What’s New With PhillyHealthInfo.org
New Website Features!
Recession Healthcare Toolkit provides help finding insurance, paying medical bills and locating regional free or low cost treatment resources, classes, support groups, screenings and medications.
Youth Philly teen health
Philadelphia Family Ties for families with developmentally disabled children
PhillyMomsandDads for new parents
Swine Flu
Health Literacy Trainings
Empowering Parents
We are providing health literacy classes for new moms and dads of children with developmental disabilities. They are learning Internet savvy search and evaluation skills to find credible health information. We demonstrate how PhillyHealthInfo.org can help them find local health services and resources they need. Partners are Visions for Equality, Maternal Child and Family Health and Wireless Philadelphia
Educating Teens
Internet health literacy sessions for students in the classroom. High school students at Abraham Lincoln High School in Northeast Philadelphia learned how to search for health information using PhillyHealthInfo.org.
Our Peer Educator Program trains teens to teach other teens how to find credible health information on the Internet and the resources available on PhillyHealthInfo.org. Teens will be involved in developing content and enhancements for PhillyHealthInfo’s teen page. Partners are Philadelphia Compact and City Year.
Free Internet Health Literacy Trainings for Health Professionals and Librarians
PhillyHealthInfo.org received a Health Literacy Award from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine to train professionals in finding health information using the Internet.
The two hours sessions are for intermediaries working with low-income, low-literacy populations to increase knowledge about online health resources and instruct their clients on how to access quality Internet-based health information. The class will cover tips for using search engines, National Library of Medicine resources as well as PhillyHealthInfo.org to find credible consumer health information.
Interested in learning more? Contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Outreach Coordinator 215-563-3737, ext. 263
Our Health Events Calendar is on PhillyBurbs!
Take A Love One to the Doctor Day
PhillyHealthInfo.org and The College of Physicians of Philadelphia were the local sponsors of Radio One’s Take A Love One to the Doctor Day, in Philadelphia. This national initiative directed to the African American community to discuss and encourage friends and family members to take an active role in health. All three local Radio One stations WPHI-FM 100.3 WPPZ-FM 103.9 and WRNB-FM 107.9 broadcasted live from the College. Community organizations offered screenings, lectures, exercise classes and health information booths. To see photos from this event click here
Town Hall Meetings focus on Health Inequities
Town Hall Meetings at Free Library of Philadelphia branch libraries were held to discuss the film series “Unnatural Causes”. Offered in partnership with the Philadelphia Health Department. Film and discussion of issues impacting on health inequities. Visit Unnatural Causes to learn more.
Resources for the Unemployed
We are working with the PA Health Access Network and the Philadelphia Unemployment Project to inform their members about PhillyHealthInfo.org and its Recession Healthcare Toolkit. We are reaching out to over 8,000+ members through their email list and by providing a link to our Recession toolkit on their Home Page. PhillyHealthInfo.org materials are available in the Philadelphia Unemployment Project office.
Health Fairs and Events
We are happy to come to your community event to demonstrate PhillyHealthInfo.org. Please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Outreach Coordinator 215-563-3737, ext. 263.
Recent Community events we have attended:
Surviving The Recession Resource Fair for the Unemployed Sponsored by Philadelphia Unemployment Project at Saint Martin de Porres R.C. Church in North Philadelphia.
District 198 State House Representative Youngblood’s Open House
Over 50 neighborhood organizations and other local, state, and national legislators were in attendance. As a result, PHI materials are now available at both Representative Youngblood and Representative Dwight Evan’s offices. We also talked with a Veterans group who wants to work with us to develop a PhillyHealthInfo.org Veteran’s Health Page.
Harding Middle School Health Fair- Approximately 800 students participated. Asha Baldon, PHI Outreach Coordinator, demonstrated PHI’s new teen site YouthPhilly offering health, career and job info.
Free Library Book Fair- Provided demos and distributed information about the site and upcoming program on Individualized Health Insurance. PHI received 90 e-newsletter sign-ups from the book fair.
PhillyHealthInfo.org Numbers on the RISE!
- 9,499 visits in April (third highest all-time) and up 38% percent from last April
- The Recession Healthcare Toolkit remained strong with 425 hits over the course of April
- The Swine Flu page had 415 hits in 4 days and is still going strong
- Newsletter subscriptions are currently at 1,428 (up 90% from the first week of January)
- Our swine flu newsletter shattered all records, doubling the mark set by Shigella in February
