For the Community

Current Projects

WHEP is working on many projects related to women’s health and issues that affect women.  Among those are:

• An NIH-sponsored curricula program focused in educating medical students and health professionals in training about health disparities related to heart, lung and blood
• A video to make healthy food choices by accurately reading food labels
• A teen dating violence prevention project using medical student as health educators
• Philadelphia Ujima, a DHHS/OWH funded project whose mission is to improve the health of Philadelphians using a gender focused approach to health education and promotion, through a network of community partners and educators
• Advocacy in Action workshops, a program designed to expand the multidisciplinary approach to women's health education programs, by teaching underserved populations about modifiable health risks and awareness of health promotion
• The Incarcerated Women's Health Education Project is designed to address the unique health needs of the growing population of women with histories of incarceration who reenter the community
• Intimate Partner Violence workshops are designed to raise awareness about intimate partner violence on college campuses through peer educators

Past Projects

WHEP initiated events that involved the participation of local community members.  Some past projects include:

• Listen, Little Sister
• Menopause Education Tool
• Informed Consent
• Health Awareness and Promoting Organ Tissue Donation

Request WHEP for Your Health Fair

If you are coordinating a health fair and would like WHEP to participate, please click on the following link to email WHEP’s research manager Candace Robertson, MPH, croberts@drexelmed.edu.  Be sure to include:

• The name of your organization
• Your name and contact information (address, email address, phone, fax, mobile)
• Date, location with address, phone number of location, time of your health fair
• Please specify the expected size of the audience expected at the health fair, age range, and if there is a theme to the health fair

Join the WHEP Mailing List

As the National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health we have numerous resources on girl’s and women’s health. If you are interested in joining the mailing list for WHEP events and news, please send an email to the WHEP research manager, Candace Robertson, MPH, croberts@drexelmed.edu.

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