February is Heart Month. It is a time to bring awareness to the leading cause of deaths in the United States. About 1 in 4 American deaths are due to heart disease. Heart disease can be traced back to factors that are preventable. 

Each week, your Wellness Team will provide you with tips to help you maintain or improve your heart health. 

January 31 - February 4

• Physical Wellness
• Building Healthy Habits Wellness Challenge 
• February 4, 2022 - Wear RED to show awareness and support for the American Heart Association's Go RED for Women campaign. 1 in 3 women will die each year from heart disease. 

February 7 - 11

• Emotional Wellness

February 14 - 18

• Social Wellness 
• CEE - Phoenix Coding Blood Drive - February 16, 2022 9a - 1p
  • Click the LINK to register (blood drive code = PUHSD) or contact jsundling@phoenixunion.org 
  • Phoenix Coding Parking Lot - Bloodmobile

Stop food waste and save on groceries. These tips can help you save more and feel better. 

• There could be $1,500 hiding in your grocery bags.
• The average family of four loses about $125 a month in uneaten food.
• Before you shop, see what you already have.
• Use a shopping list.
• Don’t shop on an empty stomach.
• Look for the sales, especially on produce.
• Store brands are usually cheaper.
• Frozen or canned fruit and veggies often cost less.

Most of us underestimate subscription costs. The average is $237 per month, but most people guess $79. 

• Ask: “Is it really a necessity?” “Will it make me happier and healthier?”
  • CANCEL “Not using it” “High Cost, hardly used”
  • RECONSIDER “Low cost, hardly used”
  • KEEP “Highly used and valued”
• Set a reminder to cancel new services before they charge or renew.
• Don’t forget about subscriptions for music, gaming, dating, meal kits, pet supplies or cloud storage.

Source: https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/financial-stress-losing-money 

PXU has resources to help you manage your stress during difficult times.

Uprise Health - PXU's Employee Assistance Program (EAP) has a full spectrum of care with everything from self-guided courses to full concierge services. 

• Visit https://members.uprisehealth.com/ 
  • Access code - puhsd 
  • Click 'Work-Life Sign In'
  • Sign In Access Code - puhsd

Sharecare - delivers personalized insights, daily tracking and one-of-a-kind tools to help you live healthier, no matter where you are in your health journey. 

• blue.sharecare.com - For Blue Cross Blue Shield Members 
• you.sharecare.com - For Non-Blue Cross Blue Shield Members 

Staff Health and Wellness Specialists - PXU has dedicated frontline staff to serve employees whose social, emotional and/or family problems interfere with their capacity to perform adequately within a professional environment. For more information, contact:

• Dr. Erika Collins-Frazier Ed.D., LPC, NCC
• Cailene Pisciotta, LPC 

Here are some steps you can take on your own to cope with daily stress: 

• Keep a Journal
  • UpriseHealth MyStressTools Widget on the homepage to take the Stress Profiler Assessment and take advantage of their electronic journal.
• Exercise and Eat Healthy
  • Join the WalkerTracker Healthy Habits February Wellness Challenge
• Get Regular Sleep
  • 7 Tips to Help You Sleep Better
• Identify and Challenge Your Negative Thoughts
  • Watch a 60 minute video on Uprise Health
• Mindfulness
  • Visit Sharecare, Achieve tab on the left and select Programs
• Avoid Excess Caffeine
• Reach Out To Your Family or Friends

Physical well-being includes traditional lifestyle risk factors such as physical activity, smoking or tobacco use, alcohol use, sleep, diet, immunization and screenings.
Preventative care is one of the most importnt ways to improve your health. Disease, injury and premature death can often be avoided by participating in preventive screenings, immunization clinics and education sessions. 

PXU will offer the following preventive care screenings:

• Immunization clinics
• Biometrics health screenings
• Health risk assessment
• Mobile on-site mammography
• Prostate on-site projec

United4Health will offer wellness classes and wellness challenges to help you be your best self. Classes are free and will be offered via Microsoft Teams or in-person. Topics may include:

• Heart health
• Physical activity
• Sleep
• Goal setting
• And more!

In Arizona, breast cancer is the leading form of cancer among women. An estimated 2,800 women will be diagnosed and 600 women will die of breast cancer in Arizona this year.

While there is no known cure for advanced breast cancer, early detection is a proven line of defense against this deadly disease. Detection of breast cancer in its early stages provides a greater chance of cure and more treatment options. When the disease is confined to the breast, the five year survival rate is 97%.

Women should follow this simple three-step program for breast care that includes:

• Conducting monthly breast self-examinations
• Visiting a health care provider on a regular basis for clinical breast examinations
• Having a baseline mammogram at 35 and receiving an annual mammogram beginning at age 40.

