Education and Counseling
Whether it's helping you understand a diagnosis, discussing treatment options, or providing lifestyle recommendations, our goal is to empower you with the knowledge and tools you need to make informed decisions about your health.
What Doctor really mean?
Doctor is from the Latin Word “Docere” which means teaching. Patient education is an important key to improve health
Through education, we can promote healthy lifestyle changes which is essential to prevention.
Engagement
We encourage active patient participation in execution and assessment of your care plan. The ability to make informed Health decision is a priority.
With an education centered care, you will find the information necessary to choose the option that best fits your needs.
Counseling
Lifestyle, psychological and social problems have a high impact on individuals Health. Strong counseling on those subjects, matters. We are dedicated to apply the counseling strategy that suits your specific Health needs.
Why and How?
Unhealthy Lifestyle is associated with many chronic diseases and unintentional injuries which are amongst the leading causes of the death in the U.S. Some of these diseases include Heart disease, Cancer, Stroke, Diabetes, Chronic Liver disease and Cirrhosis.
With Education and Counseling we can make a difference by promoting healthy behavior and influencing the health determinants.
In HSSH, we provide individual and community education and counseling on, but not limited to the following topics:
- Health promotion/disease prevention
- Exercise
- Immunizations
- Nutrition
- Osteoporosis
- Safety and injury prevention
- Screening for prevalent diseases (e.g., blood pressure, cholesterol)
- Smoking cessation
- Weight control
- Arthritis
- Asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Depression/anxiety
- Diabetes
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Etc…
