This week, the Indiana State Department of Health announced a five-year plan aimed at helping Hoosiers become healthier. The plan names six top priorities that state officials believe have the most significant influence on health in Indiana. Can you guess what made the list? Increase Hoosiers at a healthy weight Decrease tobacco usage Reduce infant [...]
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Healthy Grocery Shopping Without Blowing Your Budget – 12 Tips to Know
You can shop healthy with a manageable amount of expense. Here’s a dozen ways to take care of your health at the grocery store without breaking the bank, thanks to HealthNet’s Health Promotions staff: Clip, save and use coupons. Stick with only the items you use. Check out the store flyer for sale items as [...]
Three steps to show you give a care about Indy
So, as I have said before in an earlier post, the first half of this year has been a lot about getting HealthNet content into the web stream and social media outlets, so that you can learn more about us, who we serve, and how we go about doing so. Now, we want to hear [...]
4 Days ‘til July 4th Weekend: PART FOUR – Health Promotions
The final entry of our four-part blog series that has been full of introductions brings you an inside look at HealthNet’s Health Promotions! A team that helps patients stay on the right track AFTER they leave the doctor’s office. ——————————————————————– Meet – Health Promotions Community health centers are successful because of the fact that [...]
4 days ’til 4th of July Weekend: PART THREE – School-Based Services
The holiday countdown continues with our blog series – Four days until July 4th weekend! Today we’d like to introduce you to HealthNet’s School-Based Services. ————————————————————– World – Meet School-Based Services! It’s a fact. Kids are more likely to learn and do better in school when they are healthy and attend class regularly. Yet [...]
4 Days until July 4th Weekend: PART TWO – Better Indy Babies & Healthy Families
In the second part of our ‘4 Days until July 4th Weekend’ blog series, we would like to introduce you to another great outreach program. This program gets young people on the right track even before they enter this world… ——————————————————————– Meet – Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families Better Indy Babies (BIBs) is a free home [...]
4 days ’til July 4th Weekend: PART ONE – Homeless Initiative Program
Okay! So yes, we have been blogging for a while now, and I think the prim and proper way to say it would be that we started ‘circa January’. For half of the year now we have sprinkled our blog with a variety of stories, from our thoughts about foster children becoming homeless, to the [...]
Giving a Care about Indianapolis parents & children..
Our Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families (BIBS/HF) Programs celebrated the successes of many inner-city Indianapolis parents and children about a week an a half ago at their 11th Annual Family Picnic! Around 400 families were present at Garfield Park on the pretty steamy Friday. Lunch was provided for all. The day also included PLENTY of activities [...]
Give a Care about Indy’s Far Eastside!
In Indy, we take pride in our neighborhoods. From Martindale-Brightwood to Downtown, Fountain Square to Brookside or Broad Ripple, we appreciate the personality and flavor of each small community. Well, we JUST became a Far Eastside neighbor!! At HealthNet, we’ve been deeply invested in our neighborhoods for more than 40 years. In fact, many of [...]
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