Community Hospital is committed to improving the overall health status of the communities we serve. Education is essential to personal health. We engage in and encourage the development of innovative community health strategies that benefit our constituents. Community Hospital encourages everyone to take advantage of these learning opportunities.
Please take this opportunity to review the many community and business offerings listed below. There are many classes and programs offered to our patients and the community. If you have any questions about the information within this section, please contact our Community Outreach Coordinator at 308-344-8550.
Here are a few of the community outreach programs that Community Hospital currently offers which were selected from our comprehensive community benefits report:
- Sterling Connection Educational Seminars: Sterling Connection is a group we offer in conjunction with Bryan Health. The membership and classes are free to members who are 50 years and older.
- Public Education Seminars: Community Hospital offers seminars pertaining to health concerns and new services offered to our community. Some examples of seminars we have held in the past are a Lunch 'N' Learn for our local area women to learn more about digital mammography, and a Dinner 'N' Learn for the general public to learn more about the new Balloon Sinuplasty procedure that is helping relieve chronic sinusitis sufferers.
- Health Fairs: Community Hospital offers a wide variety of health fairs for our community. The larger fairs are our community health fair, offered in April, and our diabetic health fair, offered in the fall. We also offer smaller health fairs in Curtis and Trenton as well as personal fairs at local businesses such as Southwest Public Power District and McCook National Bank. All of these fairs offer free health information as well as discounted blood screenings.
- FROG Exercise Classes: Fitness Reaching Older Generations was a program started by Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department and was offered through our Sterling Connection program completely free of charge. We offer FROG “schools” in McCook and several area communities.
- Support Groups: Community Hospital donates meeting rooms and speakers for our various support groups such as diabetes, cancer, grief and Parkinson’s support groups.
- New Parent and Family Classes: These classes include childbirth education classes, new infant car seat checks, big kids & babies classes.
Check out the complete list of class offerings below:
Diabetes
Take control of your diabetes by asking your doctor for a referral to the Diabetic Education Program at Community Hospital. You'll gain comprehensive information and insights into what happens in your body when you have diabetes, and learn strategies available to care for the condition. These strategies include diet, exercise, blood sugar monitoring, and medication including insulin administration. This program, in conjunction with Bryan Health in Lincoln, is recognized by the American Diabetes...
Eat Smart - Get Fit
A healthy lifestyle program to help you reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. You can change your life in one year! Take the first step today! Eat Smart - Get Fit is a National Diabetes Prevention Program recognized by Centers for Disease Control as a proven liefstyle change program. Community Hospital Health Foundation supports this program. Print the Brochure Meet the Team Our Certified Lifestyle Coaches Through the National Diabetes Prevention Program. Terrie Unger, RN, Diabetic...
FROG
FROG is an exercise program designed to help older adults improve their mobility and strength to help prevent injuries caused by falls. Exercise is low impact, with or without chair assistance, and only as strenuous as you want it to be! Participants must register to be a Sterling Connection member to participate in this class unless referred by a physician or other healthcare provider. Registration is free and the class is free. Call Frog Coordinator, LeAnn Jankovits at 308-340-8981 or...
Life Support Education
Please note that course availability is dependent on class volume. We have to have at least 4 students to hold a class but each class has a limited number of students. Registration deadlines are two weeks before the day of the class, unless otherwise stated on the course page. Some exceptions will be made, but may result in late registration fees. All registrations, including late registrations, must be verified by our Course Director. Please fill out our online form. Once you are verified, our...
OB / Prenatal
Childbirth Education Classes These free classes are intended for couples who are in the last trimester of pregnancy to help prepare for the process of childbirth. Taught by a Certified Childbirth Educator this course covers the process of labor, pain relief measures, breathing and relaxation techniques, and medical procedures that could occur while you are in labor. We now also offer breastfeeding education in our final class of this course. The four-session class will meet on Mondays, 6:30-9:30...
Outside Resources
A Time to Heal Cancer Foundation We provide support, education, and empowerment so that cancer survivors and their caregivers may create their best lives.