healthy living
Healthy living is an important goal for Women of Vision and Purpose.
We must practice eating healthy, getting sufficient rest, and maintaining a well balanced lifestyle focused on positive mental health. We can not help and serve others if we do not first commit to taking care of ourselves and WVP supports a holistic approach to better health. We also stress the importance of medical and mental health counseling when needed.
As a support group for women, we encourage all women to be diligent in proper medical care. We encourage health screenings such as diabetes and heart checkups, along with cancer screenings like pap smears, mammograms and colonoscopies when it is age appropriate.
We also encourage each woman to avoid certain risk factors for poor health such as unhealthy diets, smoking and, of course, substance abuse. WVP is also very committed to educating women about the threat and spread of HIV and AIDS as well as other sexually transmitted diseases.
As advocates, we are not only educating women about issues of their health, we are committed to educating more women about the disparities of medical treatment and related deaths among minorities. We are actively pursuing ways in which we can bring about a greater opportunity for change in these disparities so that we might be able to save more lives.
For more information about Healthy Living for Women, visit the following websites.
http://www.louisvilleky.gov/Health/
WHYY: Healthy Living for Women