Support Group Commonspokes Directory

Building Community and Sharing Knowledge

Purpose Peer support is important to successful lifestyle change. The Support Group Commonspokes Directory maintains communication channels during and after formal support group programs such as smoking cessation, stress management and weight control programs. It can also link support group participants that had attended their program at another location or at a different time. Through the Commonspokes Directory program participants can share best strategies and identify community resources that may be needed to maintain healthy lifestyle practices.

A sense of community is another important health benefit of a Support Group Commonspokes Directory. A sense of community has been found to prevent disease and increase lifestyle change success rates. In addition, such a sense of community increases participation rates and satisfaction with health promotion activities.

Features At the core of each Support Group Commonspokes Directory is a secure database of the history and interests of organization members. The Commonspokes Directory is created when members complete an online questionnaire that has been tailored to the group. Participants also have the option of uploading a photo. The software uses information from the questionnaire to instantly generate listing pages. Participants can then search the database to view listing pages or to identify people who share their wellness interests. Personal information can be easily updated online.

Online customization of the questionnaire makes it simple to tailor a Support Group Commonspokes Directory to organizational goals. The sponsoring organization, through access to an administrative page can use generate targeted mailing lists. Use statistics are also available through the administrative page. In addition, a printing function makes it possible to provide printed copies of the Support Group Commonspokes Directory.  

Related ProductsWellness and Health Promotion Program Commonspokes Directory links organizational members around healthy lifestyle interests. 

Order Information  $2,000 includes 12 months of hosting for up to 500 listing pages. Hosting for additional listing pages is $2.00 per page. There are three ordering options: mail, fax or phone. Mail or fax our Healthyculture.com Order Form. For phone orders call (800) 800-3004. Outside the U.S., call (802) 862-8855. Forms of payment include VISA, MasterCard and check made payable to the Human Resources Institute, LLC.