‘Health’ Archives
MOVE N”' EAT
By Diana Back & Kaila Schoenberger What is MOVE N”' EAT? MOVE N”' EAT stands for Motivational Opportunities for Vitalizing and Energizing with Nutrition, Exercise, and Activity Tips. This is a free community program provided through the Phillips Neighborhood Clinic and hosted at St. Paul”'s Lutheran Church. What kind of events do you hold? We hold a free exercise class and a free cooking class about once per month to promote health and wellness in the community. We have a wonderful and energetic Zumba instructor who teaches this fun, dance-style exercise. At our cooking classes, we teach people how to cook a healthy meal and then we try some samples. We also talk about nutrition and tips for healthy eating. Why is this important? Our vision is for people to acquire and maintain healthy habits throughout their lives. The free classes and community interaction provides a space for people to learn about having a healthy lifestyle. We hope that [...]
Shining Light on the Backyard Initiative”'s 2016 Evaluation
Community Ownership of the Process The Backyard Initiative”'s (BYI) evaluation process has been informed, driven, and owned by the community in which a survey was administered in 2016. The level of community empowerment the BYI has achieved has been eight years in the making; but it was this level of empowerment that was required in order to successfully complete the survey. This process challenged many of the ways conventional evaluation is usually thought about and implemented. Community members spoke forcefully about not wanting outsiders to evaluate the project to “prove” that it was successful. Community members wanted this evaluation to uncover what they valued in the BYI, to “make the invisible, visible.” Self-evaluation is a critical aspect of the process that has allowed for the BYI”'s community and institution partnership to stay together and progressively build on the community”'s capacity to take ownership of its own health. It [...]
Beyond the Clinic and Into the Community: The Phillips Neighborhood Clinic
by Callahan Clark, PNC student practitioner Located in the basement of St. Paul”'s Evangelical Lutheran Church (2742 15th Ave. S.)d, The Phillips Neighborhood Clinic (PNC) is a free clinic run by health professional students from the University of Minnesota under the supervision of licensed clinicians. PNC provides free care to anyone who walks in the doors regardless of their status of insurance , citizenship or finances. There are student interpreters in clinic and on-call each night; no appointments needed. The clinic is open year-round on Mondays and Thursdays from 6 ”“ 9 pm. The PNC serves as a learning space for students studying pharmacy, medicine, nutrition, physical therapy, dentistry, nursing, social work, medical lab sciences, and healthcare administration. It allows students to apply their patient-centered care knowledge as members of an inter-professional care team and serve the three- PNC mission: 1) We will develop compassionate, culturally competent [...]
