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Ambulatory Care Network Community Health Programs and Services

Outreach Program

Mission

Our mission is to provide the benefits of early detection and intervention for many health illnesses and ensure that people in the community have a reliable source of health care.

Goal

To engage in educational and screening activities that creates opportunities to collaborate, dialogue and network to determine community needs.

Outreach

Quality of life outcomes improve with early detection of potentially life threatening illness, the provision of necessary referrals for medical intervention, and appropriate follow-up.

• Screenings
• Blood Pressure
• Cholesterol
• Glucose
• Body mass index
• Dental
• Vision
• Glaucoma
• Prostate Cancer
• HIV
• Health Education & Counseling
• Influenza vaccination
• Health Insurance eligibility/enrollment
• Workshops

Youth Track and Field and Wellness Jamboree

Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian, The New York Road Runner Foundation and the Amory Foundation once again teamed up for an all day track and field competition and health outreach event. Held at the New Balance Track and Field Center at the Amory, the Jamboree addressed the city's tremendous need to educate children and parents about exercise, wellness and preventative health, while providing an engaging fun outlet for youth of all size, shape and athleticism.

Annual Taxi Driver Health Fair

Taxi drivers are at risk for developing many health problems due to the nature of their job; many have no health care coverage and unable to attain medical care on a consistent basis. General health screenings (blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, and body mass index) are offered at the Taxi Driver Health Fair as an opportunity to bring awareness to health related problems that could be addressed with education and referrals. The drivers sit with registered nurses and physicians to review test results and discuss healthy lifestyles. Those with abnormal test results receive follow-up telephone calls to provide an opportunity for further questions and guidance. Other services provided are: vision screening and dispensing of corrective lenses; glaucoma screening; HIV testing; prostate cancer screening and health insurance eligibility screening/enrollment. This year we will offer mammograms to eligible women.

This outstanding endeavor was accepted for poster presentation and nationally recognized at the 32nd Annual Conference of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses, featuring demonstrations of "strong commitments to making a difference in various Latino communities throughout the country"

Annual Bodeguero Health Fair

Hosted in partnership with Jetro's Bronx Food Market the bodegueros - small grocery store owners/workers were offered general health screenings, influenza vaccines, health counseling and health insurance eligibility screening/enrollment. Bodegueros commit long work hours leaving little time to meet health needs and often are uninsured

Community Health Academy of Heights Health Fair

Collaboration with Community Health Academy of the Heights School and Ambulatory Care Network School-Based Practice

Family Day - Jefferson Houses

Disease Prevention Activities: Health Screenings and Counseling. Health Prevention Topics: Cardiac Diseases, Hypertension, Diabetes, Asthma, Substance Abuse and Nutrition.

Harlem Arts Festival - Senator Serrano

Disease Prevention Activities: Health Screenings and Counseling. Health Prevention Topics: Cardiac Diseases, Hypertension, Diabetes, Asthma, Substance Abuse and Nutrition.

Annual Breastfeeding Fair

New York Presbyterian Hospital and various community based organizations set up informational tables giving breastfeeding mothers and mothers-to-be the information, confidence and skills needed to successfully initiate and continue breastfeeding their babies.

Community League of the Heights Annual Health Fair

ACN participates in this event hosted by the community based organization, Community League of the Heights (CLOTH)

Influenza Prevention Program

Ambulatory Care Network (ACN)-Community Health Outreach has been providing free influenza vaccines since 1999 to the surrounding communities of Washington Heights/Inwood, Riverdale, Cornell and Harlem in partnership with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Office of Government & External Affairs, the local elected officials, community based organizations and faith based organizations. We visited a total of 24 sites and administered 2304 Influenza vaccines.

For the second year as an extension of this program, in collaboration with the Department of Epidemiology and Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, we immunize the family members (both adults and children) of the pediatric oncology and bone marrow transplant patients.

Population Served

Ambulatory Care Network (ACN)-Community Health Outreach serves NewYork-Presbyterian's surrounding areas of the Bronx, Washington Heights/Inwood, Harlem and Upper Eastside.