Engaging Your Community
in Health and Wellness
Queen of Peace Hospital, New Prague, MN
Mary Klimp, CEO
Jill Rohloff, Fitness Center Director
Marla Mayer, Marketing & Community Relations Director
Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle
in Your Community
• Strategy
• Overview of programs
• Program Focus: Fit Kids
• Q&A
Strategy
• One of six hospital strategic goals:
“Meet the growing demand for wellness and primary services
through the development and implementation of a comprehensive
primary care strategy.”
– Healthcare reform
– Community-based hospital
– The right thing to do
Fit Kids Program
• Partnership with
New Prague schools
• Goals
1. Better nutrition
2. Increased fitness
3. Decreased screen time
Kids Back-to-School
Food and Fitness Fair
Grant secured by
Peace Center
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Menus/meal planning
Exercise testing
School readiness
Wellness information
Community Partnerships
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Health screenings
Safety
Nutrition
Exercise – testing
Health education
Fun
Kids Fun Run
• Encourage running
with younger kids
• Training tips from
pediatrician
• Practice courses
• All participants
honored
Student Offerings
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HS and College Students encourage exercise during
holidays and summer
breaks
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Classes
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Volleyball Conditioning
Fitness Center
• Community Benefit
Membership
• Health history
• Exercise plan
– Cardio program
– Free Weights/Cybex
• General Nutrition
• Personal Training
How do we keep them?
Challenges
How do we keep them?
Programs
How do we keep them?
Classes
Silver Sneakers
• Exercise classes for
seniors
Silver Sneakers
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Social Activities
Field Trips
Education
Volunteer
Opportunities
Fitness Center 5K and
New Prague ½ Marathon
Biggest Loser
• Five years
– Total weight loss of
7430 lbs.
– 503 participants
• Average weight loss
of 14.63 lbs. per
participant
Queen for a Day
• Annual Women’s
Health Event
Beyond the Red Line
Insight Education Series
Seminar Series
• Women’s Health
• Stroke
• Heart
• Diabetes
Fit Kids Program
• Partnership with
New Prague schools
• Goals
1. Better nutrition
2. Increased fitness
3. Decreased screen
time
Fit Kids Program
• All 13 Fourth Grade
classrooms in the
district (330 kids)
• 30 mins. of instruction
3x/month by FC staff
• Education, physical
activity and games
Fit Kids Program
• Pre and post test:
– Food groups and
serving sizes and
exercise benefits
(avg. score improved by 20%
over the course of the year)
– Presidential Physical
Fitness Test (PPFT)
(80% of kids improved PPFT
scores)
Fit Kids Mile
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Training
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Culmination of
Fit Kids Program
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Held in conjunction
with New Prague
½ Marathon
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All Fourth Graders
(and teachers)
encouraged to
participate
Fit Kids Program
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96% of Fit Kids surveyed
said they are making
healthier food choices
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88% of parents surveyed
said their child benefited
from Fit Kids program
Keeping it Fresh – Fit Kids
• Standardized times
• Marathon goals
• School lunch program
Keeping it Fresh –
Community Lazy Man’s
Duathlon/Triathlon
• Walking/Running – 26.2 miles
• Cycling – 112 miles
• Swimming – 2.5 miles
• 6 week program
• Online application & tracking
• Open to the community
Q&A