Health Navigator Services

Duke Health Navigation Services is a customized healthy lifestyle program.

Your personal health navigator begins by discussing your health goals with you. A registered nurse --  your health navigator -- will be devoted to working with you to determine the best approach for improving your health.

Based on your medical history and individual preferences, a customized schedule will be designed for you. This can be an intense, week-long retreat with phone follow-up, or a more prolonged and in-depth program achieved through a series of ongoing visits.

This site-based program is housed on the beautiful Center for Living Campus at Duke University in the 30,000-square foot PepsiCo Fitness Center, which features indoor and outdoor tracks, state-of-the-art exercise equipment, a wide variety of aerobic and conditioning classes, and a heated indoor pool.

• Physician consultation
• Personal contact and support from your health navigator
• Full use of the fitness center and exercise classes
• Personal training with your exercise specialist
• Stress management
• Nutrition consultation
• Yoga
• Massage
• Healthy meals

Contact Us

For more information contact:
Health Navigator
919-660-6697
healthnavigator@duke.edu

Staff

Kay Glisson is the program coordinator for Duke Health Navigation Services. Kay received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She came to Duke University Medical Center in 1983, where she has extensive experience in surgical nursing, trauma intensive care, cardiology, health navigation, and lifestyle coaching.

Kay uses her 25 years of experience at Duke to help clients optimize their quality of life. As a health navigator, she listens intently to a person's goals,  medical history, life circumstances, and then guides and assists them in developing a personalized plan to improve their health. This can be to join one of Duke's internationally acclaimed lifestyle programs -- Duke Diet and Fitness Center, Duke Executive Health, or Duke Integrative Medicine. If the patient's goals can best be met by a customized approach, Kay utilizes services from all of these programs to provide a personalized program that offers medical management, education, exercise, nutrition, lifestyle strategies, accountability, and support

Melva Strait is a registered nurse and received her RN Diploma from St. Vincent's School of Nursing, Toledo, Ohio. She has been at Duke since 1983 with extensive clinical experience ranging from neurology, cardiothoracic surgery, interventional cardiology and outpatient cardiology with an emphasis on cardiovascular prevention through lifestyle therapies as well as medical therapies.

Melva also has previous experience in cardiovascular research. She is a member of the American Heart Association (AHA) including AHA Basic Life Support Instructor. She is also a member of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. Melva enjoys the opportunity to team with participants in developing lifestyle skills for a healthier and more fulfilling quality of life.  

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