Jewish Community Health Initiative

The Jewish Community Health Initiative is dedicated to developing programming and infrastructure to promote health in Jewish communities. The Jewish community is vibrant and filled with many people devoted to making life better for the community. JCHi is here to harness that power in ways that can help us all to lead healthier lives, using proven methods that have improved the health and lives of people in many varied communities.

While this website is still in its initial stages, feel free to poke around and learn a bit about what we are doing, and our plans for the future. Programs and proposals are in development, and great things will happen.

For more on why the JCHi was created, click here.

For info on what JCHi is and has been up to, click here.

JCHi is a simple but great idea whose time has come.

Lots of work has been going on behind the scenes developing content for this website, and after Jan 1 it will begin to be rolled out. There will be a whole section on mental health. This will cover depression (including post-partum depression), anxiety and stress. The content will include video clips that tell the story of what it is like for people who suffer from these conditions, e.g. patients and family members talking about living with post-partum depresion and how it has affected their lives. There will also be a quick online depression screen to suggest whether a person should see a doctor for an evaluation.

There will be a section on eating healthier - what you need to know, and how to do it. This section will also feature video clips for the purpose of instruction and sharing ideas for making healthy changes. Also, how to teach your kids about basic nutrition - information for parents and teachers, too (including links to teaching materials).

So stay tuned....and check back!

Tons of tips on how to get started exercising - at home, at work, wherever!

Check it out here!

Event held June 7, 2012 in Teaneck, NJ