Check out this article written in The Bronx Ink that mentions the faith based fitness and health outreach initiatives done by our coalition members!
http://bronxink.org/2009/12/14/faithfully-fit-in-the-bronx/
Monday, December 21, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Does your doctor judge you based on your color?
Check out this CNN.com article featuring Dr. Neil Calman of Bronx Health REACH and his patient:
Does your doctor judge you based on your color?
Does your doctor judge you based on your color?
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Watch the CNN clip featuring Bronx Health REACH
If you missed the airing of Dr. Sanjay Gupta's investigative report on our Bronx civil rights complaint, you can check it out at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j51CYlSFRQ
Monday, July 20, 2009
CNN AC360 Covers Bronx Health REACH Attorney General Complaint Monday Night 10pm to 12am
Monday night July 20th, on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, Dr. Sanjay Gupta will be airing a segment on racial discrimination that results from separate and unequal care provided by private teaching hospitals in New York City.
The story will focus on a civil rights complaint filed with New York State Office of the Attorney General in June 2008 on behalf of Bronx Health REACH, a coalition of 40 community and faith-based organizations led by the Institute for Family Health. The complaint was filed by New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) based on the out-patient referral practices of three NYC hospitals - Montefiore, NY Presbyterian, and Mt. Sinai. Dr. Gupta made several visits to New York with his producer and film crews to interview faith leaders, patients, and REACH staff to bring this issue to light.
Please watch and learn more about this so we can work together to end this discriminatory practice. For more information, go to http://neilcalman.blogspot.com .
The story will focus on a civil rights complaint filed with New York State Office of the Attorney General in June 2008 on behalf of Bronx Health REACH, a coalition of 40 community and faith-based organizations led by the Institute for Family Health. The complaint was filed by New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) based on the out-patient referral practices of three NYC hospitals - Montefiore, NY Presbyterian, and Mt. Sinai. Dr. Gupta made several visits to New York with his producer and film crews to interview faith leaders, patients, and REACH staff to bring this issue to light.
Please watch and learn more about this so we can work together to end this discriminatory practice. For more information, go to http://neilcalman.blogspot.com .
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Bronx Health REACH - Request for Proposals
Bronx Health REACH, which is a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) designated National Center of Excellence in the Elimination of Disparities (CEED), announces a request for proposals for projects which aim to eliminate diabetes related health disparities affecting African American and/or Latino populations in New York State.
Bronx Health REACH/New York CEED will award 3-4 grants of $25,000-$50,000 for a period of one year beginning October 2009. Proposals for funding are due by September 1, 2009.
The documents you will need to apply are available at http://bronxhealthreach.org. If you have any questions regarding this announcement, contact Jill Linnell at jlinnell@institute2000.org or (212) 633-0800 ext. 1305. Please notify Jill Linnell of your intent to submit a proposal via email by August 14, 2009.
Bronx Health REACH/New York CEED will award 3-4 grants of $25,000-$50,000 for a period of one year beginning October 2009. Proposals for funding are due by September 1, 2009.
The documents you will need to apply are available at http://bronxhealthreach.org. If you have any questions regarding this announcement, contact Jill Linnell at jlinnell@institute2000.org or (212) 633-0800 ext. 1305. Please notify Jill Linnell of your intent to submit a proposal via email by August 14, 2009.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Resources in NYC
Our REACH Nutrition Intern, Kelly Moltzen, put together a list of food and nutrition related resources in New York City. Look below to learn more about the variety of groups dedicated to helping New Yorkers lead healthier and more delicious lives! You can read more of Kelly's thoughts on food and health at her blog.
