Watch a low-resolution, web compatible version of Dr. Norwood’s introduction by clicking on the movie to the left.
While there is still a long way to go toward consensus on how to deal with issues like the aging of our population and the obesity epidemic, there is substantial agreement on at least one approach. We must shift our emphasis from treatment services to a focus on health and wellness.
Unfortunately, many people are unable or unsure how to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Your Pathway to Healthy Living was designed to address this issue; to promote healthy lifestyles, while providing individuals with information on wide a variety of wellness related issues.
The church and interfaith community are recognized as a core pillar of the trust, respect and values; instilling discipline, fostering commitment and evoking the will power grounded in a belief system. Local community churches already call their members to heal spiritually. The interfaith community is an ideal partner to improve public health knowledge and advocacy. Churches who provide outreach through health initiatives are providing critical life-changing counsel to their congregations.
There is a clear value to being able to easily connect your entire church family to a single health and wellness resource. You touch every man, woman and child in your congregation in a thousand ways. Now, through modern multi-media communications technology, you have the opportunity to dramatically improve the physical and spiritual well being of those individuals. You now have the tools to improve health knowledge, shift perceptions and attitudes, and heighten awareness of the importance of health and wellness.