Health Education
We care about you and your family’s health!
In addition to the health care services provided at doctor visits, Community Health Group offers health education classes to help our members learn about health topics.
Some examples of health education classes are nutrition, diabetes, high blood pressure, family planning, and asthma. There are many more available as well. These classes are at no cost to our members.
Health Education Classes Available to You
Please call Member Services at 1-800-224-7766 for more information.
Providers, please call our Health Education Department at 1-619-240-8831 for information on health education programs.
Diabetes Prevention Program (Skinny Gene Project)
Community Health Group is working with the Skinny Gene Project to offer our members a diabetes prevention program, at no cost! Members can call the Skinny Gene Project to see if they are eligible.
For questions, contact the Skinny Gene Project at 1-888-500-2344 or info@skinnygeneproject.org.
To be eligible, Cal MediConnect members MUST:
- Be enrolled in Medicare Part B
- Have a body mass index (BMI) of at least 25, or at least 23 if self-identified as Asian
- Meet one of the following three blood test requirements within the last 12 months:
- A HbA1c test with between 5.7 and 6.4%, or
- A fasting plasma glucose of 110-125 mg/dL, or
- 2-hour plasma glucose of 140-199 mg/dL (oral glucose tolerance test)
- Not be diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes (other than gestational diabetes)
- Not have end-stage renal disease
To be eligible, Medi-Cal members MUST:
- Be a current Medi-Cal member with Community Health Group
- Be 18 years old or older
- Not pregnant
- Have a body mass index (BMI) of at least 25, or at least 23 if self-identified as Asian
- Meet one of the following three requirements:
- Blood test results within the 12 months of the first core session
- A hemoglobin A1c test with a value between 5.7% and 6.4%, or
- A fasting plasma glucose of 100-125 mg/dL, or
- A 2-hour plasma glucose of 140-199 mg/dL (oral glucose tolerance test)
2. Clinically diagnosed gestational diabetes mellitus during a previous pregnancy
- Not be diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes (other than gestational diabetes)
Web-based Health Education Tools
- Healthy Weight Information and Body Mass Index (BMI) Calculator
- Quitting Smoking: Smoking Statistics & Tips on Quitting Smoking
- Physical Activity and Health
- Healthy Eating
- Managing Stress
- Excessive Alcohol Use
- What is Depression?
**Please note all videos are available in English with ability to turn on subtitles in other languages. Click on the links below to learn how to add subtitles.
- Instructions for choosing subtitles - English
- Instrucciones para elegir subtítulos en español
- تعلیمات لاختیار لغة الترجمة
- Mga tagubilin sa pagpili ng wika sa subtitle
- Hướng dẫn chọn ngôn ngữ phụ đề
- راهنمای نحوه انتخاب زیرنویس فارسی
- 择简体中文字幕说明
Asthma
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Congestive Heart Failure
High Blood Pressure
Covid 19 Information
- CDPH COVID-19 Treatments Social Media_Eng and Spanish
- CDPH What to Do When Positive for COVID_graphic
- CDPH_COVID Treatments Talking Points
- CDPH_5 Winter Virus Prevention Tips_factsheet
- CDPH-COVID-19-Treatments-Q&A-Flyer
- CDPH-Who-Should-Take-COVID-Treatments-Flyer
- CDPH-Got-COVID-Get-Treated_Flyer_English
- CDPH-Got-COVID-Get-Treated_Flyer_Spanish
- Templates for Emails and Texts about COVID Treatments_CDPH