Here are the topics covered below, for easier navigation:
Food Security Information
Farmers Markets
Bodegas and Grocery Stores
SchoolFood
School Physical Activity
Here are the topics covered below, for easier navigation:
Food Security Information
Farmers Markets
Bodegas and Grocery Stores
SchoolFood
School Physical Activity
Urban Farming
Healthcare Happenings
Employee Wellness
Advocacy
Nutrition Education Resources
Recommended Books for Healthy Eating
Recursos en Espanol
Other Websites
FOOD SECURITY INFORMATION
ACCESS NYC
Child Nutrition & WIC Reauthorization Act Slideshow
City Harvest
Cornell Cooperative Extension
New York State Child Nutrition Knowledge Center (where to find Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program, Food Service Equipment Assistance Grants, etc)
NYC Coalition Against Hunger
NYCCAH Free Food Assistance
USDA Report on Food Deserts
World Hunger Year - Food Security Learning Center
FARMERS MARKETS
Bronx Borough President Diaz Announces the Reopening of the Greenmarket at Joyce Kilmer Park
Farmers Markets: Bringing Fresh, Nutritious Food to the South Bronx (Bronx District Public Health office)
Harvest Home Farmers Markets
Greenmarkets
Progress report from Greenmarkets: Food Stamps in Farmers Markets
Gov. Paterson accepts WIC checks at Farmers Markets
EBT at Farmers Markets
NYC DOHMH HealthBucks Program
New York Botanical Garden embraces fresh food movement in The Bronx
Find local foods for anywhere in the US
BODEGAS AND GROCERY STORES
NYC Department of Health's Food Retail Expansion to Support Health (FRESH) Initiative
Article on Expanding Grocery Stores in underserved areas in NYC
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer measuring food retail environment in NYC neighborhoods - pdf
Slide show of NYC Neighborhood Grocery Store & Supermarket Shortage, from the NYC Department of City Planning
Food Trust's NYC Commission Report, on Supermarket Development - pdf
Gotham Gazette: An Outer Borough Drought (July 2009)
City Harvest's Mount Hope Community Food Assessment - pdf
Bronx Healthy Hearts
Department of Health's Healthy Bodegas Initiative
SCHOOLFOOD
Healthcare Happenings
Employee Wellness
Advocacy
Nutrition Education Resources
Recommended Books for Healthy Eating
Recursos en Espanol
Other Websites
FOOD SECURITY INFORMATION
ACCESS NYC
Child Nutrition & WIC Reauthorization Act Slideshow
City Harvest
Cornell Cooperative Extension
New York State Child Nutrition Knowledge Center (where to find Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program, Food Service Equipment Assistance Grants, etc)
NYC Coalition Against Hunger
NYCCAH Free Food Assistance
USDA Report on Food Deserts
World Hunger Year - Food Security Learning Center
FARMERS MARKETS
Bronx Borough President Diaz Announces the Reopening of the Greenmarket at Joyce Kilmer Park
Farmers Markets: Bringing Fresh, Nutritious Food to the South Bronx (Bronx District Public Health office)
Harvest Home Farmers Markets
Greenmarkets
Progress report from Greenmarkets: Food Stamps in Farmers Markets
Gov. Paterson accepts WIC checks at Farmers Markets
EBT at Farmers Markets
NYC DOHMH HealthBucks Program
New York Botanical Garden embraces fresh food movement in The Bronx
Find local foods for anywhere in the US
BODEGAS AND GROCERY STORES
NYC Department of Health's Food Retail Expansion to Support Health (FRESH) Initiative
Article on Expanding Grocery Stores in underserved areas in NYC
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer measuring food retail environment in NYC neighborhoods - pdf
Slide show of NYC Neighborhood Grocery Store & Supermarket Shortage, from the NYC Department of City Planning
Food Trust's NYC Commission Report, on Supermarket Development - pdf
Gotham Gazette: An Outer Borough Drought (July 2009)
City Harvest's Mount Hope Community Food Assessment - pdf
Bronx Healthy Hearts
Department of Health's Healthy Bodegas Initiative
SCHOOLFOOD
Article about school food in NYC by the Executive Director of City Harvest, Jilly Stephens
NYS Comptroller's Report on NYC Department of Education - School Nutrition (Audit of the SchoolFood Program) - pdf
What's on Your Plate? the documentary film about kids and food politics...
Kelly's blog post about "What's On Your Plate," school food in NYC, and Child Nutrition Reauthorization
Cookshop
FamilyCook Productions: School Community Food Assessment Toolkit
SCHOOL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
URBAN FARMING
NYS Comptroller's Report on NYC Department of Education - School Nutrition (Audit of the SchoolFood Program) - pdf
What's on Your Plate? the documentary film about kids and food politics...
