SBH Health System serves a low income and ethnically diverse population, με τους περισσότερους από τους ασθενείς μας να καλύπτονται από το Medicaid. The average income for a family of four is well below the poverty level. Unemployment is high and educational levels low, όπως και τα μέτρα υγείας και ευεξίας. Ο επιπολασμός της παχυσαρκίας, άσθμα, Διαβήτης, and heart disease are the highest in New York City, όπως και η συχνότητα χρήσης ουσιών, non-accidental trauma, and behavioral health diagnoses.

For this reason we are making a significant investment in addressing the social determinants of health (SDOH) that we believe will begin to transform the health of the Bronx. We believe that by addressing the unmet SDOH – food insecurity, μη ασφαλείς υπαίθριους χώρους, κακή εκπαίδευση, στρες, and lack of health care coverage – we can support the healing needed to foster a healthier, πιο ευτυχισμένος και πιο παραγωγικός πληθυσμός.

To get a better idea of this, listen to this recent television interview with Dr. David Perlstein, President and Chief Executive Officer of SBH Health System https://sbhwellnesscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/SBHWellnessCenter.mp4

How You Can Help

In order to provide these services at no or affordable costs for our community, we need your help. After all, for just a few dollars you can make a difference in providing gym and healthy cooking classes to those who can benefit from them the most.

• For just $80 you can provide a mother of four in the Bronx with a month’s worth of two-hour classes that will teach her how to prepare healthy eating recipes that will limit the chance her children will suffer from the heart disease that has plagued generations of family members.

• For just $55 a parent/guardian and teen can join the gym for a month, offering a safe zone and a place for parent and teen to learn and grow together.

• For just $35, you can provide a woman in the Bronx with diabetes a month’s worth of exercise classes that will allow her to continue to lose weight.

• For just $25 you can provide a family with weekly gifts of fresh vegetables, fruits and honey for a month.

The project is transformational and intergenerational. A special focus will be on educating children and teens on how to eat and cook healthy and, in general, live a longer and healthier life.

Η εκστρατεία είναι φιλόδοξη, but so is the mission of the center. Είναι ο τρόπος μας να επενδύουμε στην κοινότητα που υπηρετούμε. To help make this dream a reality, χρειαζόμαστε τη βοήθειά σου.