion Disease Prevention Program
- Primary Care-Mental Health Integration
- VA Employee Wellness Program (Wellness is Now)
These services are offered at Memphis VAMC, off-site facilities and community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs). The HPDP Program will assist Veterans with programs and services in their own communities.
Healthy Living
Chronic diseases often result from unhealthy behaviors that may include: poor diet, physical inactivity, tobacco abuse, increase alcohol consumption, and other unsafe behaviors. The Memphis VA Medical Center's HPDP Program offers services and support to promote the following nine evidenced-based messages that lead to healthy living:
- Get Involved in Your Health Care
- Be Tobacco Free
- Be Physically Active
- Eat Wisely
- Strive for a Healthy Weight
- Be Safe
- Manage Stress
- Limit Alcohol
- Get Recommended Screening and Immunizations
If you would like to learn more about Memphis VA Medical Center's HPDP Programs and services that promote Healthy Living, please contact:
Teresa K. Cook, Psy.D.
Health Behavior Coordinator
901.523.8990 ext 6291
Teresa.Cook@va.gov