Listen Live UDHRadioShow Sat 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Since December 2012,UDH Health Coach have a weekly broadcast radio show that educates Haitian community on different medical topics, also raising public awareness about primary care and empowering patients to take care themselves. UDH Health Coach goal is to promote preventive medicine through this radio program as a platform to reach out to the Haitian community for overall health well being. The topics covered on the radio show are chosen based on the health care provider facing challenges and different obstacles taking care of Haitians patients . For example: Haitians tend to present late with advanced diseases; they often miss the appointment; It is often hard to convince them to do cancer screening tests. As one of the few of those barriers. This brief radio Health Education talk show is on radio WNTN 1550 AM and also streamed over the internet under the umbrella of UDH Kwen Sante (Health Corner).
Topics covered are the followings: bone health, dental health, mental health and the importance of mental health assistance, obesity and its consequences, diabetes and its consequences, obstructive sleep apnea, Types of screening such as mammography, pap smear, colonoscopy etc., as a few of those barriers.
Futures topics to be discussed include lifestyle changes, domestic violence, drug use, alcoholism, adherence to medical regimens, and ADHD in childhood and adulthood, among other things. The aim is for patients to become more engaged in their care
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Contact Health Coach at mljb@udhheathcoach.org