What we do
WBHI answers the breast cancer and heart disease wellness needs of the community with innovative programs that make an impact.
The WORKPLACE WELLNESS PROGRAM launched in late 2020 as a direct response to the pandemic temporarily suspending our signature door-to-door campaign. Service delivery was reimagined and now, instead of bringing mobile mammography vans, clinicians and trained, multilingual volunteers to residential neighborhoods to provide care, we’re pitching our prevention and wellness tents at businesses across South Florida to serve those same under-resourced audiences. On-site breast cancer, hypertension, glucose and cholesterol screenings are provided; requisite care is coordinated; and breast and heart health education packages are shared.
COLLEGE CAMPUS CLUBS provide an invaluable platform for civic engagement, serving as an effective agent of peer-led health promotion, social learning and is a multidisciplinary educational tool. Skills gained – including public speaking, critical thinking, team building and social media engagement – further organizational goals while bolstering the success and achievement of participants across a wide variety of professional fields.
The PREVENTIVE SCREENING PROGRAM offers an ongoing continuum of care that encompasses disease prevention and early detection. WBHI participants screened in previous years receive breast and heart screenings through our network of collaborating hospitals and medical partners, with care coordination and patient navigation provided for requisite care.
Our legacy DOOR-TO-DOOR OUTREACH PROGRAM is the campaign that galvanized the community, reaching 11,000 new households each year. Its success gifted us with the foundation we needed to create the Workplace Wellness and Virtual Advocate programs to provide cross generational disease prevention and early detection resources, thereby continuing to foster a better today and brighter tomorrow.
OUR IMPACT*
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Workplace Wellness Program events have provided more than 2,000 breast and heart screenings, and more than 3,300 individuals have received health education that’s fostered wellness literacy throughout their communities.
4,400+
students have completed and been certified in the Virtual Advocate Program since 2020.
17,000+
social media posts have been made by VAP participants, resulting in more than 70,200 engagements.
*As of April 2023.