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Bronx-CATCH: Linking primary care with local public health agencies and community partners to promote healthy behaviors of patients and communities in Bronx, NY
Purpose. To describe a partnership between Montefiore Medical Center (MMC), the Bronx District Public Health Office of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH), community-based organizations, and political leaders to improve the health of patients and communities surrounding 6 MMC-affiliated health centers.
Methods. Bronx-CATCH (Collective Action to Transform Community Health) began in 2010 as a multi-stakeholder partnership to implement and evaluate coordinated health-promoting efforts, including: (1) geospatial mapping of the health centers’ neighborhood resources; (2) free Zumba classes, Playstreets (car-free streets where residents can engage in physical activity), health screenings, and retail food store engagement to promote healthier food options; (3) patient-based services, including referrals to the YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program (YDPP) and ‘prescriptions’ that can be used to buy fresh produce at collaborating stores; and (5) systematically incorporating questions on diet and physical activity, from the NYCDOHMH-administered annual Community Health Survey (CHS), into routine patient assessments documented in the electronic medical record (EMR) of the 6 MMC clinics.
Results. Activities in 2013 included 27 Zumba classes (n=152), 5 health screenings (n=278); 5 Playstreet sessions (n=536), 9 retail food store engagements, 13,000+ patients with CHS question results in the EMR, 6 health centers providing YDPP referrals and 2 providing produce prescriptions.
Conclusion. A multi-stakeholder collaboration to promote community health, with integrated evaluation methods tracking clinical and population health outcomes, shows promise to improve the health of patients and their communities.
Learning Areas:
Chronic disease management and preventionImplementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related public policy
Learning Objectives:
Describe the process and content through which medical, public health, local governmental, and community-based organizations have come together to create locally specific health-promotion interventions for urban communities in the Bronx.
Keyword(s): Health Promotion and Education, Public/Private Partnerships
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am an Albert Einstein College of Medicine medical student, who has interned at Montefiore Medical Center's Office of Community Health and worked on multiple CATCH initiatives. I have an interest in planning and implementing services aimed to reduce the incidence of diabetes in underserved, urban communities.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.