Adult health education resources
FCHP is here to help you stay fit, eat well and be healthy—these resources and interactive tools can help you on the road to wellness.
General wellness and prevention
Have you had the screening tests you need?
A Healthwise® Knowledgebase interactive tool
Prevention and early detection of disease are important parts of staying healthy. The screening tests you might need depend on your age, gender and personal risk factors. This tool will help you to identify your risk factors and learn which tests may be right for you.
Healthwise® Knowledgebase
Need information about your personal health risks? The Healthwise Knowledgebase provides comprehensive, current, evidence-based and unbiased information to help you make decisions about your health and the health of your family. The Healthwise Knowledgebase helps you to work in partnership with your doctor by offering easy-to-find and easy-to-understand information about conditions, diseases, medical tests, medications, treatment options and key decision points.
Nutrition and fitness
Is your weight increasing your health risks?
A Healthwise® Knowledgebase interactive tool
Estimate your risk of weight-related diseases by using your body mass index (BMI) along with your waist measurement and other factors.
How many calories did you burn?
A Healthwise® Knowledgebase interactive tool
Measure how many calories you burn during exercise and during every day activities like cleaning, cooking and taking care of children.
Achieving a healthy weight with diet and exercise
A Nurse Connect interactive tool
First, you’ll fill out a 10-minute online questionnaire about your food choices, physical activity levels, and self-image. The tool uses your responses to create an online weight management plan just for you. This program has helped thousands of people lose weight and keep it off. Note: You must log in to My FCHP to access this tool.
Maintain a healthy diet
A Nurse Connect interactive tool
First, you’ll fill out a 10-minute online questionnaire about your current eating habits and food preferences. The tool uses your responses to create an online nutrition plan just for you. Note: You must log in to My FCHP to access this tool.
Managing diseases
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Sponsored by the American Lung Association
Are you or someone you care about living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? Learn about COPD, the medicines used to treat it, and find services and support.
Diabetes
Sponsored by the American Diabetes Association
Learn how to live well with diabetes. Get the latest diabetes news and learn about your personal risk for diabetes, its complications and what you can do to avoid them.
Prevent and manage back pain
A Nurse Connect interactive tool
First, you’ll fill out a 10-minute online questionnaire about your back health and your daily activities that could affect your back. The tool uses your responses to create an online back care plan just for you, including customized strategies, videos, and exercises designed by healthcare professionals. Note: You must log in to My FCHP to access this tool.
Mental health
What is your stress level?
A Healthwise® Knowledgebase interactive tool
This interactive tool gauges your stress level based on the number of life changes you have had recently. Your score indicates a rough estimate of your current stress level and the likelihood that you will have health problems due to stress in the next 12 to 18 months.
Are you depressed?
A Healthwise® Knowledgebase interactive tool
This interactive tool can help you assess your symptoms and find out if you might be depressed. It calculates how many common symptoms of depression you have and suggests where you might fall on a scale from normal to depressed based on your answers. Although this tool is not for diagnosis, it may help you determine whether you should seek help from your doctor.
Do you have a drinking problem?
A Healthwise® Knowledgebase interactive tool
This tool can help you see if your drinking is dangerous or unhealthy. Based on your answers, it calculates how many signs of alcohol problems you have and suggests whether you are likely to have a drinking problem. The answers to your test are confidential. Although this tool alone is not enough for diagnosis, it may help you decide to seek help from your doctor.
Manage stress
A Nurse Connect interactive tool
First, you’ll fill out a 10-minute online questionnaire about your sources of stress, your stress-related symptoms, and your current coping techniques. The tool uses your responses to create an online stress management plan just for you. Note: You must log in to My FCHP to access this tool.
Smoking
Quit Wizard
Sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health
The Quit Wizard is an interactive tobacco cessation tool that guides you through questions and decisions which will help you create a personalized "Quit Plan."
How much is smoking costing you?
A Healthwise® Knowledgebase interactive tool
This interactive tool calculates how much money you have spent on cigarettes in the past or how much you could spend on them in the future.
Stop smoking
A Nurse Connect interactive tool
First, you’ll fill out a 10-minute online questionnaire about your past and present smoking patterns. The tool uses your responses to create an online smoking cessation plan just for you, including customized strategies designed by healthcare professionals to help you quit smoking for good. Note: You must log in to My FCHP to access this tool.
Quit to Win - FCHP's tobacco treatment program
Sponsored by Fallon Community Health Plan
For those who would prefer to receive smoking cessation help through a group experience or with individual telephone counseling, FCHP is here for you.