Exercise is Medicine (EIM) is committed to the belief that exercise and physical activity (PA) are integral to the prevention and treatment of chronic disease. The EIM Solution encourages primary care providers to include PA when designing treatment plans for their patients.
Through the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) grant, the Cabarrus County EIM initiative aims to increase the number of people with access to opportunities for chronic disease prevention, risk reduction, or management through clinical and community linkages from 2014-2018. We will accomplish this by:
· Training healthcare teams in the 3-step EIM model and encouraging PA promotion in the clinic.
· Training community agencies and allied health professionals (such as nutritionists and case managers) in encouraging · PA and providing PA referrals.
· Establishing an EIM Referral Network for Cabarrus County.