Minority Health Alliance of Howard County
The Minority Health Alliance of Howard county (MHAHC) is committed to support programs and services that will reduce racial/ethnic helath disparities in Howard county and imporve health outcomes within those groups. There are many health issues that affect the minority community and we will target the following areas initially but not limited to those listed.
- Chronic Disease (Diabetes, Heart Disease, Stroke, Asthma)
- Obesity (Nutrition, Exercise and Healthy Eating)
- Tobacco Prevention and Cessation (Support Groups and 1-800-Quit-Now line)
- Mental Illness (Depression and Stress Management)
- Vision and Oral Health are others that will be pursued for Howard County
Targeted Intervention Programs for 2010-2011.
All educational programs will be facilitated by certified health professionals.Health Fair Participation
- Seniors Health Fair
- Howard county Health Fair
- IBE Health Fair
- Sponsor One---Local Church
- Heart disease comprehnsive health education program (Structured Curriculum). The benefits of this program are the participants will learn necessary steps to take to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke.
- Learn valuable information about maintaining a healthy diet
- Monitoring blood pressure
- Targeting to have at least one program
- Four weeks at 2 hours/week equal to 8 hours
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An obesity program designed to teach youth about nutrition and exercise. (Sturctured Curriculum
- How to read and understand food labels
- Youth will communicate and transfer information to family
- Self-Management program to teach diabetic participants and caregivers how to properly manage their complications and condition of diabetes. (Structured Curriculum)
- Importance of getting the A1C test
- Learn proper nutrion while managing the disease
- Targeting to have at least two programs each year
- Four weeks at 2 hours/week equal a total of 8 hours
For more information, contact Alliance Director-Willie Stroman at willie@fsahc.org.
