The website Hartford:
Your Health and Your Environment—What You Should Know
is
a joint project of the City of Hartford Health Department, the United
States Environmental Protection Agency New England/Urban
Environment Initiative (EPA), Boston's John
Snow Institute (JSI), and the University
of Connecticut's Environmental Research Institute (ERI).
The Hartford: Your
Health and Your Environment - What You Should Know web site has
been designed for residents, environmental health advocates,
health professionals, educators, government agencies, and media,
so that they can use this information to get involved in
environmental decision-making. It provides background
information, data on current concerns, and resources to address
these important Hartford issues. This website includes topics
such as Lead Poisoning, Asthma, Outdoor Air Quality, Indoor Air
Quality, Open Space, Brownfields, and Environmental Justice. To
view the site, click
here.
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Public
Health Education Program
Project
Supervisor: Rita Kornblum, Health Educator
Contact:
(860) 757-4727
rkornblum@hartford.gov
The goal of the Public Health Program is to develop and
maintain Hartford as a healthy community by developing a sound
public health infrastructure, promoting healthy life styles,
controlling and preventing diseases and by enforcing the public
health code.
The
Public Health Education program addresses the health and
wellness of Hartford residents by providing services that
educate and inform them on various health-related issues.
This program provides and coordinates health education
initiatives in the Hartford community. These initiatives include
presentations and programs offered to community organizations,
schools, day care centers, shelters, parent’s groups, senior
centers, seminars for qualified food operators and food
handlers. The program utilizes the government access channel and
radio stations to further its outreach efforts.
The program maintains strong partnerships with community based
and service providing organizations to maximize its efforts to
reach the largest number of residents.
Examples
of current ongoing health education programs:
Dancing to Wellness/Salud con Ritmo-
Meets every first Thursday of each month from 5:30 to 7:00 PM at
different locations to allow Hartford residents from different
neighborhoods to take part in this healthy initiative.
Whether it is ballet or ballroom, jazz or tap dance, dance is
great for helping people of all ages and physical abilities get
and stay in shape. An adult of medium build can burn about 150
calories doing 30 minutes of moderate social dancing.
Healthy Hartford TV–
Airs every Tuesday and Thursday at 8:00 PM on Hartford Channel
21, City TV. Rita Kornblum is the host and she explores topics
about health and the environment “ because we believe that it is
your right to know”.
Healthy Hartford Website–
This website was developed to provide information on a broad
range of environmental topics that affect the quality of life in
the City of Hartford. The goal of this website is to offer a
health education opportunity for Hartford residents and to
encourage community participation in urban environmental public
policy. The site covers the following environmental issues that
are of concern to Hartford residents: lead poisoning,
asthma, indoor air quality, outdoor air quality, open space,
Brownfields and environmental justice. The website address is
www.healthyhartford.org
Hartford Asthma Speaker’s Bureau - This
program trains Hartford community members to educate
other Hartford residents on how to identify signs and symptoms
of asthma and obtain referrals sources for those who require
medical assistance.
Urban Health
Initiative: Through a collaborative partnership with the
University of Connecticut this program focuses on assuring
accurate need analysis, data sharing, development of joint
health education projects, research and service programs.
If you have
any comments, please contact Rita
Kornblum, Environmental Public Health Educator at
(860) 757-4727, or send an email
by clicking on their
name.
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