Kelly's blog post about "What's On Your Plate," school food in NYC, and Child Nutrition Reauthorization
Cookshop
FamilyCook Productions: School Community Food Assessment Toolkit
SCHOOL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
URBAN FARMING
HEALTHCARE HAPPENINGS
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand appointed to Ag Committee, to give voice to nutrition
Remarks by President Obama as he announces new Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin
Obesity in the South Bronx: A Look Across Generations. Report from the Bronx District Public Health Office - pdf
Article about the NYC Food & Fitness Partnership's Strategic Alliance for Health
NYC Food and Fitness Partnership - Bronx Campaign for Health
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's Food in the Public Interest report - pdf
US Healthcare system, report back from NW Bronx for Change forum on Healthcare, 6/13/09
Article about NYS Council on Food Policy
EMPLOYEE WELLNESS
CDC Launces New Website to Help Employers Combat Obesity and Reduce Health-Related Costs
ADVOCACY
NUTRITION EDUCATION RESOURCES
CACFP Eat Well Play Hard curriculum
MiPirámide para niños en edad preescolar (en español)
Nutrition education resources on Kelly's blog
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand appointed to Ag Committee, to give voice to nutrition
Remarks by President Obama as he announces new Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin
Obesity in the South Bronx: A Look Across Generations. Report from the Bronx District Public Health Office - pdf
Article about the NYC Food & Fitness Partnership's Strategic Alliance for Health
NYC Food and Fitness Partnership - Bronx Campaign for Health
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's Food in the Public Interest report - pdf
US Healthcare system, report back from NW Bronx for Change forum on Healthcare, 6/13/09
Article about NYS Council on Food Policy
EMPLOYEE WELLNESS
CDC Launces New Website to Help Employers Combat Obesity and Reduce Health-Related Costs
ADVOCACY
- Sign on to the NYC Alliance for Child Nutrition Reauthorization!
- Tell your legislators to support a Sugar Sweetened Beverage tax! This tax would include not only soda, but all Substantive taxes could change consumption patterns and help to reduce obesity rates, while at the minimum, small taxes could be a way to raise money for public health initiatives. Here's an article about the Sugar Sweetened Beverage tax from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. According to Representative Charlie Rangel (D-NY) who is the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, a new excise tax on beverages of 10-cents-per-can could help pay for a new healthcare plan, by raising $112 billion.
- FoodprintNYC Petition - make NYC food more local and sustainable!
- Petition to bring back composting to NYC
- Tell your Representative to support HR 2590, which would extend coverage under Medicare for medical nutrition therapy services to people with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes. (Right now only care for full-blown diabetes is covered, not prediabetes.) Here are some guidelines for how to contact your Congressmen.
NUTRITION EDUCATION RESOURCES
CACFP Eat Well Play Hard curriculum
MiPirámide para niños en edad preescolar (en español)
Nutrition education resources on Kelly's blog
Recipe Finder: the SNAP-Ed Connection
RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR HEALTHY EATING
The Jungle Effect by Daphne Miller, MD
RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR HEALTHY EATING
The Jungle Effect by Daphne Miller, MD
Go Green East Harlem Cookbook
RECURSOS EN ESPAÑOL
Cuidados de Salud (cuidadodesalud.gov)
MiPirámide para niños en edad preescolar
Detectives de la nutrición (para niños)
Prevención de las enfermedades de los riñones
Fruits and Vegetables from the Hispanic Shopping Cart (Frutas y verduras hispanas)
OTHER WEBSITES
NYC District Public Health Offices
CDC resources on using Social Marketing for Nutrition and Physical Activity
Dr. Dolgoff's Weigh Child and Adolescent Weight Management Program (can sign up for free newsletter)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Hispanic Foodways
Salud Comunitaria - blog en espanol
NYC resources on Kelly’s blog
NYC for Social Change Facebook Group
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
FOOD SECURITY INFORMATION
ACCESS NYC
Child Nutrition & WIC Reauthorization Act Slideshow
City Harvest
Cornell Cooperative Extension
New York State Child Nutrition Knowledge Center (where to find Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program, Food Service Equipment Assistance Grants, etc)
NYC Coalition Against Hunger
NYCCAH Free Food Assistance
USDA Report on Food Deserts
World Hunger Year - Food Security Learning Center
Child Nutrition & WIC Reauthorization Act Slideshow
City Harvest
Cornell Cooperative Extension
New York State Child Nutrition Knowledge Center (where to find Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program, Food Service Equipment Assistance Grants, etc)
