The mission of the Health Community Resources for Empowerment and Wellness CREW program is to address health disparities among African-American and Latino males, empowering them to take control of their health by engaging in preventative practices, accessing health care services, advocating for their own health needs, and providing health education to peers in their communities, all while pursuing their own health career goals.
Start Strong is an innovative grass-roots effort focused on to- year-olds to prevent teen dating violence and abuse by actively promoting healthy relationships. It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript and try again.
They promote hope, healing, safety, and social change by providing a broad range of preventive and responsive services. Offers shelter, guidance, and resources to allow gay, bisexual, and transgender and queer persons in crisis to remove themselves from violent situations and relationships. Renewal House Boston 10 Putnam Street Roxbury MA hour Emergency Hotline: Women and children Provides temporary and emergency shelter for battered women and their children, counseling, support groups, welfare, court, housing and child advocacy.
Somerville PO Box Somerville, MA Hour Hotline: Women and children A community-based nonprofit organization providing direct services to battered women and their children. Services include emergency shelter, counseling programs, support groups, legal, welfare, and housing-advocacy. Haitian Creole, Spanish, Portuguese, and French-speaking staff members available.
For nearly 30 years, the Fenway Community Health Center has provided high quality medical and mental health care to Boston's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. No intake on Thursday or Sunday. It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript and try again. Site Contents. Naloxone, more commonly known as Narcan, has been credited with reversing nearly 1, overdoses in Boston from October to May BPHC offers education and training to opioid users, their families and community partners that work or may come into contact with people at risk of overdosing.
Participants learn about the importance of calling in the event of an overdose, how to perform rescue breathing and administer nasal Narcan, and treatment options for opioid users.
Those looking to carry Narcan rescue kits can obtain them in the following three ways :. For questions or needs not met by the online training option, email o verdoseprevention bphc.
Check out the video below:. Each year in Boston about 10, individuals undergo training on how to administer naloxone, a medication used to reverse opioid overdoses. BPHC wants to support local businesses, organizations and civilians in keeping their communities safe for all.
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