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About: "Harlem HEALTHY Living"  (HHL)

  
     
 

The Harlem: “Harlem Healthy Living HHL” HHL is a new year long initiative of The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce in concert with Congressman Charles B. Rangel and The City of New York, which has been created to help the residents and businesses of Upper Manhattan and of the Harlem's around the world to live healthier and more productive lives.

The importance of making this initiative into a one (1) year effort is to expand the time frame needed to bring about the desired results in a more measurable manner.

As a result, HHL will be broken into (4) three month quarters. Each quarter will focus on two important health issues that disproportionately impact on and effect communities of color. With great impact on its’ Senior Citizens and Children.

The Chamber recognizes the major negative economic impact on our businesses when our customer base and employees are not readily HEALTHY.

The Health Committee of The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce is made up of Health Practitioners of all backgrounds, Hospitals, Education Institutions, HMO’s, Health Service Providers and Professional Health Service Organizations that have selected the below listed issues to be featured in each quarter:
 

First Quarter
(Feb.2008, Mar. Apr.) 		Obesity & Stroke
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Second Quarter
(May, June, July)		 Mental health & Orthopedic health
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Third Quarter
(Aug., Sept., Oct.)		 Oral health & Diabetes
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Fourth Quarter
(Nov., Dec., Jan. 2009) 		Stress & Heart Disease
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In each quarter the two main themes and their related sub-topics will be aggressively discussed, marketed and promoted in various forums, such as Newspapers, dailies and weeklies, magazines, radio, TV, Conferences, Seminars, Activities and Workshops, as well as through this HHL web-site.

It is the purpose and intent of HHL to encourage people to make a conscientious choice and effort to strive toward a healthier life. Not because they feel they have to, or that they are being forced to, but because they want to.

It is the view of our Health Committee that when people choose to make a change in their bad habits, the results are much greater than when they feel they are being forced to.

Through the information, participation and education that will be provided through this initiative, we intend for our communities to become healthier which will create a better business and economic environment.