Welcome to Highmark Wholecare’s online Health and Wellness Center. Are you wondering how to be more active, eat more balanced, break a smoking habit, or support your mental health? Highmark Wholecare’s Health and Wellness Center connects you to tools and resources to help you, wherever you are, on your health journey. Here you will find free videos, articles, and more that support your goals.
Almost half of all sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are in teens. STIs are sometimes called STDs. Two common STIs are Chlamydia and Gonorrhea. They spread when people have close, personal contact. To learn more, check out our resources below. You can also ask your doctor how to avoid STIs, get tested, and get treatment.
Watch a video on STIs Warning: graphic images
Learn More About Sexually Transmitted Infections
Review Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening Guidelines
Check Out Tips on Practicing Safe Sex
Read about the symptoms of a Sexually Transmitted Infection
Check Out the Wholecare Resource Center
Find Free or Low-Cost STI Testing Near You
Review More Information on Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Learn About Getting Checked for STDs Without Your Parents or Guardians Knowing
Get More Information on Condoms
Review STI Fact Sheets, Prevention, and Testing Information
Get Help Through the National Domestic Violence Hotline
Learn More About Intimate Partner Violence Prevention
Review the Pittsburgh Domestic Violence Resource Website
Download the Pittsburgh Domestic Violence Resource Guide
Before beginning any exercise program, always discuss the program content with your physician and follow your physician’s advice. This information is not designated to replace a physician’s independent judgment about the appropriateness or risks of engaging in an exercise program.
How to Do the Single-Leg Balance Exercise
Seated Exercises for Older Adults
Older Adults: Making Physical Activity a Routine
Low Back Pain: Exercises to Reduce Pain
National Institute on Aging Exercise and Physical Activity
Wholecare Fitness Please note this is a Highmark Wholecare D-SNP Medicare specific benefit
Before beginning any nutrition program, always discuss the program content with your physician and follow your physician’s advice. This information is not designated to replace a physician’s independent judgment about the appropriateness or risks of engaging in a nutrition program.
Tips for Building Healthy Meals
Dietary Guidelines for Good Health
Quick Tips: Making Fast, Healthy Meals
Healthy Eating Basics: Cooking
Healthy Eating: Making Healthy Choices When You Eat Out
Quick Tips: Adding Fruits and Vegetables to Your Diet
Healthy Eating: Helping Your Child Learn Healthy Eating Habits
If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts or a crisis, please reach out immediately to the Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing 988.
Depression in Children and Teens
Interactive Tool: Are You Depressed?
Highmark Wholecare Behavioral Health/Addiction Resources:
Medicaid Please note this is a Highmark Wholecare Medicaid specific benefit.
Medicare D-SNP Please note this is a Highmark Wholecare Medicare D-SNP specific benefit.
Quick Tips: What to Do When You Crave Nicotine
Comparing Nicotine Replacement Methods Chantix has been fully discontinued since its recall in 2021, but FDA-approved generic versions are available. Inhalers have been discontinued.
Comparing Stop-Smoking Medicines Chantix has been fully discontinued since its recall in 2021, but FDA-approved generic versions are available. Inhalers have been discontinued.
Free PA Quit Line offers free tobacco cessation counseling services, visit the website or call 1-800 QUIT-NOW (784-8669) for support
