Arab community
Arab women face cardiac mortality rates that are 60% higher than their Jewish counterparts. Our programs in East Jerusalem work at many levels to address the substantial and specific needs of this high risk population.
Community Based programs in the Arab sector include:
- School-based programs (in 19 schools and counting!) – Programs that promote health nutrition and physical activity in children, teachers and mothers
- Intensive Heart Healthy Lifestyle Intervention – a six month health promotion program that builds the knowledge and skills that enable sustained heart healthy living.
- Leadership training and mentorship for women interested in implementing health promotion programs in the community.
- Smoke-free homes — comprehensive mapping of the obstacles and facilitators of smoke-free homes to enable effective advocacy and change
- Food Literacy –This train-the-trainers initiative utilizes a gamified interactive manual developed by Pollin Center staff, and transforms lay-leaders into effective agents of healthy living through food literacy.
- Health Literacy and e-health Literacy – these programs train individuals in the skills necessary to manage their health and the health of their families and navigate the complex health environment
These programs are making substantial inroads in East Jerusalem communities as expressed by K O a Bet Safafa community center director who participated in the Pollin Center Health Promotion program in Bet Safafa “This was an amazing program. There have been many programs for women in the neighborhood, but none like this one. It has changed the entire village.”