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Program Highlights
- Project HANDLE expands to serve more youth, women
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- Crowd comes out for High Point pedestrian safety meeting
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- AIDS prevention program helps Cambodian immigrants and their children
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Community Health
Strong communities start with healthy individuals. We organize grassroots efforts to address issues such as HIV-AIDS, substance abuse and asthma. Our programs are based in the neighborhoods we serve and are designed hand-in-hand with the community.
Project HANDLE: Promoting healthy choices
Project HANDLE draws on successful cultural organizations and the power of peer education to spread messages about the dangers of substance abuse, HIV-AIDS and other health issues facing immigrant communities.
We support existing Cambodian, Vietnamese and East African organizations, sharing prevention messages in dance and language arts classes, sewing circles and at cultural festivals. Our peer education classes empower youth to make healthy decisions by sharing crucial information and techniques to combat stereotypes. Parenting programs teach parents how to communicate with their children about the risks of engaging in unhealthy behaviors.
New in 2007, Project HANDLE will also be providing HIV-AIDS testing and referral and substance abuse treatment.
For more information about Project HANDLE, please contact Warya Pothan at 206-461-4522.
High Point Healthy Homes and Communities: Mobilizing residents for health
We focus on environmental health and justice by helping low-income residents of the High Point community advocate for change in their neighborhood. The group is currently working on pedestrian safety issues, meeting with local and state officials to ask for additional crosswalks and traffic lights.
Also, as part of the Breathe Easy Homes research project, we are working with 35 families living in homes specifically built to reduce asthma triggers. Our health coordinators teach housekeeping techniques to reduce dust and other allergens and distribute bedding covers, green cleaning products and other supplies to promote good health.
For more information about High Point Healthy Homes and Communities, please contact Denise Sharify at 206-923-3266.
In the news: Breathe Easy Homes project featured in the Globe & Mail. |
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