Resources
Questions & Concerns: The Flu & the Flu Shot Toolkit for Commmuity Leaders
Faith and Health Toolkit (pdf)
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) developed the Protect Your Body. Protect Your Temple Toolkit to provide African American faith based organizations with ideas and resources to help plan, develop and implement health related programs and activities focusing on physical activity, nutrition and tobacco prevention. The toolkit includes: education and awareness activities, best and promising practice model, ideas to consider and sample policies.
“Protect Your Body…Your Temple” Church Bulletin Inserts
The Office of Minority Health has developed church bulletin insert focusing on minority health issues affecting African Americans. The inserts contain educational messages focusing on risk factors and the six (6) priority health disparity areas that disproportionately affect the African-American community.
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Healthy Heart Habits (printable version)
- Know the Warning Signs of Stroke (printable version)
- Lower Your Risk for Stroke (printable version)
- Recognize Stroke (printable version)
- Cancer
- Early Detection is the Best Protection (printable version)
- Get the Good News about Cancer (printable version)
- Diabetes
- Get the Good News about Diabetes (printable version)
- HIV/AIDS
- Get the Good News about HIV/AIDS (printable version)
- Infant Mortality
- Healthy Babies (printable version)
- Adult Immunizations
- Get your Flu and Pneumonia Shots (printable version)
- Healthy Habits for Flu Season (printable version)
- Risk factors
- Benefits of Physical Activity (printable version)
- Dangers of Smoking (printable version)