• Wellness Center for Adolescent Department
• Asthma Relief Street
• Behavioral Health Department
• Center for Learning and Professional Development
• Club TIA
• Community Health Worker Program
• Depression Collaborative
• Health Insurance Enrollment Program
• Family Health Plus
• Child Health Plus
• Medicaid

• Health Education Department
• Institute for the Advancement of Community Health (IACH)
• Pre-natal Care Assistance Program (PCAP)
• Mothers And Maternal Awareness Program (M.A.M.A)
• Outreach Program
• Project Recovery
• Project Sunrise
• Reach Out and Read Program
• School Based Health Program
• Women, Infant and Children Program (WIC)

Wellness Center for Adolescent Department

Wellness Center for Adolescent Department
The Adolescent Program's mission is to provide quality primary medical care, urgent care, reproductive health care, and patient education in an environment that is teen friendly, teen sensitive and teen specific. Confidential care is provided as allowed by New York State law. Parents or guardians may sign consent for their teen to be seen without an adult present. The clinic uses a multi-disciplinary approach with physicians and physician assistants. A health educator and a nutritionist are on-site to see patients during clinic hours; nursing staff is available in pediatrics for immunizations. Mental health services including social work and psychiatric care are available on site or by referral. Confidential HIV testing is also available on site. Overweight teens are given referrals to the Teens in Action Program for nutrition and exercise support and counseling.

PS 333/PS335
888 Rev. James A. Polite Avenue
Bronx, NY 10459
718-620-4352
718-620-3259

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Asthma Relief Street

The Asthma Relief Street Program is an asthma management program that focuses on an integrated approach in working with patients, their families, providers, and community agencies. Evidence based guidelines are used to assure quality health care. A strong health education component serves to highlight and reinforce self-management skills and goals. Strategic partnerships with community agencies are fostered in order to integrate our work with that of other agencies in the community. Asthma Relief Street is available at any one of our facilities including our five school based health centers.

Highlights of our program include:

• Adherence to evidence based clinical guidelines
• Asthma education curriculum
• Individual educational sessions
• Strategic community partnerships
• Pedrito and Patty, our Asthma Pump Mascots, and related learning materials
• Asthma Management Celebrations
• Asthma Club
• Home environmental assessments

Our positive outcomes have demonstrated our success. Our patients have shown an:

• Increase in the number of symptom free days
• Increase in the use of appropriate medications
• Decrease in the use of urgent care and emergency room visits
• Decrease in the number of missed school days

For more information, please call Sylvia Romero-Johnson, asthma coordinator,         (718) 589-2440 ext. 4313.

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Behavioral Health Department

The Behavioral Health Department provides accessible high quality, culturally and linguistically appropriate individualized treatment to patients whose primary care provider is at Urban Health Plan. The department offers individual and group psychotherapy, child and adult psychiatry services. These services are provided by a team of psychiatrists, social workers, a nurse practitioner and a psychologist.

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Center for Learning and Professional Development

The Center for Learning and Professional Development was created to continuously develop UHP staff. The Center is responsible for all of UHP's staff training efforts. Classes range from technical and clinical topics to building communication skills, management, and leadership building.

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Club TIA

Club TIA provides education to youth that promotes abstinence-first and delays the onset of sexual activity. The program has six goals:

1. Ensure that sexually active adolescents obtain access to family panning and comprehensive reproductive health care services to prevent pregnancies, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases.
2. Educate the public about the local need to promote abstinence-first, delay the onset of sexual activity among adolescents, and promote access to comprehensive reproductive health services for adolescents that are sexually active.
3. Enhance parent/youth communication about sexuality.
4. Provide outreach to youth at high risk for sexual activity.
5. Provide youth development activities that improve self-esteem, life skills and opportunities.
6. Provide mentoring and counseling programs that promote abstinence-first and delays the onset of sexual activity.
7. Provide projects specifically targeting males.
8. Build partnerships in the community to develop a comprehensive, long-term local response that promotes abstinence-first and delays the onset of sexual activity and pregnancy among adolescents.

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Community Health Worker Program

The Community Health Worker Program is a home visiting program that targets pregnant women and parenting families with young children. The goal of the program is to reduce infant mortality by connecting families to health and social services. Families receive education on a variety of topics including prenatal and postpartum care, nutrition, pediatric care, family planning, immunizations, Asthma management, and the promotion of positive health behaviors. Community Health Workers play an integral role in providing referrals and follow-up to needed services and providing advocacy and service coordination.

The Community Health Worker Program targets Morrisania (10459), Tremont (10460), Hunts Point (10474) and the Theresa's Haven and Freeman Annex homeless shelters. Clients are identified through outreach and through referrals. Most of our community outreach workers are residents of the community and all are bilingual (Spanish/English)

For further information about the Community Health Worker Program, please call 718-542-5555. Ext. 3114.

