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Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS) sponsors wellness programs that encourage a healthier, more active Greenville, like Activate Upstate. Activate Upstate is a free eight-week program designed to target youth and adult obesity and help prevent diseases like hypertension, type 2 diabetes, stroke, coronary heart disease, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and even some kinds of cancer.
During their weight loss journey, participants receive support from other participants and counselors and information about nutrition, exercise and other health topics. They attend weekly weigh-ins and have access to a healthy living lecture series conducted by health and wellness experts.
Our Every Woman program empowers women to take time out for their health. Every Woman's main focus is heart disease prevention, but it has expanded to include educational sessions about other women's health topics, like breast health, menopause management and overall fitness and well-being. Lunch and learns and seminars help women learn to improve and maintain their health as well as form connections with other women.
We also sponsor Girls on the Run® and Girls on Track®, non-profit programs that encourages preteen girls to develop self-respect and healthy lifestyles through running. Girls on the Run (for ages 8-11) and Girls on Track (for ages 12-15) promote development of all aspects of a young woman's development and well-being: physically, emotionally, mentally, socially and spiritually.
GHS-led prevention programs Safe Kids ™ Upstate and ThinkFirst® help parents and children make good safety decisions in everyday life, so that a hospital or emergency room visit can be avoided entirely. Safe Kids Upstate brings together more than 70 community partners to plan community events and educational programs that encourage kids and parents to be safe at home, school and play. ThinkFirst is a teen-focused brain and spine injury risk-management program sponsored by the Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation Hospital. Educational programming and Voices for Injury Prevention speakers encourage teens to take a moment and think about the possible consequences before engaging in risky behavior.
We also sponsor periodic wellness events and screenings and ongoing programs to help you prevent disease and manage existing conditions to help you live a fuller, more active life.
We believe it's both our responsibility and our privilege to be your partner in health. Working together, we can build a stronger, healthier Upstate community.
