JCHP to Conduct eHealth Summer Institute

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The Job Opportunity Investment Network Education on Diabetes in Urban Populations (JOINED-UP) Project

Work in Progress (36 PowerPoint Slides) Diabetes and obesity are inter-related health issues that impact many aspects of daily living, including workplace productivity and efficiency. Obese individuals are less likely to be employed and more often absent from work. Nearly one billion dollars per year is attributed to lost productivity for reasons relating to diabetes including early retirement, increased sick days, disability and premature mortality. Utilizing an interdisciplinary team of a physician, public health staff, nursing and health educators, the Job Opportunity Investment Network Education on Diabetes in Urban Populations (JOINED-UP) is a diabetes and obesity healthy lifestyle education program that is embedded in a Green Jobs training program targeting low skilled, low resourced residents inPhiladelphia. Participants in the program are required to attend six Healthy Lifestyle workshops that use a “patient” case study (whose attributes are created by program participants) as a means to encourage sharing of real life experiences related to incorporating healthier behaviors onto daily life. Participants meet individually with the health educator to review screening/survey results, discuss personal health concerns, and create a personal action plan. Motivational interviewing techniques guide this discussion. A Certified Diabetes Educator meets with individuals whose screening results indicate pre-diabetes and provides information about diabetes, and suggestions for risk reduction. The CDE counsels diagnosed diabetics about managing diabetes and preventing complications. A post-program screening was conducted. To date– 56% of the participants were obese, 11% overweight, 11% diabetic, 63% pre-diabetic/diabetic, 19% hypertensive, and 26% pre-hypertensive. Process measure and outcome measures on 50 participants will be presented. Learning Objectives: Participants attending this session will be able to: 1. Organize an approach to providing obesity and diabetes prevention in a workforce development program utilizing an interdisciplinary team 2. Apply a methodology of engaging community organizations to address obesity and diabetes prevention 3. Identify the challenges of incorporating obesity and diabetes prevention in a workforce development progra

The effect of an interdisciplinary community health project on student attitudes toward community health, people who are indigent and homeless, and team leadership skill development

This study examined whether students’ attitudes about community health practice, attitudes toward people who are indigent and homeless, and perceived leadership skills changed after participation in a planned interdisciplinary community health experience with an urban homeless or formerly homeless population. Data were collected from medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and social work students who participated in the community health experiences and from students in these disciplines who did not participate in this curriculum. The interdisciplinary community health curriculum and practicum experiences, based on the Community Health Empowerment Model (CHEM), were designed and implemented by a coalition of community and academic partners. Students in the CHEM project self-selected into the curriculum and initially showed more positive attitudes about community health and indigent and homeless people than their peers not participating. Despite the CHEM students’ positive initial attitudes, data from pretests and posttests revealed a significant positive change in their attitudes toward community health practice at the completion of the curriculum

Providing Community-Based Health Care to the Homeless

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Using Electronic Health Promotion Interventions for Individuals Who are Homeless: An Approach Whose Time Has Come

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Jefferson College of Health Professions Conducts Second e-Health Promotion Summer Institute

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Teens 4 Good: Positive Youth Development Through Urban Community Gardening

Background and Rationale Teens that grow up in poor, blighted neighborhoods are at risk for a variety of negative outcomes, including poor health.1 In Philadelphia and many other urban communities, disparities in race, income, and education impact access to and consumption of fresh, healthy foods.2 Youth development programs (YDP) have grown as a viable solution to ameliorate negative outcomes among at-risk youth.3 Community gardens have been introduced in many urban environments to address issues of food insecurity.4 Teens 4 Good (T4G) is a youth-led entrepreneurial program that converts vacant city lots into community gardens. T4G was founded in 2005 by the Federation of Neighborhood Centers. The program targets urban at-risk youth attending Philadelphia public high schools. T4G Summer Internship: Teens are paid to plant, harvest, and sell produce to local communities. Teens are also involved in designing marketing materials, managing finances, and other business operations. Program Goals: Improve leadership skills, self-efficacy, and work readiness skills in youth, empowering them to become healthy young adults, and leaders who give back to their community. Ameliorate income and place barriers to accessing healthy affordable food by converting vacant city lots into community gardens. In 2013, 40 teens participated in the 6-week T4G summer internship program (June – August). During this time the study authors conducted a supplemental program evaluation to describe how and to what extent T4G is contributing to Positive Youth Development (PYD), and how and to what extent T4G is impacting teens’ families and the community