At Kaiser Permanente, we imagine good well being requires greater than high-quality care. Good well being begins in a wholesome group. That’s why we’re happy to associate with Inland Empire Well being Plan, Molina Healthcare, and different organizations to assist Riverside County’s public well being division, Riverside College Well being System — Public Well being, and its effort to deliver the “Blue Zone” method to its residents.
Selling good well being
The Blue Zone initiative is an thrilling and impressive 5-year strategic challenge led by Riverside College Well being System — Public Well being. This collaborative effort seeks to provoke residents, companies, community-based organizations, governments, and extra to take part immediately and collectively in measurably bettering bodily well being and psychological well-being.
Kaiser Permanente’s grant will assist the Blue Zone initiative in 5 Southern California communities which have confronted long-standing circumstances that impede good well being: Riverside, Banning, Palm Springs, Coachella, and Mead Valley.
The key to a protracted, comfortable life
The time period “Blue Zones” was popularized by a ebook by Dan Buettner and a Netflix documentary collection. It describes way of life traits of residents in particular communities the place folks have loved terribly lengthy, wholesome lives. The widespread traits are largely in step with Kaiser Permanente’s steerage on wholesome dwelling and embody:
- Common, reasonable bodily exercise
- A plant-based eating regimen that features numerous greens, beans, fruits, and nuts, and fewer meat
- Robust social connections and sense of belonging
- Routines that scale back stress
- A way of goal
The Blue Zone initiative is a systems-level method that addresses social, financial, and environmental components that have an effect on well being positively or negatively. As a part of its Neighborhood Well being Enchancment Plan, Riverside College Well being System — Public Well being is dedicated to partaking with its companions to advertise group well being by bettering the circumstances for psychological and bodily well being and fairness at a inhabitants degree.
Our dedication to communities
John Yamamoto, vice chairman of Neighborhood Well being and Authorities Relations for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, stated, “Kaiser Permanente believes that group well being requires each entry to high-quality well being care and investing in more healthy communities. We applaud Riverside College Well being System — Public Well being’s management in searching for to enhance group well being and wellness the place well being begins, within the neighborhoods the place folks dwell, work, and play. We’re excited to affix county and native authorities, our fellow well being care methods, the enterprise group, community-based organizations, residents of the 5 Riverside communities, and Blue Zones on this collective endeavor.”
“Supporting the general public well being infrastructure in our communities is a precedence for Kaiser Permanente,” stated Sammy Totah, senior vice chairman and space supervisor for Kaiser Permanente in Riverside. “Riverside is the tenth largest county within the nation with a various inhabitants which incorporates greater than 560,000 Kaiser Permanente members. Investing on this group contributes to our objective to attain equitable well being outcomes by bettering the circumstances for well being and fairness in our communities.”
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