Pilipinos for Community Health

Established in 1989, Pilipinos for Community Health (PCH) has advanced its efforts to educate the socio-economically disadvantaged Pilipino community of the Greater Los Angeles area on how to adopt healthier lifestyles. While addressing health issues that are very specific to and prominent in the Pilipino community, we also acknowledge that these health problems are common in many other underserved communities and choose to serve every recipient, regardless of ethnicity and socio-economic class. Through its three main components, PCH aims to help the community make educated health decisions, and it strives to provide volunteers with opportunities in community service as well as education about various health care professions. The Three Main Components - what we do and how you can get involved: (1) COMMUNITY OUTREACH - Health Fairs: hosts 2 health fairs - Holy Family Health Fair in Artesia, Our Lady of and Peace Health Fair in North Hills. Volunteers can participate by performing different tasks throughout the day in order to provide nearly 300 service recipients with free health screenings and education. - Senior Smiles: in collaboration with Sydney Cooper Senior Smiles at Belmont Village Senior Living, this components aims to help foster relations between our volunteers and the elderly in the efforts to help maintain mental stimulation. - Medical Outreach Banquet/Project: plan and host our annual Medical Outreach Banquet which funds our Medical Outreach Project (M.O.P.) with an aim to send medical supplies to areas in need in the Philippines as well as to host a medical mission trip. (2) PREVENTIVE HEALTH - get trained through the American Heart Association in performing blood pressure readings - provide free blood pressure and body mass index (B.M.I.) screenings at PCH sites in Carson and Cerritos as well as at health fairs - provide resources which include a directory of nearby hospitals and clinics at PCH sites - collect and record health-related data to statistically gauge a community's health (3) PRE-HEALTH ADVISING AND MENTORSHIP - have the opportunity for underclassmen and upperclassmen to participate in a mentorship program which aims to provide academic and career guidance, as well as foster long-lasting relationships between mentors and mentees. - explore health-related occupations such as medicine, nursing, public health, dentistry, and pharmacy, by hosting pre-health panels with health professionals, graduate students, and/or admissions counselors from different health-related fields -participate in various other volunteer opportunities via networking with other organizations

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Signatories: Katrina Paras, Jasmine Santos, and Monica Aquino

Advisor: Praveen Amarchand Dugar