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Grady Healthy Living is a student run volunteer organization with the mission of providing health education (nutrition, fitness, chronic illness management, medication adherence) to Grady patients through the Healthy Living class at Grady, Walk with a Doc program, and health coaching/patient navigation in person and over the phone. This organization provides Grady patients with the opportunity to interact with healthcare providers in a non-office/OR setting and have open conversations about the importance of active, healthy lifestyles, in combination with medication adherence. In a nonjudgmental, open-ended forum, students and physicians will offer guidance and information to motivated patients, covering topics such as a tips for making a healthy dinner, what healthy means, myths surrounding weight loss, ways to be active at home, etc. Grady patients will have the opportunity to pursue active disease management through white-board learning, Fruit and Veggies Rx program (patients receive a “prescription” for free fruits and vegetables one time per month), and exercise (Walk with a Doc).
Grady Healthy Living is one way in which the barriers to a healthy life can be addressed – patients are provided a unique opportunity to learn about healthy lifestyle choices, as well as teach their health care providers about their challenges with access and affordability surrounding their medical care. Emory SOM students and faculty can form relationships beyond the clinic office, gain a profound understanding of their patients’ challenges and successes in addressing their chronic illnesses, and strive to make a real difference in the health outcomes of Grady patients. This organization provides a unique setting in which students and physicians teach patients together and begin to develop innovative, collaborative solutions between patient and doctor.
Grady Healthy Living is one way in which the barriers to a healthy life can be addressed – patients are provided a unique opportunity to learn about healthy lifestyle choices, as well as teach their health care providers about their challenges with access and affordability surrounding their medical care. Emory SOM students and faculty can form relationships beyond the clinic office, gain a profound understanding of their patients’ challenges and successes in addressing their chronic illnesses, and strive to make a real difference in the health outcomes of Grady patients. This organization provides a unique setting in which students and physicians teach patients together and begin to develop innovative, collaborative solutions between patient and doctor.
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