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HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER
Posted 10/5/2006
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Our goal is to help you achieve the benefits of higher level wellness. These benefits include feeling better, increased stamina, potentially increased longevity, decreased stress and increased readiness to rise to the challenges presented by military service or crises in your personal life. We will accomplish this by providing health information, tools and support for your efforts to modify your lifestyle and improve your health.
What's a HAWC?
HAWC stands for Health and Wellness Center and is fairly new to the Air Force. HAWCs are dedicated to prevention and health enhancement. These "one-stop" shops for health and fitness utilize education and intervention programs to decrease health risks, enhance fitness and conditioning, and increase personal performance.
Services include blood pressure screening, body fat composition analysis, polar pulse monitors, cholesterol education, spinning classes, tobacco cessation classes, a video loan library, nutritional information and more.
HAWC Customers
The Health and Wellness Center and its services are open to active duty, retirees, reservists, military dependents, and base-employed civilians. Certain programs are limited to active duty members. Exercise programs are open to those over the age of 16. The HAWC is neither equipped nor staffed as a medical rehabilitation center and follows exercise guidelines set forth by the American College of Sports Medicine.
Mission and Vision
Mission: To enhance readiness through optimal health and total force fitness while supporting accessible, cost effective and quality health care delivery.
Vision: Provide a one-stop shop for state of the art assistance in changing lifestyles and moving toward a balance of physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual health for the entire Peterson Complex.
Useful links
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
National Cholesterol Education Program
Location
Building 560, Room 205 (co-located with the Fitness Center)
Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Address: 559 Vincent St., PAFB, CO 80914-1540
Phone (719) 556-4292
Fax (719) 56-6773
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