The Mission
• To lessen the correlation between poor health and poverty
• To connect social determinants of health to the health care provider
• To empower families through access to resources
What is Project HEALTH?
• A series of Help Desks and Programs.
• Boston Medical center and their services.
Boston Medical Center
My Role at Project HEALTH: Shift
• The Women’s Resource Center
• Who we served• The issues we faced• The people we met and
their stories: Tamoura and Eva.
Asthma Needs Assessment
• Would a resource desk designed specifically for asthmatic children benefit the community at BMC?
Summer Polytech Institute
• Bi-weekly lectures and discussions on Public Health issues.
• Our most famous speaker: Economist David Cutler.
Reflection Sessions
• Weekly meetings with our Program Coordinators to discuss difficult issues
• Program development• Statistical analysis
Project HEALTH and the Hepburn Center
• The focus of the women’s resource center is on women and their families.• Empower women by giving them the resources to succeed and grow healthy children.• Targeting women in poverty