We All Want Healthy Children: New Campaign to Protect NYC Children from...
The health of our country and our city is threatened by obesity. The obesity epidemic has many causes, but one contributor is the marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to our youth. The food and...
View ArticleBronx Health REACH Receives CDC Funding to Expand Efforts
The Institute for Family Health was awarded nearly $3,000,000 in funding over the next three years to advance its work as a part of the Bronx Health REACH Coalition. The award, from the Centers for...
View ArticleCorner Store Purchases in a Low-Income Urban Community in NYC
While public health professionals have made incredible strides to raise awareness of health inequalities that exist in low-income multiracial communities, more work is needed to decrease the high rates...
View ArticleBronx Health REACH Commends Comptroller Scott Stringer’s Report on Physical...
New York, NY (May 7, 2015) – The Institute for Family Health’s Bronx Health REACH program applauds New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer for his report, “Dropping the Ball: Disparities in Physical...
View ArticleActive Design Toolkit for Schools Celebrated at Earth School Rooftop Garden
Publication features success stories and resources to help schools increase opportunities for physical activity among students New York, NY (May 22, 2015) — This week, the Partnership for a Healthier...
View ArticleInstitute for Family Health/Bronx Health REACH Receives $1,250,000 Grant from...
New York, NY (June 3, 2015) – The Institute for Family Health received a $1,250,000 grant to promote healthy environments in Bronx public schools and communities for the next five years, through New...
View ArticleHarvest Home Brings Local, Farm-Fresh Produce to Soundview
New York, NY (June 19, 2015)—Harvest Home Farmers Market announces the opening of a new farmers market in the Soundview area of the Bronx, bringing the total of farmers markets operated by the...
View Article20 Bronx Bodegas to Participate in The Healthy Bodega Initiative: Small...
New York, NY (August 3, 2015) — Bronx Health REACH, a project of the Institute for Family Health, is launching a new partnership with the Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc....
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Bronx High School Students Celebrate the Installation of Three New Water...
Bronx, NY (September 22, 2015) — Last week, Preston High School, an all-girls school in Throggs Neck, celebrated the installation of three new water fountains at a school-wide ribbon-cutting ceremony....
View ArticleInstitute for Family Health/Bronx Health REACH Receives $35,000 Grant from...
New York, NY (October 23, 2015)—Bronx Health REACH, a community coalition led by the Institute for Family Health received a $35,000 grant from Newman’s Own Foundation to support it’s Healthy Bodega...
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