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Community Health Nursing - Faith Based Partnership Program
The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Ambulatory Care Network's Community Health Nursing - Faith Based Partnership Program partners with faith-based organizations to improve the health of members in these organizations and the community. This important undertaking provides a number of health care and health promotion services.
Members
The Community Health Nursing - Faith Based Partnership Program partners with churches, mosques, and synagogues in Harlem, and the Building Bridges, Building Health, Building Knowledge Coalition (BBKH). BBKH is comprised of faith-based and community-based organizations, academic institutions, and academic medical centers. The Coalition has been serving the low-income population of New York City for many years. They play a prominent role in the Program Outreach mentioned below.
Mission and Goals
The Program aims to develop partnerships with faith-based and community-based organizations in Harlem that desire to improve the health of their members, neighbors, and community. Members of these groups expand the dialogue to members in other groups, therefore transforming and revitalizing the community's approaches to disease prevention and health promotion.
Program Outreach
Annual Day of Hope
This event provides much needed education and screening for the inner city's immigrant population. At the event, organizers provide medical referrals and information on insurance; local supermarkets provide healthy snacks and water; city officials provide information on socials services, parks and exercise, and fire safety. The event also has entertainment and music (in multiple languages), and dancing.
The Annual Day of Hope is hosted by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and BBKH. In 2006 and 2007, the event was attended by over 800 community residents
Mash Camps
New York Presbyterian, in collaboration with the Manhattan Staten Island Area Health Education Center (AHEC), provides approximately 10-12 preteens who are interested in the health field the opportunity to shadow department heads at the hospital for a day.
Referral Services
This program provides members of community-based organizations in Harlem with access to medical care. In addition, the program assists patients with making appointments, securing and understanding insurance, and understanding hospital fees.
Stress Management Fair
Acknowledging the stress level of police officers in Harlem, prominent naturopathic medicine doctor Robert Woodbine, along with massage therapists from the Swedish Institute and speakers from NewYork-Presbyterian provide information on stress management to officers at Harlem's 25th Precinct. Massages and packets on stress management are available to police officers.
Jefferson Houses Town Hall Meeting
Information on insurance eligibility and enrollment, and specialty medical services are offered at this monthly town hall meeting at the Jefferson Houses in Harlem.
Hope Community Annual Fall Festival
East Harlem Arts Festival
East Harlem Arts Festival allows an opportunity for uninsured artists to display and sell their work and to learn about healthcare available in the community.
North Fork Bank (new name Capital One)
Provides blood pressure screenings and counseling to seniors. Primary care and specialty care information is also available.
Osteoporosis Screenings
Women's Voices for Change, with the help of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, provides free bone density exams for more than 500 women over age 45.
Program Accomplishments
- Formation of Health Coalition in Harlem: Building Bridges, Building Knowledge, Building Health Coalition.
- HIV-AIDS Prevention Program in Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church. Received Grants from General Board of Global Ministry to fund HIV-AIDS Prevention Program. (Metropolitan Community UMC-$10,000, Community Resources Grant-$50, 000).
- Organize and maintain Faith-Based Health Ministry Volunteers from various denominations to provide health services to the community. (22 Health Navigators/ Ministry Volunteers)
- Develop Curriculum to train Community Health Outreach Workers Training Program. (22 Volunteers)
- Develop Curriculum to train Community Health Outreach Workers in Diabetes and Asthma.
- Develop Diabetes Jazz Sundays Classes for faith-based organizations. (500 participants)
- Organize "Ridging Diabetes Care Program," a collaborative Cornell Internal Medical Assocaites, NewYork-Presbyterian Community Health Outreach, and BBKH Coalition effort to address and improve the health outcomes of non-compliant diabetics with Hemoglobin A1C>8. (93 patients identified)
Populations Served
Upper East Side and Harlem Community.
