Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Established in 1995, the Center works in partnership with health care professionals, individuals, and communities to improve the health of its constituents through programs based on research, an understanding of human behavior, and validated processes for health risk reduction. The Center is committed to developing programs and services within the context of the following key objectives:

• Continuously improve, deliver and expand preventive services in clinical practice.
• Facilitate a range of wellness programs.
• Collaborate with internal, public-sector, and private-sector partners to improve the health of the multiple populations we serve and the broader communities of which we are a part.
• Provide leadership on health promotion and disease prevention in clinical practice, managed care, community health and public policy.
• Develop and implement a research and evaluation plan to advance the science of health promotion and disease prevention and improve the delivery of preventive services.

Customers

The Center serves a broad array of customers including the System, Health Alliance Plan (HAP), patients, health professionals and students, employer groups, policy makers, the community (e.g., faith-based, schools, community-based organizations), and funding agencies (e.g., foundations, government). With an understanding of the importance of respecting diversity, working collaboratively with others, creating coalitions and partnerships, the Center strives to broaden the scope of its activities and assist others in advancing health promotion efforts.

Products and services

The Center represents a link between clinical medicine and public health and serves multiple cross-cutting roles:

• Clinical Preventive Services:
  
  • Health Screenings - Nurses provide onsite biometric screenings, such as blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), cholesterol and glucose at worksites and community organizations upon request.
  • Medical Nutrition Therapy - Registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) are experts at providing nutrition information that is tailored to specific health and wellness needs.
  • Tobacco Treatment Programs - To help individuals quit smoking. All programs are staffed by Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialists.
    
    • The Tobacco Treatment Service (TTS) provides supportive counseling by phone to help people who want to stop using tobacco in any form. A counselor works with you one-on-one to help you plan to deal with temptations and manage cravings, and provides on-going support and encouragement. Counselors can assist in prescribing medications to lessen nicotine withdrawal and reduce the urge to use tobacco.
    • Freedom from Smoking®️, developed by the American Lung Association, is an eight-week class covering the same material as TTS, but with the added feature of peer support. Group members share ideas and tips on how to deal with temptations and cravings and provide mutual encouragement to remain tobacco-free.
• Health and Well-Being Services:
  
  • Health Coaching - Trained health professionals provide telephonic health coaching to help individuals from worksites overcome their barriers to healthy lifestyles and celebrate and learn from their successes.
  • Presentations - Experts from various health disciplines are available to provide health education on a variety of topics.
  • Programs - Our tobacco treatment services, sleep for well-being program and general health and wellness coaching can be provided to worksites upon request.
• Research and evaluation in health promotion and disease prevention
  • Strategy for Developing a Smoking Cessation Program in Macedonia
  • Recognizing Privilege and Bias: An Interactive Exercise to Expand Health Care Providers’ Personal Awareness
  • Secondhand Smoke as a Potential Cause of Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A Case-Control Study 
  • The adoption of smoke-free hospital campuses in the United States
  • Pet owners’ attitudes and behaviours related to smoking and second-hand smoke: a pilot study
  • Clearing the airways: advocacy and regulation for smoke-free airlines
• Health professional education and training
  
  • Vaccine Hesitancy: Having the Conversation 
  • The Health Effects of Tobacco Use and the Scientific Approach to Nicotine Dependence
  • Tobacco Cessation Support in the Community Setting: Medications to Support Quitting
  • Beyond the Cigarette: Secondhand Smoke and Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products
• Advocacy and policy advancement for health promotion and disease prevention
  
  • House Bill 4608
• Clearinghouse on wellness initiatives for the System
  
  • Wellness Resource Guide

Contact Information

Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Henry Ford Health
1 Ford Place, 5C
Phone: (313) 874-6274