Wellness

1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health celebrates NPHW

During National Public Health Week (April 4-10), the Center will be holding a website scavenger hunt. The scavenger hunt will allow participants to search around our website https://www.1889jeffersoncenter.org/ and learn about the Center and our other initiatives. The Scavenger Hunt form can be found at https://www.1889jeffersoncenter.org/2022/03/28/participate-in-our-nphw-website-scavenger-hunt/. Individuals who submit their forms will be entered into [...]

2022-03-28T19:17:19+00:00March 28th, 2022|Categories: Adults, COVID-19, Health, Housing, News, Population Health, Wellness|Tags: , , , , |

Housing plays an important role in health

Housing is a well-established Social Determinant of Health (SDOH) and plays a large role in mental and physical well-being. As a whole, people facing housing instability can experience a wide variety of challenges like, having trouble paying rent, overcrowding, frequent moving, staying with relatives, spending the bulk of the home’s income on housing, and more. [...]

2022-03-23T13:04:14+00:00March 23rd, 2022|Categories: HUB Community Health Workers, Population Health, Uncategorized, Wellness|Tags: , , , |

Local Food Coordinator Position will enhance food system projects across Cambria County

Building and strengthening relationships between food distributors and those who need better access to healthier foods is a priority of the Local Foods, Local Places initiative in Cambria County. With this goal in mind, the 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health collaborated with 40 local stakeholders, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank (The Food Bank), Aetna [...]

2022-03-17T13:04:17+00:00March 17th, 2022|Categories: Adults, Health, Kids, News, Population Health, Pregnancy, Seniors, Uncategorized, Wellness|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Join our team as a Local Food System Coordinator

Local Food System Coordinator Cambria County, PA Job Overview The Local Food System Coordinator position facilitates the collaboration of food system partners to develop and incubate projects and programs that further the goals and priorities for a strong, vibrant regional food system in Cambria County characterized by abundant local food production, equitable food access, economic [...]

2023-01-18T15:09:24+00:00March 16th, 2022|Categories: Adults, Health, Kids, News, Population Health, Wellness|Tags: , , |

Women’s History Month focuses on healing and hope

Women’s History Month is a time to highlight and celebrate the contributions of women. This year, the designated theme for March 2022 is “Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” According to the National Women’s History Alliance (NWHA), the theme is “both a tribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and frontline workers during this ongoing pandemic and [...]

2022-03-15T15:24:21+00:00March 8th, 2022|Categories: COVID-19, Health, HUB, HUB Community Health Workers, News, Population Health, Wellness|Tags: , , , , , |

Black History Month tackles health and wellness

Since 1976, every United States president has designated February as Black History Month and endorsed a specific theme. 2022’s theme “Black Health and Wellness” means not only celebrating contributions from African Americans, but also calling attention to the major disparities faced in health care and social services. When it comes to disparities in maternal and [...]

2022-03-15T15:24:42+00:00February 24th, 2022|Categories: Health, Population Health, Pregnancy, Wellness|Tags: , |

What are Social Determinants of Health?

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) are the conditions under which people are born, grow, live, work, and age. Though SDOHs are non-medical, they still have a major impact on health, well-being, and quality of life. According to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services and the Healthy People 2030 initiative, there are five domains [...]

2022-02-22T15:22:49+00:00February 22nd, 2022|Categories: Health, Housing, Population Health, Wellness|Tags: , , |

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