The Greater Brooklyn Health Coalition (GBHC) is proud to share some important projects with you.

Brooklyn Health Smarts
GBHC is working with the United Way of NYC and the Adult Literacy Media Alliance to build the capacity of community-based organizations to provide health literacy education for their patrons.
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Walk Our Children
To promote better health through physical activity, GBHC helps school communities organize efforts to identify and address local safety concerns preventing children from walking and playing outside.
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Click here to view our Walk Our Children success stories - 2007 and 2008.

Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
GBHC trains community health workers to be advocates for health promotion in cardiovascular disease.
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Click here for briefings from our CVD community forums - 2007 and 2008.
Click here to view one of our CVD success stories.
Click here for a Journal of Community Health article on our CVD program.

Maternal and Child Health
The Greater Brooklyn Health Coalition conducts outreach and health education to improve maternal and child health and reduce Brooklyn's high infant mortality rate.
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H.I.T.E.
Health Information Tool for Empowerment. Beginning in 2004, GBHC partnered with the Greater New York Hospital Foundation to create the Health Information Tool for Empowerment, more commonly referred to as H.I.T.E.
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Lead Poisoning Prevention
The Greater Brooklyn Health Coalition has joined with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Lead Poisoning Prevention Program to “put the lid on lead” in Brooklyn.
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Stay Tuned for more Projects!

If you have questions or would like more information on the Greater Southern Brooklyn Health Coalition, please contact us at 718-940-3453.