02/23/2012
Health Leads Summer Fellows Program
For low-income kids and families, medical care alone isn't enough to ensure good health. No medication will control a child's asthma if she lives in substandard housing. No antibiotics will reverse the effects of chronic hunger on a child's development. The failure of our health care system to address these basic needs perpetuates health disparities, even as families' access to care improves. Poor health, in turn, further entrenches families in poverty by jeopardizing their education, economic stability, and life opportunities.
Health Leads is a national movement that mobilizes the nation’s undergraduates to provide high-impact services to low-income families and, in the process, to transform our health care system into one that is more effective and more just. Here at NYU, HL volunteers staff desks located at Bellevue Hospital and Woodhull Hospital, where they connect families with resources -- food, housing, childcare, job training, and more -- to address the non-medical needs that impact their health. These programs achieve real results for families today and demonstrate how we can build a health care system that truly promotes health, not just manages disease.
Join the HL movement! We are looking for passionate advocates with a strong interest in social justice to commit to a summer of intensive learning and service. Health Leads provides Fellows with housing on campus throughout the 12-week summer session.
If you are interested in applying, please contact Adam Bazari for an application at [email protected]. The application is due Wednesday February 29th. If you have any questions or would like more information about the Summer Fellows Program before applying, please stop by the Kimmel 9th Floor Lounge on Monday February 27th from 4:30-6:30pm and find the volunteers in the blue polo shirts.
