Healthy Tracks:

Healthy Tracks is a sponsored by the Montana Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Prevention Program. It is designed to educate, guide, and support participants through the adoption of healthy lifestyle changes through a comprehensive 12-month program.

Topics covered in this curriculum include:

• Healthy eating
• Physical activity
• Stress management
• Sustaining behavior change & Goal setting

In order to cover these topics, the program consists of 4 months of weekly meetings, designed to provide the necessary information and feedback to initiate healthy lifestyle changes. Following these weekly meetings, the program moves to every-other week meeting for 4 months, and then once a month for the last 4 months, which will provide opportunities to review participant progress, answer questions, and reinforce the elements of a healthy lifestyle. In addition, the program provides regular exercise sessions, in which various types of exercises are taught and led by a qualified instructor.

We strive to make this program affordable to all county residents. We offer a 2-for-1 family discount, and scholarships are also available for qualifying individuals.

So that this program can meet the specific needs of our participants, we offer individual and group coaching by a trained lifestyle coach.

Participant Referral Form

About the Diabetes Prevention Program

Tobacco Use Prevention Program:

 

 

 

The mission of the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program (MTUPP) is to address the public health crisis caused by the use of all forms of commercial tobacco products. MTUPP will work to eliminate tobacco use, especially among young people, through statewide programs and policies.

The goal of MTUPP is to reduce disease, disability, and death related to tobacco use by:

• Preventing tobacco use among young people;
• Eliminating exposure to secondhand smoke;
• Eliminating disparities related to tobacco use and its effects among certain population groups; and
• Promoting quitting among adults and young people.

Montana Quit Now

For help quitting all commercial tobacco products, call 1-800-784-8669 or visit www.QuitNowMontana.com

Montana Tobacco Quit Now Services are:

• Staffed 7 days a week: 5:00 AM to 11 PM, MST with 24 hour voicemail. Please leave us a message and we will call you back!
• A FREE personalized quit plan
• 5 FREE pro-active cessation coaching sessions
• 8 weeks of FREE nicotine replacement therapy (gum, patches or lozenges). Callers who enroll in Quit Now services may be eligible for up to 8 weeks of free NRT. The Quit Line will explain to the caller how and when these medications will be mailed out.
• FREE educational materials for health care providers as well as friends and families of tobacco users
• A fax referral system for health care providers who have patients that want to quit using tobacco (FAX: 1-800-261-6259)

Quit Kits and Tobacco-Free Resources for Local Businesses

Tobacco/Smoke-free signs and Quitline materials are available to you and your business, housing complex, or school for FREE!  Contact Breanna Lindgren at 406-466-2562 for more details and to place an order.

The Teton County Health Department provides Quit Kits to local business for distribution to the public free of change.  If you would like to pass out Quit Kits to the public at your business or if you need more Quit Kits, contact Breanna Lindgren at 406-466-2562 or email blindgren@tetonmt.org

Youth reACT Program

reACT Against Corporate Tobacco is Montana’s youth empowerment movement which encourages teens to educate their peers about the truth and facts of the tobacco industry.
Its education, motivation, and empowerment for Montana teens who choose to fight against corporate tobacco’s deceptive tactics.

reACT recognizes the power of teens’ determination, influence and ability to effect change. reACT focuses that power towards media literacy, peer education, and grassroots advocacy to motivate all Montana teens to fight back against corporate tobacco.

Clean Indoor Air Act

In 2005, the Montana legislature passed the Clean Indoor Air Act (CIAA), one of the most important public health policies in state history. Laws like the CIAA reduce heart attack rates by at least 20 percent. They also reduce lung disease, including lung cancer, as well as other debilitating and fatal illnesses, and they protect unborn children and young children from health problems.

The law requires all enclosed public places and workplaces to be smokefree and it requires businesses to prominently place smokefree signs on all public entrances.

The health benefits of the law are three-fold:

• Patrons and workers alike are protected from the deadly health effects of secondhand smoke exposure.
• More people who smoke will try to quit.
• Fewer Montana youth will begin smoking.

October 1, 2009, marked an important day for tobacco use prevention in Montana. Full implementation of the Montana Clean Indoor Air Act (CIAA) requires all enclosed public places and workplaces, including bars, taverns, and casinos, to be smokefree. Laws like Montana’s CIAA protect public health and prevent diseases caused by exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke. The significance of this major public health policy extends to future generations who will grow up healthy in a smokefree Montana.

The majority of Montanans support the CIAA. This law belongs to Montana’s citizens and we appreciate your continued support. You can help save lives by complying with the Montana Clean Indoor Air Act. If you observe a violation of the law in any enclosed public place or workplace in Montana, you can report it by completing a violation report form.

File a Clean Indoor Air Violation

Cancer Screening Program

The Cancer Screening Program supports comprehensive cancer control in Montana by providing ongoing quality screening services to Montana women and education in a manner that is appropriate, accessible, cost-effective and sensitive to the client’s needs.

Screening services include mammograms, clinical breast exams, Pap tests and pelvic exams for the early detection of breast and cervical cancers. Diagnostic testing is also provided for the follow-up of abnormal screening tests.

For information about low cost screenings for eligible clients call 466-2562.

Montana Cancer Screening Program Income Guidelines

Enrolling is Easy!

Contact the Teton County Health Department for assistance at 466-2562 or fill out the below enrollment form and fax or mail it to the Teton County Health Department.

Mailing Address:
905 4th St NW
Choteau, MT 59422

Confidential Fax:
406-466-5292

Enrollment Form for Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening

Patient Guidance

The Teton County Health Department offers free patient guidance services.
We can help!  Here’s how:

• Help understanding what health tests you may need.
• Help with scheduling doctor appointments.
• Help understanding what test results mean.
• Help getting health insurance or finding payment sources.
• Referrals to other local programs and resources.

Find out if you qualify?

Montana Medicaid Expansion Program (Montana HELP Program)

Region 5 Fund

The Region 5 Fund is intended to assist local women who do not otherwise qualify for the Cancer Screening Program with the costs of screenings, follow-up testing, etc.  Please contact Breanna Lindgren at 466-2562 to see this fund can help you.

The Region 5 Fund is maintained by local donations and fundraising efforts.  If you would like to make a donation to or organize a fundraiser for the Region 5 Fund, to support cancer prevention services for women in our area of Montana, please contact Breanna Lindgren at 466-2562 or blindgren@tetonmt.org

Contact Us

Breanna Lindgren
Phone: 406-466-2562/Cellphone: 406-750-7803
Confidential Fax: 406-466-5292
Email: blindgren@tetonmt.org