To schedule an appointment please call:  (480) 967-3767 or 1 800 285-0272 walk-in patients are welcomed, appointments preferred. Spouses welcomed!

Mobile On-site Mammography is unable to screen patients that are pregnant and /or nursing, unless referred by a physician.

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February is Heart Month. It is a time to bring awareness to the leading cause of deaths in the United States. About 1 in 4 American deaths are due to heart disease. Heart disease can be traced back to factors that are preventable. 

Each week, your Wellness Team will provide you with tips to help you maintain or improve your heart health. 

January 31 - February 4

• Physical Wellness
• Building Healthy Habits Wellness Challenge 
• February 4, 2022 - Wear RED to show awareness and support for the American Heart Association's Go RED for Women campaign. 1 in 3 women will die each year from heart disease. 

Join the February Building Healthy Habits Wellness Challenge: A Movement and Mindfulness Journey Across the U.S.A.

On this journey, you will learn how to build healthy habits that range from healthy eating to the science behind a consistent exercise regimen to daily self-care gems, and how to make these newly built habits stick!

Challenge runs from February 01, 2022 through February 28, 2022

To Register Online, visit: PUHSD/WALKERTRACKER.COM 

For more information contact: Jennifer Sundling jsundling@phoenixunion.org 

More information coming soon!

Health Risk Assessment

The Health Risk Assessment (HRA) is a tool that employees can use to identify health risks and monitor health status. An HRA is a self-reporting and physical measurements questionnaire. 
The HRA results are used to provide individualized risk reduction and education within the health promotion program, United4Health, the outcomes are positive for both the individual and the employer.

Biometrics

• A 15 minute biometrics screening can let you know quickly if you are at risk for common chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. Measurements captured will give you a snap shot of your current health status and help you identify risk areas.
• It includes a free baseline physical assessment
  • blood pressure
  • weight
  • waist measurement
  • fingerstick lab work
    • glucos
    • HDL - good cholesterol
    • triglycerides - a type of fat in your blood

Once you have completed your screening be sure to enter your results into the Health Risk Assessment and Sharecare for workshops and information on how to lower your risk for chronic disease.

To register for a WalkerTracker account https://puhsd.walkertracker.com/. You can sync your WalkerTracker to compatible devices (Fitbit, Garmin, Apple Watch and more) to keep track of your steps. 

Emotional well-being includes finding purpose, meaning, seeking growth and believing in one's life. Being happy and satisfied and having circumstances under control. 

How you feel can affect your ability to carry out everyday activities, your relationships and your overall mental health. How you react to your experiences and feelings can change over time.

PXU Staff Health and Wellness Specialists are here to support you! They will be able to: 

• Facilitate employee support groups on various topics
• Provide critical incident debriefing (crisis support)
• Provide short-term, solution-focused counseling, coaching, and crisis intervention to employees
• Conduct prevention-based trainings for employees including suicide prevention, community mental health resource training and orientation sessions, and social/emotional well-being
• Facilitate mediations and supports in resolving employee conflict as needed
• Plus provide additional resources 

If you or a colleague are in need of emotional or mental health support, please click the link. A Staff Health and Wellness Specialist will respond to you within 24 hours (Monday thru Friday). Thank you.

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**SAMHSA’s National Helpline

• 1-800-662-HELP (4357), (also known as the Treatment Referral Routing Service) or TTY: 1-800-487-4889 is a confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members facing mental and/or substance use disorders.
• Also visit the online treatment locator.
• What are the hours of operation?
• What languages are available?
• How many calls do you receive?
• Do I need health insurance to receive this service?
• Will my information be kept confidential?
• Do you provide counseling?

**24-Hour Crisis Hotlines – National

• 1-800-SUICIDE - HopeLine Suicide Hotline
• 1-800-273-TALK or 1-800-273-8255 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• 602-222-9444 Crisis Response Network

**Suicide/Crisis Hotlines by County

• 1-800-631-1314 and 602-222-9444 (Maricopa County)
• 1-800-796-6762 or 520-622-6000 (Pima Country)
• 1-866-495-6735 (Graham, Greenlee, Cochise, and Santa Cruz Counties)
• 1-800-259-3449 (Gila River and Ak-Chin Indian Communities)
• 1-866-495-6735 (Yuma, La Paz, Pinal, and Gila Countries)
• 1-877-756-4090 (Mohave, Coconino, Apache, Navajo, and Yavapai Counties)

**Teen Crisis

• 602-248-TEEN (8336)

**Veteran Crisis Support

• Veterans Crisis Line:

1-800-273-8255 (press 1)

• Be Connected:

1-866-4AZ-VETS (429-8387)

** PXU EAP:

Call: 800-925-5EAP Website: uprisehealth 

• Click Member Login 
• Access code - PUHSD 
• Scroll down and click 'Work-Life Sign In'
• Access code - PUHSD 

We are Licensed Professional Counselors here to support and provide counseling services to the teachers and staff at PXU.  We have been working in the mental health community for a combined 30 and have extensive experience with a wide range of issues, including stress and anxiety, depression, family relationships, serious mental illness, substance abuse, work related conflicts, trauma, grief/bereavement, etc. Send us an email and we will come to your site at the time you choose.  All communications are confidential.

