FPHNY Selected Programs
Healthcare Emergency Preparedness
This major multi-year federally funded effort is working
through the public health system in New York City to enhance provider capacity
to respond to emergencies and to manage sudden surges in the need for care. The
program is helping increase baseline preparedness in all acute health care
facilities and in primary care centers. To read more click here: http://www.fphny.org/p_hospital_emergency_prep.php
Grant funding through the Fund for Public Health in New York supported the launch of an innovative program to increase utilization of screening colonoscopy and increase access to services to prevent colon cancer. The program engages patient and provider “navigators” to conduct community outreach and raise awareness of the importance of colon cancer screening, provide support to patients, and work with hospitals and providers to reduce barriers to accessing health care. To read more click here: http://www.fphny.org/p_colon_cancer.php
Nurse-Family Partnership
The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is an evidence-based nurse home visiting program for low-income, high-risk first-time mothers from early pregnancy through their infant’s second birthday. Private sector grant funding is supporting program efforts to serve 2,620 families by June 2008. To read more click here: http://www.fphny.org/p_nurse-family.php
School-Based STD Screening
A private grant supported the piloting of a school-based education, screening and treatment program in 5 NYC public high schools. The success of the program in reaching students with chlamydia and gonorrhea and treating these students on site has led the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to expand the program to 44 schools during the 2006-2007 school year. To read more click here: http://www.fphny.org/p_std.php
Increasing Physical Activity for Children
Grant funding supports two initiatives spearheaded by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to increase physical activity for children. SPARK (Sports, Play and Active Recreation for Kids), which provides high energy, enjoyable activities to get children more engaged in recreation time, has been expanded to 747 day care and 401 Head Start programs in NYC (link: http://www.fphny.org/p_improving_physical.php). In another grant-funded project parents in 12 schools were trained to lead school-based physical activity in neighborhoods where rates of obesity are particularly high: Harlem, South Bronx, and Central Brooklyn (link: http://www.fphny.org/p_childhood_obesity.php)
Substance Abuse, HIV, and Hepatitis Prevention
Federal grant funding is supporting the formation of a partnership of a community network of substance abuse, Hepatitis, and HIV/AIDS outreach and prevention agencies to provide a multitude of services to high risk populations in the Bronx, including commercial sex workers and reentrants from the correctional system. To read more click here: http://www.fphny.org/p_substance.php
Depression Screening and Management in Primary Care
In New York City, 7% of the adult population has a diagnosis of major depression. Private sector grant funding is supporting the training of Care Managers to increase the number of people who are screened for depression in the course of their regular primary care visits as well as who are being supported as they seek treatment. To read more click here: http://www.fphny.org/p_depression_screening.php
Take the Trans Fat Out of New York
Artificial trans fat increases the risk of heart disease, a leading cause of death among New Yorkers. In 2006 the NYC Health Code was amended to ban the use of artificial trans fats in food service establishments, phasing out their use by July 2008. Private sector funding is supporting the availability of support services to help restaurants and bakeries adapt to trans fat free cooking. To read more click here: http://www.fphny.org/p_trans_fat.php
Increasing Access to Low Cost Medications
To read more click here: http://www.fphny.org/p_low_cost_medication.php
Early Childhood Intervention: Focusing on Families as Partners
To read more click here: http://www.fphny.org/p_intervention.php
Medication Adherence Project
To read more click here: http://www.fphny.org/p_csi.php
Epidemiology Scholars
To read more click here: http://www.fphny.org/p_epidemiology.php
Animal Hoarding
To read more click here:
http://www.fphny.org/p_animal_hoarding.php>
Healthy Start Brooklyn
To read more click here: http://www.fphny.org/p_healthy_start.php
Health Disparities
To read more click here: http://www.fphny.org/p_health_disparities.php
Women at Risk
To read more click here: http://www.fphny.org/p_women_at_risk.php
Immigrant Health
To read more click here: http://www.fphny.org/p_immigrant.php
Worksite Wellness
To read more click here: http://www.fphny.org/p_worksite_wellness.php
Health Ministries
To read more click here: http://www.fphny.org/p_faithbased_education.php