NYC Coalition Against Hunger
NYCCAH Free Food Assistance
USDA Report on Food Deserts
World Hunger Year - Food Security Learning Center
FARMERS MARKETS
Bronx Borough President Diaz Announces the Reopening of the Greenmarket at Joyce Kilmer Park
Farmers Markets: Bringing Fresh, Nutritious Food to the South Bronx (Bronx District Public Health office)
Harvest Home Farmers Markets
Greenmarkets
Progress report from Greenmarkets: Food Stamps in Farmers Markets
Gov. Paterson accepts WIC checks at Farmers Markets
EBT at Farmers Markets
NYC DOHMH HealthBucks Program
New York Botanical Garden embraces fresh food movement in The Bronx
Find local foods for anywhere in the US
Farmers Markets: Bringing Fresh, Nutritious Food to the South Bronx (Bronx District Public Health office)
Harvest Home Farmers Markets
Greenmarkets
Progress report from Greenmarkets: Food Stamps in Farmers Markets
Gov. Paterson accepts WIC checks at Farmers Markets
EBT at Farmers Markets
NYC DOHMH HealthBucks Program
New York Botanical Garden embraces fresh food movement in The Bronx
Find local foods for anywhere in the US
BODEGAS AND GROCERY STORES
NYC Department of Health's Food Retail Expansion to Support Health (FRESH) Initiative
Article on Expanding Grocery Stores in underserved areas in NYC
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer measuring food retail environment in NYC neighborhoods - pdf
Slide show of NYC Neighborhood Grocery Store & Supermarket Shortage, from the NYC Department of City Planning
Food Trust's NYC Commission Report, on Supermarket Development - pdf
Gotham Gazette: An Outer Borough Drought (July 2009)
City Harvest's Mount Hope Community Food Assessment - pdf
Bronx Healthy Hearts
Department of Health's Healthy Bodegas Initiative
Article on Expanding Grocery Stores in underserved areas in NYC
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer measuring food retail environment in NYC neighborhoods - pdf
Slide show of NYC Neighborhood Grocery Store & Supermarket Shortage, from the NYC Department of City Planning
Food Trust's NYC Commission Report, on Supermarket Development - pdf
Gotham Gazette: An Outer Borough Drought (July 2009)
City Harvest's Mount Hope Community Food Assessment - pdf
Bronx Healthy Hearts
Department of Health's Healthy Bodegas Initiative
SCHOOLFOOD
Article about school food in NYC by the Executive Director of City Harvest, Jilly Stephens
NYS Comptroller's Report on NYC Department of Education - School Nutrition (Audit of the SchoolFood Program) - pdf
What's on Your Plate? the documentary film about kids and food politics...
Kelly's blog post about "What's On Your Plate," school food in NYC, and Child Nutrition Reauthorization
Cookshop
FamilyCook Productions: School Community Food Assessment Toolkit
HEALTHCARE HAPPENINGS
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand appointed to Ag Committee, to give voice to nutrition
Remarks by President Obama as he announces new Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin
Obesity in the South Bronx: A Look Across Generations. Report from the Bronx District Public Health Office - pdf
Article about the NYC Food & Fitness Partnership's Strategic Alliance for Health
NYC Food and Fitness Partnership - Bronx Campaign for Health
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's Food in the Public Interest report - pdf
US Healthcare system, report back from NW Bronx for Change forum on Healthcare, 6/13/09
Article about NYS Council on Food Policy
Remarks by President Obama as he announces new Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin
Obesity in the South Bronx: A Look Across Generations. Report from the Bronx District Public Health Office - pdf
Article about the NYC Food & Fitness Partnership's Strategic Alliance for Health
NYC Food and Fitness Partnership - Bronx Campaign for Health
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's Food in the Public Interest report - pdf
US Healthcare system, report back from NW Bronx for Change forum on Healthcare, 6/13/09
Article about NYS Council on Food Policy
NUTRITION ADVOCACY
OTHER NUTRITION WEBSITES
NYC District Public Health Offices
New York State Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Alliance
CDC resources on using Social Marketing for Nutrition and Physical Activity
Dr. Dolgoff's Weigh Child and Adolescent Weight Management Program (can sign up for free newsletter)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Hispanic Foodways
Salud Comunitaria - blog en espanol
NYC resources on Kelly’s blog
NYC for Social Change Facebook Group
New York State Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Alliance
CDC resources on using Social Marketing for Nutrition and Physical Activity
Dr. Dolgoff's Weigh Child and Adolescent Weight Management Program (can sign up for free newsletter)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Hispanic Foodways
Salud Comunitaria - blog en espanol
NYC resources on Kelly’s blog
NYC for Social Change Facebook Group
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