Lifestyle Education Programs

Lifestyle Education Programs focus on creating lifelong habits to improve and maintain your health and well-being. Benefits-eligible employees (including those who have opted out of Purdue's medical plan) plus their spouses covered on the Purdue medical plan are eligible to participate as part of the Healthy Boiler Program. Programs last for multiple weeks and include topics such as tobacco cessation, heart knowledge and high blood pressure, diabetes, a complete health improvement plan to prevent or halt chronic diseases, and a program which emphasizes physical activity and eating a nutrient-rich diet.

Please contact employee health coach Lindsay Bloom at [email protected] if you would like more information or if you need assistance selecting a program that works with your health goals.

Learn About the Programs

• HEALTHKICK

  HEALTHKICK

  HealthKick

  This 6-week virtual education program addresses physical activity, nutrition, creating healthy habits and decreasing stress. Program includes brief daily videos (about five minutes long) Monday-Friday and three brief health coaching sessions with health coach Lindsay Bloom, every other week during the program. Lindsay will work with you via email, telephone or teleconference.

  Healthkick is offered throughout the year and is available to benefits-eligible employees and their covered spouses on the Purdue Medical Plan. Space is limited.

  Please email Lindsay Bloom at [email protected] to see when the next program will be offered or if you have any questions.

• HEART KNOWLEDGE

  HEART KNOWLEDGE

  Heart Knowledge: High Blood Pressure and You

  Having high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) significantly increases your risk for serious health conditions, including heart attack and stroke. It is important to know what your blood pressure is, and make healthy lifestyle changes now, whether you have high blood pressure or you are trying to prevent it.

  One-to-One Health’s hypertension program is a 6–week lifestyle education program where participants learn how to reduce health risks associated with hypertension and track daily blood pressures with a provided blood pressure monitor. Attendees will meet in six virtual group sessions and will schedule three one-on-one health coaching sessions one week before the program, one at the half-way point, and one at the end of the program. Open to benefits-eligible employees and their covered spouses on the Purdue medical plan.

  Timeline of Program:

  • Initial individual health coaching sessions to be scheduled the week before the first class
  • Week 1: Hypertension Overview: Causes, Complications, and Monitoring Blood Pressure
  • Week 2: Physical Activity and Hypertension
  • Week 3: Healthy Eating and Hypertension
  • Mid-point individual health coaching sessions to be scheduled week after Week 3.
  • Week 4: Medications and your Health Care team
  • Week 5: Weight Management and Hypertension
  • Week 6: Other Lifestyle Factors and Hypertension (stress, sleep, tobacco, and alcohol)
  • Final individual health coaching sessions to be scheduled week after Week 6.

  Questions? Email Lindsay Bloom, employee health coach, at [email protected].

• PIVIO

  PIVIO

  PIVIO

  PIVIO, the redesigned version of the Complete Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) from the Lifestyle Medicine Institute, focuses on whole person health that helps prevent, halt, or reverse chronic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and others. The program helps you to shift away from habits that undermine your health to those that support it.

  The program begins with Onboarding which will cover what participants can expect from the program—labs done before and after, the meeting schedule, the action plan and more. This 12-week program will meet twice a week for Weeks 1-6 and once a week for weeks 7-12.

  PIVIO integrates optimal nutrition, exercise and behavioral psychology principles and tools. Plant-based eating, which is at the core of the program’s nutrition education, is one of the six targeted areas used to create an action plan for healthy living, new habits, and positive change. Here are the six targeted areas:

  • Plant-based Nutrition
  • Physical Activity
  • Sleep and Rest
  • Meaningful Social Connections
  • Avoidance of Risky Substances
  • Stress Management

  Open to benefits-eligible employees and their covered spouses on the Purdue medical plan. You must register for both the Onboarding Workshop and the Pivio Program.

  Space is limited to 20 participants.

  Questions? Email Lindsay Bloom, employee health coach, at [email protected].

• TAKING CONTROL OF MY DIABETES

  TAKING CONTROL OF MY DIABETES

  Taking Control of My Diabetes

  Are you pre-diabetic or type 2 diabetic? Do you want to better understand diabetes and how it affects your body? This 14-week program will explain what diabetes is and the role nutrition, exercise, sleep and stress management can influence your blood glucose levels. Each participant will be given a glucose meter with supplies to check their blood glucose levels.

  Visit the Employee Well-being Events Calendar to see if this program is being offered this month.

  Questions? Email Lindsay Bloom, employee health coach, at [email protected].

• TOBACCO CESSATION PROGRAMS

  TOBACCO CESSATION PROGRAMS

  Smoking, Tobacco Usage, and Your Health

  University Smoking and Tobacco Policy

  In order to provide a healthy, comfortable, and productive environment for the campus community, Purdue University Fort Wayne is entirely tobacco-free and smoke-free. Smoking, vaping, and tobacco are prohibited in any university facility and on any university grounds. Accordingly, all employees, students, and visitors are expected to comply. Full details are outlined under the Purdue University Fort Wayne Tobacco-free and Smoke-free Campus Policy.

  If you currently smoke, vape or use tobacco and would like to quit, there are workshops and resources available to help you quit.

  Employee health coach Lindsay Bloom teaches an approved virtual 6-week Tobacco Cessation program throughout the year. Learn more about and other approved tobacco cessation programs.

  Questions? Email Lindsay Bloom, employee health coach, at [email protected].