PXU Staff Health and Wellness Specialists are here to support you!

• Facilitate employee support groups on various topics
• Provide short-term, solution-focused counseling, coaching, and crisis intervention to employees
• Provide critical incident debriefing (crisis support)
• Conduct prevention-based trainings for employees including suicide prevention, self-care, community mental health resource trainings and orientation sessions, and social/emotional well-being
• Assist in referrals to EAP and community mental health agencies

Social well-being reflects the ability to build and maintain meaningful and satisfying personal relationships as wellas being connected with one's community. 

Social connections might help protect health and lengthen life. United4Health will offer a variety of ways to enhance your social well-being and conduct everyday health habits and be a part of different communities from those around you:

• Blood Drives
• Partnerships with Falcon Family Community Resource Center
• Wellness Challenges
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Additional Social Activities 

February 17, 2022 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Click HERE to register for the FREE Teams Presentation

PXU's Employee Wellness Program invites you to participate in a Virtual Teams presentation with one of Banner Health's Prevention Cardiologist, Dr. R Todd Hurst. Dr. Hurst, MD, FACC, FASE, is a board-certified cardiologist and founder of the MD Team. His passion is using proven strategies to help people lower their risk of heart disease, stroke, and premature death.  He has done the hard work for you and has reviewed the BEST science extensively and was able to narrow down those TEN things that would give you the best chance at 100 great years. 

If you have ever Googled "how to live a long life," you may get 7.5 billion results. In other words, about one result for every person on earth. So who do you listen to? The number of choices is overwhelming and what many do is jump from idea to idea. Try this one for a while, then hear about something new and try that. 

This talk will be a discussion on what these TEN things are and how you can apply them to your life to ensure prolonged health, being slimmer, stronger and energetic, and living independently and vibrantly. With these ten things, you will never wonder or worry about if you are doing the right thing, because now you will have a clear strategy.

Why is this important? 

• 60% of adults have at least one chronic illness, like high blood pressure, pre-diabetes, heart disease, among others 
• 70% of us are overweight
• Diseases like Afib, diabetes, fatty liver, high blood pressure and Alzheimer's dementia are skyrocketing
• Life expectancy has decreased every year since 2014

The hard cold truth is we are sicker now than at any other time in the history of the world. 

For more information, please email Jennifer Sundling - jsundling@phoenixunion.org or call 602-384-3083

This presentation will be recorded if you are unable to attend the virtual Teams presentation. Please complete the registration form and mark if you will be attending the Virtual Presentation in real time or will want the presentation link sent to you. 

Financial well-being is having security with regard to your current and future financial resources. This could included financial worry, job satisfaction and/or financial security. 

Financial well-being is becoming an essential component in successful workplace wellness and employee benefits programs. It is directly related to an employee's overall wellbeing due to its influence on the many factors that drive personal wellbeing. Financial well-being includes:

• Financial worry
• Job satisfaction
• Financial security
• Bill paying
• Financial planning
• Saving and Spending
• Retirement planning
• ASRS 

Financial wellness opportunities will be held throughout the 2021-2022 school year by PXU approved financial vendors. All sessions are free to PXU employees and their spouses/partners. 

Financial wellness reflects the extent to which you have security with regard to your current and future financial resources. People feel more secure and financial stress is lower when people are able to pay bills and meet financial obligations. 

PXU's Employee Wellness Program, United4Health, is working with district approved vendors to help strengthen your financial literacy and provide support for your financial wellness. Vendors will help you plan for the future and help you manage your financial stressors so you can enjoy life. 

Click HERE to take the Financial Wellness Program Development Survey

By completing this form, you are taking an active role to learning more about your finances and increasing your financial security. You can remain anonymous or if you provide your name you will be emailed a financial wellness score about the four elements:

• Having control over one's finances
• Capacity to absorb a financial shock
• Being on track to meet financial goals
• Make choices that allow one to enjoy life

After attending the sessions, you can retest to see if your financial wellness score has changed. 

The community health and wellness resources page contains links to webpages that can make an impact in your health and safety. 

Click HERE to view the resource links.