‘Health’ Archives
Opening On February 20! BYI Resource Center at The Midtown Global Market
The BYI TEENS Project is excited to inform the community there will be a new BYI Resource Center opening soon at the Midtown Global Market. The TEENS Project, will organize and staff the BYI Resource Center, a place that anybody can go to and learn about the Backyard Initiative”'s resources and programs that may be available to them. The BYI TEENS Project goal is to develop the BYI Resource Center to be a self- sustaining business that will use the TEENS to advertise and promote BYI resources. The TEENS are in the process of developing a business that will be housed out of the BYI Resource Center location. We estimate the business will be fully functional by the end of February. In other news regarding the TEENS Project, we feel proud to announce that we have developed and documented an official structure by which the TEENS will grow and expand into the community. TEENS will promote and display overall healthy living in a evermore organized and structured way thanks to the [...]
The BACKYARD INITIATIVE: What It Is and Why It Exists
The Backyard Initiative (BYI) is a dynamic partnership between Allina Health and its neighbors to improve health and health care in the seven communities immediately surrounding Allina Commons, Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Phillips Eye Institute. The BYI was designed and managed by the Cultural Wellness Center (CWC). The BYI supports efforts to strengthen community health by empowering residents to draw upon their own knowledge, skills, and cultural values to care for themselves, their families and their neighbors. The Backyard Initiative Partnership: A Coming Together to Achieve the Common Goal Allina Health: The Department of Community Benefits and Department of Applied Research Researches new care models to transform health and health care by collaborating with partners to foster innovative approaches to providing care. (more…)
BACKYARD INITIATIVE Community Health Action Teams (CHATS): ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2013!!!
Latino/a Environmental Health Begins at Home CHAT (Lehbah) Somali Women”'s Health Rebirthing Community CHAT ~ Communities Of Light Co-Operative Out In The Backyard CHAT (OIBY) 2013 Achievements! A Story Describing the Achievements of the ANCHOR FAMILY CHAT Growing the Backyard CHAT Learning by the Circle of Healing CHAT in 2013 A Partnership Of Diabetics (A-Pod) 2013 Accomplishments Project S.E.L.F. Achievements 2013 THE BACKYARD INITIATIVEÂ History and framework
