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Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children - Promoting Healthy Activities Together (P.H.A.T.)
The P.H.A.T. campaign embraces music, dance and other elements of hip-hop culture to deliver important messages about healthy eating and physical activity. Over eight weeks, Southbridge-area youth worked a few hours each week with local hip-hop talent and associates from Nemours Health & Prevention Services. This culminated with participants developing their own dance routine featured at a community health event at Henrietta Johnson Medical Center (HJMC), a federally qualified health center.
What is it?
The P.H.A.T. campaign embraces music, dance and other elements of hip-hop culture to deliver important messages about healthy eating and physical activity. Over eight weeks, Southbridge-area youth worked a few hours each week with local hip-hop talent and associates from Nemours Health & Prevention Services. This culminated with participants developing their own dance routine featured at a community health event at Henrietta Johnson Medical Center (HJMC), a federally qualified health center.
Who is it for?
African-American girls ages 13-17.
Why do they do it?
HJMC recognizes that the prevalence of obesity among African-American adolescents (23.6 percent) is twice that of white adolescents.
Impact
To date, 87 girls have taken part in the P.H.A.T. program. Participants have expressed a newfound awareness of healthy eating and physical activity.
Contact: Ashia Cale
Outreach Coordinator
Henrietta Johnson Medical Center
Telephone: 302-655-6187, ext. 261
E-mail: acale@hjmc.org
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