Welcome to the Mission Hill Health Movement!
The Mission Hill Health Movement (MHHM), established in 1970 and incorporated as a 501c3, is a volunteer group dedicated “to creating health, housing and educational programs to serve Mission Hill”.
Our mission in the past few years has evolved from that of creating and ‘spinning off’ services which can continue to function independently (e.g. elderly housing, school dental programs, pre- and after-school services) to a model in which MHHM develops and maintains ongoing programs, including an annual Health Fair and an annual Healthy Food Festival.
Our mission in the past few years has evolved from that of creating and ‘spinning off’ services which can continue to function independently (e.g. elderly housing, school dental programs, pre- and after-school services) to a model in which MHHM develops and maintains ongoing programs, including an annual Health Fair and an annual Healthy Food Festival.
LET'S TALK HEART HEALTH
Celebrate Heart Month!
Join us on Wednesday, February 26, 5-7pm, at BCYF Tobin Community Center
- Aileen Sauris, Nurse Practitioner, Cardiovascular Wellness Service of Brigham & Women’s Hospital, will discuss risk factors for cardiovascular disease, with a hand-on CPR demonstration;
- Shirley Brooks, from the Center for Population Health and Health Disparities, who will talk about how to eat well for heart health – on a budget! Do you know that what you eat affects your heart health? Do you want to eat better but don’t know how, or think it is expensive? Learn how nutrition affects your health and ways to eat healthy on a budget;
- Students from MCPHS University/PASS and APhA-ASP will do blood pressure screenings.
LEARN ABOUT YOUR MEDICATIONS
Mission Hill Health Movement, in collaboration with the Mission Hill Senior Legacy Project and MCPHS University, has held three workshops on proper use and disposal of medications.
The presentation scheduled for BCYF Tobin Community Center was postponed due to inclement weather, and has been rescheduled for TUESDAY, MARCH 25.
This is an opportunity to have your medications reviewed: are they expired? do they interact negatively with each other? Bring your medications in a bag -- prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, and vitamins and supplements, and a pharmacist will take a look.
This workshop will be offered on March 25 at 12:00 noon, at BCYF Tobin Community Center.
Refreshments will be provided and there will be door prizes!
MISSION HILL COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR
Keep an eye on this spot! In mid-April we will hold the annual Mission Hill Community Health Fair, in collaboration with MCPHS University.
Affordable Care Act Resource Guide: This four page guide offers answers and links to places with answers to many questions about the Affordable Care Act.
Boston Children's Hospital provides information on this web site that enables anyone to locate family activities across the neighborhoods of Boston. Go to http://www.healthyfamilyfun.org/ to see what is available in your neighborhood!
Contact UsOffice Hours:
Monday or Tuesday; Wednesday; Thursday 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM & at other times by arrangement. 1534 Tremont Street Roxbury, MA 02120 Executive Director: Maggie Cohn Email:maggiecohn@mhhm.org General Email: contact@mhhm.org TEL: 617-427-6919 FAX: 617-427-6920 |
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