Health People 25th Anniversary

                                      

Congratulation Health People Chris Norwood, Health People Founder and Executive Director

Thank you for serving the Bronx health community for the last 25 years.  Health People together with clinical and community organizations, has had a impact on the Bronx health community celebrated 25 years of service to the community.  

They have positively addressed in the early years AIDS epidemic, with their Women’s AIDS peer education organization in 1990.   And have continued to increase their efforts to prevent disease in the Bronx with asthma, diabetes and smoking cessation programs.   They site endless evaluation back to the power of their peer programs.  Reach one teach one reach one is the great peer model Health People has expelled into the health community. 

They cite endless evaluation to back the power of their peer programs ---50% reduction in emergency room visits and 60% reduction in lost school days for children  with asthma care from other mothers they  trained as educators , the steady, measurable weight loss for participants in their first in the nation National Diabetes Prevention Program which has trained public housing residents to teach other residents with pre-diabetes the lifestyle changes that reduce their  diabetes risk by almost 60% even  with the kids, like their Kids Helping Kids Program,  mentoring by older teen for younger kids with missing or ill parent has resulted in extraordinary outcomes;  there are almost no school dropouts in the kids program and this year they had 4 kids go to college.

Health People shared their 25^th Anniversary with acknowledging their supporters over the years

First Funders the Honorable Fernando Ferrer, Former Borough President Mary R. Morgan             Honors went to Commissioner Gladys Carrion for the Lifetime Devotion to the Health and Happiness of Youth. Gilead Sciences for the FOCUS Program Bring Access to HIV/HCV Care in High Need Communities Across the United States Lawyers Alliance for the Outstanding Contributions to Health of Non Profits Stroock, Stroock and Lavan  Norman Siegel for Civil Liberties that Truly Count of the Communities

Gold Sponsors Gilead Sciences, Inc, Sponsors AcheCare, Helenia Fund of the Jewish Communal Fund, Care, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, Partners Realty Corp., Ballo and Co, Steve Coe, Montefiore Health System and SoBRO

As one of the Health People offspring I believe the peer model goal is one of a kind, it is not only the experience of volunteering one’s time but the first time experience for some of giving back to the community.  From the ashes many of the Health Peoples peers learn not only about how to improve their personal health but to empower others to do the same. It has been a family experience of joint responsibility in care and health for many.  Individuals who never in their lives thought they could make a difference find a way to develop skills and knowledge to be better, and why not we all can make a difference one person at a time.

For more information:
https://www.healthpeople.org/