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Intro to the 4ourhealth Website

Watch this video to learn more about why this website was made and helpful tips on how to find the info you need.

Explore the website:

Tap to flip the cards.

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We will explore fitness and healthy habits.

Learn how to make goals and manage your own health.

Fitness and Healthy Habits Click here to go to this page on our website
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We will explore what to expect at healthcare visits.

Learn how to work with your health care team and get the services you need.

Health Care Visits
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We will explore different health conditions.

Learn the different kinds of common health conditions.

Common Illnesses

Tap to flip the cards.

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We will explore the 6 F's of Living Life.

Learn how to work together with the people you trust to build a healthy life.

Living Life
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We will explore the Medical Home.

Learn why it is important to get regular healthcare, starting in primary care.

Medical Home
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This website has been created for patients and families.

Our goal is to organize info that we think will help.

We want you to:

  • Feel skilled and take care of your own health every day;
  • Know more about what you need from healthcare and how to get it;
  • Be confident and tell your healthcare team what you need; and
  • Work to set do-able goals for your future.

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Be a Self Advocate

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Practice speaking for yourself.

Learn to tell others your strengths, what you need and who you want to help you.

Click on the blue button for a helpful handout on how to be a self advocate.

Be a Self Advocate
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Patient Bill of Rights

You have the right to:

  • Be seen as a person first.
  • Get care when you need it with respect and kindness.
  • Be part of the decision making. Give consent or assent or refuse it.
  • Get care that is set up to fit your needs.
  • Be talked to in a way that you prefer and so you can understand.
  • Use the support and technology you need.
  • Speak up for your own needs and interests.
  • Get care that does not cause you trauma.
  • Get the right care for pain and anxiety.
  • Get care that is free from restraint, coercion, abuse, or neglect.

This patient bill of rights is adapted for readability from the Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Healthcare Bill of Rights of the SAFE Initiate - Supporting Access for Everyone from DBPNet. https://safedbp.org/