Health Promotion Center

The Health Promotion Center works to help neighbors when they are ill, educate them to signs of illness, and keep them from illness. It works with many community health agencies to pool resources and share knowledge. Neighbors can come to Neighborhood Ministries to attend a cancer screening workshop, sign up for RIte Care, get new eyeglasses, have a blood sugar test, find literature on lead paint poisoning, diabetes, nutrition or smoking cessation.

Southside Physical Activity Directory Available, in English and Spanish

The Southside Physical Activity Directory, which lists free and low cost exercise and nutrition resources on the south side of Providence, is available in English (1.8MB) and Spanish (2.1MB). The directories are in PDF Format.

The directory is sponsored by South Providence Neighborhood Ministries through a grant from the US Centers for Disease Control and the Initiative for Healthy Weight, Rhode Island Department of Health, in cooperation with the Broad Street Path to Health Coalition. Alan Krinsky, graduate student in the Brown University Masters in Public Health Program, conducted some of the research as part of a Community Service Internship with the Rhode Island Department of Health's Diabetes Prevention and Control Program."

Background

Two years ago, Neighborhood Ministries established a walking path for health on Broad Street called the "Broad Street Path to Health." This Path is marked off by colorful signs at half-mile intervals. To promote an active, healthier lifestyle, the Health program is promoting and supporting neighborhood walking clubs. "Broad Street Path to Health" T-shirts and water bottles are available, and many special events and prizes are planned.

Youth are involved in an anti-smoking, youth empowerment project. This spring youth surveyed Broad Street businesses and issued a report at a press conference. They also designed posters displayed in bus shelters on Broad Street. Now they are working on a mural at the Niagara Street park.