Take Control of Your Health in Library Program Series

EAST BRUNSWICK—East Brunswick Public Library (2 Jean Walling Civic Center Drive), Hackensack Meridian Health and the Middlesex County Office of Health Services team up to present a seven-part “Take Control of Your Health: Chronic Disease Self-Management” workshop series.

These weekly webinars are every Tuesday at 10:00 am, starting February 2 and running through March 16. Each session is approximately two hours.

“Take Control of Your Health: Chronic Disease Self-Management” is for anyone with a chronic medical condition, such as arthritis, heart disease, osteoporosis or diabetes. Medical experts will be discussing techniques to manage symptoms like stress and depression, get started with healthy eating and exercise, communicate effectively with your doctor, make daily tasks easier, and learn how to manage fear, anger and frustration.

Participants will receive a free book on the topic (which will be mailed to their home address), a completion certificate and other incentives.

This program is free and open to the public. To register, go to www.ebpl.org/calendar or call the library’s Information Desk desk at 732-390-6767. Participants can register for this program series through the February 16 session.

This program series is offered through East Brunswick Public Library’s Just For The Health Of It consumer health and wellness information initiative. To learn more about these resources and programs, visit www.justforthehealthofit.org.