Healthy Living Center |
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Our Goal |
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🌱 Promote Healthy Weight Loss
🌱 Reduce the Risk of Heart Disease and stroke 🌱Improve Blood Pressure 🌱 Lower Cholesterol Levels 🌱 Enhance Blood Sugar Control 🌱 Improve Health Outlook for You and Your Family |
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Community Garden |
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The Healthy Living Center hosts a fruitful community garden that provides seasonal produce to the Norfolk community. Our spring harvest brought the community a heaping amount of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, zucchini, and squash, as well as fresh herbs and spices.
For the fall, the center has planted a mixture of green leafy vegetables, like kale, collard greens, and spinach. Members of the community are welcome to come and learn the benefits of personal gardening, where to start, and how to cook with fresh produce and herbs. |
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Books |
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Emphasizing a balanced, nutrition-rich menu, this book recognizes that prevention must embrace culture to be truly effective.
But here's the key: prevention must embrace culture to be effective. It's not enough to offer a generic prescription for good health. "The Plant-Based Path" is a bridge between diverse traditions and a healthier tomorrow. |
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Academic Journals |
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American Heart Association: 2022 National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and SupportExplore Dr. Olivia Newby's groundbreaking article in the American Heart Association Academic Journal, delving into the 2022 National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support. Dr. Newby provides a comprehensive guide that promises to reshape diabetes care practices, offering crucial insights for a healthier future.
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Olivia Newby, DNP, FNP-BC, CDCES, FAAP
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Dr. Olivia Newby speaks about the Healthy Living Center's Diabetes Education Program.
"The HbA1c in the group decreased by 1.26% after 3 to 4 months compared with a .055% decrease among patients who received usual care counseling by doctors (P<0.001), said Olivia Newby, DNP, director of the Healthy Living Center in Norfolk, Va." |
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Dr. Olivia Newby & Dr. Deborah Gray speak about cultural competency in medical appointments
"This study by Dr. Olivia Newby and Dr. Deborah Gray highlights the effectiveness of culturally tailored group visits in improving glycemic control for black Americans with diabetes. The retrospective comparison group design involving 250 participants indicates significant within- and between-group differences in clinical measures, emphasizing the potential of culturally tailored shared medical appointments to enhance diabetic outcomes."
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published in the Journal for Nurse Practitioners Volume 12, Issue 5, May 2016, Pages 317-323. Her article focused on a specific model of care for shared medical appointments for diabetic Black Americans.
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