HEALTH EDUCATION

 

Education, Empowerment, and Mobilization

The Health Education Division of the Bernards Township Health Department includes health education and promotion, nutrition services, youth services, human services, and risk communication. Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) are specially trained professionals, certified by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing Inc., who design, conduct, and evaluate programs and activities that improve the public's health and well-being. Bernards Township Health Educators are involved in several community partnerships and act as liaisons between the health department and various community agencies. In addition, the Bernards Township Health Department has been the recipient of several grant awards to support program initiatives that have resulted from community-wide needs assessments and problem identification.

HEALTH EDUCATION

  • Individual and group education
  • Training programs on a variety of health topics
  • Community needs and assets assessment
  • Program planning and evaluation
  • Educational material development
  • Grant writing
  • Coordination of community organization activities

YOUTH SERVICES

The Health Educator/Youth Services Coordinator serves as a catalyst with our community for developing programs directed at improving the health and well-being of local youth.

  • Counseling for youth and families
  • Referrals made based on a resource directory compiled listing mental health practitioners and treatments centers for alcohol/substances abuse and family issues

 

SCREENING CLINICS

  • Child Health Conference: Immunizations and well-baby care for children from birth to age 18 at no charge once each month
  • Annual Health Screening Clinic (May)
  • Male Cancer Screening Program (June)
  • Skin Cancer Screening Program (July)
  • Flu Immunization Clinic (October)
  • Low-cost Women’s Cancer Screening Vouchers
  • Low-cost Mammography Vouchers

 

SPECIAL PROJECTS/PROGRAMS

  • Bernards Township Smoking and Tobacco Organization Program (BT STOP)/Tobacco Education/Smoking Cessation
  • Bernards Township Municipal Alliance Against Substance Abuse
  • Building YOUth 40 Developmental Assets™ Initiative
  • Parenting Programs
  • Nutrition Education & Counseling
  • Project Graduation
  • Radon Test Kits
  • Risk Communication
  • Social Services

Programs and activities conducted by the Health Education Division are located on our:

                              Program Calendar

 

Our Health Education Division Staff includes:

 

Danielle Cooper, MPH             Phone: 908-204-2523

Community Program Coordinator         Email: dcooper@bernards.org

Kathy Kelly                                         Phone: 908-204-3068

Community Assets Coordinator Email: kathy.kelly@bernards.org

 

Cheryl Komline, MS, RD                     Phone: 908-204-2522

Public Health Nutritionist                     Email: ckomline@bernards.org

03/09