Lilly for Better Health Expands Website to Include Spanish Health Information and Interactive Tools
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Lilly for Better Health(TM), a
program of Lilly USA, LLC, (NYSE: LLY) that helps individuals live healthier,
more active lives, has launched an expanded Spanish portal on
www.lillyforbetterhealth.com.
The newly enhanced En Espanol section features a 60-page interactive health
album that provides practical tips on healthy eating, physical activity and
managing health conditions. Additionally, visitors will find more than a dozen
interactive health and wellness quizzes and risk assessments on topics such as
weight management, stress, diabetes, cancer and mental health.
“Lilly is committed to serving our diverse patient population by providing
disease prevention and management resources in multiple languages, including
Spanish,” said Jack Harris, M.D., Lilly’s vice president of its U.S. medical
division. “By expanding the Spanish resources available through Lilly for Better
Health, we aim to support more patients and families in living a healthier
lifestyle.”
Visitors to the Lilly for Better Health En Espanol portal may browse health
education resources covering a wide variety of health and wellness topics. Each
resource is offered in a digital publication format, convenient for viewing,
downloading, printing and sharing through email or social networking.
One of the most popular Lilly resources is Buena Salud, Buena Vida. Su Guia de
Recursos de Salud, a comprehensive guide with quick tips for overall wellness.
Included are topics to help patients manage their health at any age, and a
listing of local health resources in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
In addition to Spanish resources, visitors have access to a wide-variety of
information on lillyforbetterhealth.com, including information on Lilly programs
and Lilly’s Clinical Diversity Strategy, the company’s initiative to increase
minority representation in clinical trials.
Individuals can also browse the Lilly Health Channel on YouTube, launched in
September 2011, which highlights engaging and inspiring videos about health
education, innovation and employee and community outreach.
Lilly for Better Health strives to engage, educate, and empower communities to
live healthier lives. A health education resource to patients, health care
providers, payer organizations and community groups, Lilly for Better Health is
one example of how Lilly goes beyond medicine to partner in helping patients
effectively manage their health. Since 2006, Lilly for Better Health has
distributed more than a million patient education resources to individuals and
organizations in the United States.
About Eli Lilly and Company
Lilly, a leading innovation-driven corporation, is developing a growing
portfolio of pharmaceutical products by applying the latest research from its
own worldwide laboratories and from collaborations with eminent scientific
organizations. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., Lilly provides answers -
through medicines and information – for some of the world’s most urgent medical
needs. Additional information about Lilly is available at www.lilly.com.
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