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The Depression Collaborative

The Depression Collaborative is a team of highly trained professionals comprised of medical doctors, primary care providers, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, psychologist, nurse practitioner, minister and case managers who have developed a state of the art program to treat depression. This program is in the process of expanding to additional primary care providers. Presently there are over 450 patients in the collaborative who are being treated for depression and more are being included daily.

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Health Insurance Enrollment Program

Funded by the New York State Department of Health, the Health Insurance Enrollment Program provides community enrollment counselors who can determine eligibility to public health insurance programs such as Medicaid, Child Health Plus and Family Health Plus. Counselors help fill out applications, gather the required documents and ensure that applicants become enrolled. The counselor also provides education on how managed care works and can assist the applicant in choosing a health plan. Services are provided in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner in a variety of settings including all UHP sites, school based sites and community events. The goal of the program is to improve access to health care.

Documents:

In most cases you will need the following documents for enrollment in any of the no-cost/low-cost health insurance programs:

• Identification: Two forms of photo identification
• Proof of current address: utility bill or bank document
• Proof of birth: birth certificate and/or immigration status
• Proof of income: copy of income tax return or four recent consecutive pay stubs or W-2 form or a notarized letter attesting to annual income

For more information about the Health Insurance Enrollment Program, or to see if you qualify for one of the three public insurance programs, please call 718-542-5555, Ext. 3104, 3106, or 3146.

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Family Health Plus

Family Health Plus (FHP)-a public health insurance program that provides free health care for uninsured adults between the ages of 19 and 64. It is available to single adults, couples without children, and parents with limited income who are residents of New York State and are United States citizens or who fall under certain immigration categories. It provides comprehensive coverage, including prevention, primary care, hospitalization, prescriptions and other services. There is no cost to participate.

To enroll in Family Health Plus, visit one of our enrollment counselors or visit the Family Health Plus site at: http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/fhplus/index.htm.

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Child Health Plus

Child Health Plus is a New York State Health Insurance plan that offers parents free, or low -cost insurance for children under 19 years of age.

To enroll in Child Health Plus, visit one of our enrollment counselors or visit the Family Health Plus site at: http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/chplus/index.htm

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Medicaid

Medicaid is a program for New Yorkers who can't afford to pay for medical care. You may be covered by Medicaid if:

• You have high medical bills
• You receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• You meet certain income, resource, age or disability requirements.

To enroll in Medicaid, visit one of our enrollment counselors or visit the Medicaid site at: http://www.health.state.ny.us/health_care/medicaid/index.htm

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Health Education Department

The Health Education Department seeks to promote good health and prevent disease by helping our patients to understand health information and to incorporate healthy behaviors into their daily lives. The Health Education Department has assigned health educators at a number of our departments, including Pediatrics, OB/GYN, Adult Medicine, and School Based Health. The Department oversees the M.A.M.A. program and Asthma Relief Street. It is responsible for developing all culturally and linguistically appropriate health education curriculums for UHP.

For more information on the Health Education Department, please call 718-542-5555 ext. 3145.

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Institute for the Advancement of Community Health (IACH)

Created to provide a structure that will improve services and the quality of care provided at UHP, the mission of the Institute of the Advancement of Community Health is to improve the health status of underserved communities by developing and disseminating innovative best practices.

IACH conducts most of its work using performance teams called collaboratives. UHP currently runs eight collaboratives: Asthma, Diabetes, Depression, Adolescent Obesity, Pediatric Prevention, External Referrals, Finance Initiative and Cancer. These collaboratives use the Model for Improvement (rapid PDSA) to test change. PDSAs — Plan, Do, Study, Act — provide a framework for developing, testing and implementing changes that lead to improvement. The model has its basis in scientific method and attempts to temper the desire to take immediate action with the wisdom of careful study.

For more information about the Institute for the Advancement of Community Health, please call 718-542-5555. Ext. 3163.

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Pre-natal Care Assistance Program (PCAP)

Prenatal Care Assistance Program (PCAP) is a New York State program that offers complete medical care during pregnancy, delivery, and for at least two months after delivery. PCAP is available to women and teens who are pregnant, meet income guidelines and live in New York State. You may be eligible even if you have health insurance. There is no cost to eligible women or teens. For more information on PCAP visit: http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/pcap/

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Mothers And Maternal Awareness Program (M.A.M.A)

The M.A.M.A program is a six-week series of classes for first time expectant mothers (and their partners) in their second and early third trimester of pregnancy. The focus of M.A.M.A is to teach expectant mothers about healthy pregnancy, childbirth, a healthy baby and what steps to take after the baby arrives.

Classes cover topics such as good nutrition and exercise, fetal development, signs of labor, newborn care, how to choose a pediatrician, postpartum visits and what to expect, as well as birth control options after delivery. Classes are free and open to patients and community residents.

