HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS | NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
Offers a series of health-related workshops and presentations for the community, many of which are offered by health professionals. Information about local wellness programs is provided on line and is also published in flyer form. Topics may include movement and exercise, nutrition, childbirth education, car seat safety, chronic disease self-management, and health/disease specific support group meetings. Provides the Vermont Department of Health Quit Time services that link Vermonters to free services and information to quit smoking. Offers phone, 802 QUITS, and in-person coaching, online support, access to free nicotine replacement (gum, patches and lozenges) and self-help tools, as well as to a Quit Time Tobacco Cessation series of weekly support meetings. Specially designed phone coaching sessions and self-help materials are available for pregnant smokers.
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Last Assured
05/13/2024
Physical Address
133 Fairfield Street, Saint Albans, VT 05478
Hours
Monday-Friday: 8:00am-4:30pm
Voice
Voice
Application process
By Telephone; By Website
Fee
Program Specific; Some Programs Free; Some Programs Fixed Fee
Service area
Franklin County, Vermont Grand Isle County, Vermont
Agency info
NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
Northwestern Medical Center (NMC) is an acute care community hospital serving the northwest region of Vermont that offers both inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and immediate care services. NMC provides 24Hour/7Day physician staffed emergency room services, diagnostic imaging, general medical care, laboratory testing, blood supply services, hospital-based outpatient services, disease specific treatment, delivery/childbirth services, medical social work, intravenous medication, and telemedicine.