If you are interested in the M.A.M.A Program or would like more information about the program, please call (718) 542-5555 ext. 3151.

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Outreach Program

UHP's Outreach Program works with community organizations and community leaders to help educate the South Bronx communities on relevant health topics. The Program works to build collaborative programs and partnerships with neighborhood groups in order to improve community health outcomes.

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Project Recovery

Project Recovery is a program dedicated to assisting patients to recover from alcohol and drug addiction in a primary care setting. The program is free and available to all UHP patients who have a substance abuse problem or are affected by a family member using drugs. Project Recovery offers short-term psychotherapy and referral services from a mental health professional.

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Project Sunrise

The vision of Project Sunrise is to provide the South Bronx community the highest quality HIV education, testing, counseling, case management, and medical care possible. Through awareness, education, education, harm reduction and a cultural and linguistically sensitive environment, we are dedicated to meeting people where they are at, and working to empower them with knowledge and services. Project Sunrise provides a variety of services. Our goal is to act as a gateway for individuals to access services and resources. These include:

Counseling and Testing: These services are offered on-site and delivered in a manner that is culturally and linguistically competent, developmentally appropriate and that ensures patient confidentiality. UHP recommends this service to all adults and sexually active adolescents.

Primary Care — Medical Services: A multidisciplinary approach is utilized to provide comprehensive HIV services. This includes primary and specialty services, nutrition, case management, social work, and mental health and substance abuse services.

Primary Care — Nutritional Services: Nutritional services are provided to HIV positive services. All patients are screened to determine their level of nutritional risk. Patients who are at nutritional risk are provided ongoing nutritional counseling.

Behavioral Health Services — Mental Health: Professional assessments and access to psychiatric and psychotherapeutic services are provided.

Behavioral Health Services — Alcohol and Substance Abuse: Screening assessment, referral counseling and follow-up are provided by certified alcohol and substance abuse counselor.

Social Services — Case Management: Assessment, service plan development, counseling, entitlement assistance, and direct referrals to COBRA case management programs are provided.

Community Education and Outreach — Community Education: Plans for community education activities are based on community needs. These activities include internal and external prevention education, waiting-room presentations and HIV/AIDS videos, health fairs and other events.

Community Education and Outreach — Street Outreach: Street outreach activities exist to identify high-risk individuals and impart the value of knowing their sero-status. These activities take place on the street, in high-risk venues, and engage at risk individuals in a series of interactive, one-on-one, in-depth encounters with the goal of gaining trust and developing helping relationships.

Download the Project Sunrise brochure.

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Reach Out and Read Program

Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a program that promotes early literacy by bringing new books and advice about the importance of reading aloud into the pediatric exam room.

Doctors and nurses give new books to children at each well child visit from 6 months of age to 5 years, and accompany these books with developmentally appropriate advice to parents about reading aloud with their child. The ROR program model is based on research that shows a connection between the frequency of sharing books with babies, toddlers and young children and enhanced language development.

For general information about the Reach out and Read Program, visit: http://www.reachoutandread.org. To volunteer for our Reach Out and Read Program, please contact our Pediatrics Department at 718-589-2440.

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School Based Health Program

Many of the children in the South Bronx have limited access to quality health care because of geographical, financial or other barriers. Our school-based health improves access by providing comprehensive primary care services at school sites. UHP currently has school based health programs at five sites. The objectives of the program are to:

• To promote good physical and mental health;
• To improve the delivery of primary and preventive healthcare services by ensuring that they are accessible, coordinated, comprehensive, collaborative and skilled for all children and youth, including those with special health care needs;
• To facilitate learning and improved school attendance; and
• To promote healthy living by providing school-based primary and preventive health care to medically underserved youth through community partnerships that include community health care providers and school districts.

School Based Health Programs services are provided in an age-appropriate manner and include:

• Asthma screening, prevention and treatment
• Diabetes control
• Immunizations
• Healthy lifestyles promotion
• Alcohol and substance abuse prevention, screening and referral
• Behavioral health
• Health education
• Non-chronic nutrition counseling
• Dental screening
• Mental health

Children from the schools may be referred to any of Urban Health Plan's health centers for specialty care or follow up for services not currently provided at the school based health center. (Download brochure)

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Women, Infant and Children Program (WIC)

The Women, Infant and Children Program serves to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, & children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.

Infants from birth to 5 years old, pregnant women and non-breastfeeding mothers of babies up to 6 years old are eligible to receive WIC. You automatically qualify if you receive Public Assistance and or Medicaid, if you are apart of the School Lunch Program, a Head Start Program participant or have a Foster Care Income Statement.

For more information about the Women, Infant and Children Program, visit http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/aboutwic/

To apply for the WIC program, please contact 718-589-4776.

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