Provides men of African ancestry with culturally-appropriate primary health care services to improve access to health care such as:

• Health promotion and wellness education
• Primary medical care with a family doctor
• Chronic disease management
• Navigation to community resources
• Community group connections

Areas of focus include:

• Diabetes
• Heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Mental health and addictions
• Nutrition and physical activity
• Obtaining health information
• Prostate cancer
• Other chronic disease/illness

Health professionals available include a family doctor, registered nurse, wellness navigator, clinical therapist, social workers, and psychiatry services.

Offers mentorship.

Offers the Men's Health League, a volunteer peer-to-peer support group for Black men to spread key health messages to other men in the community through social and physical activities. Promotes the health and wellness services of the Nova Scotia Brotherhood health care team.

The Nova Scotia Sisterhood is a province-wide, free program for Black women to access health care in the community and to improve overall health and wellbeing.

The Nova Scotia Sisterhood team:

• Provides medical care
• Assists in managing ongoing health conditions
• Has a therapist on staff to provide clinical therapy
• Offers navigation to health and community resources
• Delivers health promotion and wellness education
  
• Develops partnerships with community groups

Areas of focus include:

• Heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Diabetes
• Screening for health conditions
• Mental health and addictions
• Nutrition and physical activity
• Obtaining health information specific to Black women

The Nova Scotia Sisterhood is a province-wide, free program for Black women to access health care in the community and to improve overall health and wellbeing.

The Nova Scotia Sisterhood team:

• Provides medical care
• Assists in managing ongoing health conditions
• Has a therapist on staff to provide clinical therapy
• Offers navigation to health and community resources
• Delivers health promotion and wellness education
  
• Develops partnerships with community groups

Areas of focus include:

• Heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Diabetes
• Screening for health conditions
• Mental health and addictions
• Nutrition and physical activity
• Obtaining health information specific to Black women

Provides men of African ancestry with culturally-appropriate primary health care services to improve access to health care such as:

• Health promotion and wellness education
• Primary medical care with a family doctor
• Chronic disease management
• Navigation to community resources
• Community group connections

Areas of focus include:

• Diabetes
• Heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Mental health and addictions
• Nutrition and physical activity
• Obtaining health information
• Prostate cancer
• Other chronic disease/illness

Health professionals available include a family doctor, registered nurse, wellness navigator, clinical therapist, social workers, and psychiatry services.

Offers mentorship.

Offers the Men's Health League, a volunteer peer-to-peer support group for Black men to spread key health messages to other men in the community through social and physical activities. Promotes the health and wellness services of the Nova Scotia Brotherhood health care team.

Home-based program that improves in-home safety and function so that people over the age of 65 having difficulty with activities of daily living can remain independent in their own homes longer.

The team consists of an occupational therapist, a nurse and a handy-worker who will work with the individual over a period of four to five months to identify and address areas in their home and in their day-to-day life that can be improved so they can remain in their own home safely.

Each follow-up visit will build on the one before, focused on increasing the individual's quality of life, safety and independence at home by learning new skills, exercises and how to work with additional tools/equipment/home modifications and repairs.

Services include:

• Recommending exercises to improve strength and mobility
• Reviewing medications
• Rearranging furniture
• Removing carpets
• Moving frequently used items so they are easier to reach
• Securing shelves
• Improving lighting
• Installing grab bars, raised toilet seats, lever faucets and lever door handles
• Repairing steps and other items

The program is offered by VON in partnership with Nova Scotia's Department of Seniors and Long-Term Care and on behalf of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.

• Primary medical care
• Blood collection: A lab requisition from your health care provider is required for this service
• Diabetes management: Provides information about diabetes prevention, management and treatment. Referral is required.
• Nutrition education: Offers appointments with the dietitian
• IWK pediatrician: Provides health care for children, youth and families. Referral is required.
• Health and wellness: Offers a variety of free health and wellness programs throughout the year

Provides men of African ancestry with culturally-appropriate primary health care services to improve access to health care such as:

• Health promotion and wellness education
• Primary medical care with a family doctor
• Chronic disease management
• Navigation to community resources
• Community group connections

Areas of focus include:

• Diabetes
• Heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Mental health and addictions
• Nutrition and physical activity
• Obtaining health information
• Prostate cancer
• Other chronic disease/illness

Health professionals available include a family doctor, registered nurse, wellness navigator, clinical therapist, social workers, and psychiatry services.

Offers mentorship.

Offers the Men's Health League, a volunteer peer-to-peer support group for Black men to spread key health messages to other men in the community through social and physical activities. Promotes the health and wellness services of the Nova Scotia Brotherhood health care team.

The Nova Scotia Sisterhood is a province-wide, free program for Black women to access health care in the community and to improve overall health and wellbeing.

The Nova Scotia Sisterhood team:

• Provides medical care
• Assists in managing ongoing health conditions
• Has a therapist on staff to provide clinical therapy
• Offers navigation to health and community resources
• Delivers health promotion and wellness education
  
• Develops partnerships with community groups

Areas of focus include:

• Heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Diabetes
• Screening for health conditions
• Mental health and addictions
• Nutrition and physical activity
• Obtaining health information specific to Black women

• Primary medical care
• Blood collection: A lab requisition from your health care provider is required for this service
• Diabetes management: Provides information about diabetes prevention, management and treatment. Referral is required.
• Nutrition education: Offers appointments with the dietitian
• IWK pediatrician: Provides health care for children, youth and families. Referral is required.
• Health and wellness: Offers a variety of free health and wellness programs throughout the year

Provides men of African ancestry with culturally-appropriate primary health care services to improve access to health care such as:

• Health promotion and wellness education
• Primary medical care with a family doctor
• Chronic disease management
• Navigation to community resources
• Community group connections

Areas of focus include:

• Diabetes
• Heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Mental health and addictions
• Nutrition and physical activity
• Obtaining health information
• Prostate cancer
• Other chronic disease/illness

Health professionals available include a family doctor, registered nurse, wellness navigator, clinical therapist, social workers, and psychiatry services.

Offers mentorship.

Offers the Men's Health League, a volunteer peer-to-peer support group for Black men to spread key health messages to other men in the community through social and physical activities. Promotes the health and wellness services of the Nova Scotia Brotherhood health care team.

The Nova Scotia Sisterhood is a province-wide, free program for Black women to access health care in the community and to improve overall health and wellbeing.

The Nova Scotia Sisterhood team:

• Provides medical care
• Assists in managing ongoing health conditions
• Has a therapist on staff to provide clinical therapy
• Offers navigation to health and community resources
• Delivers health promotion and wellness education
  
• Develops partnerships with community groups

Areas of focus include:

• Heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Diabetes
• Screening for health conditions
• Mental health and addictions
• Nutrition and physical activity
• Obtaining health information specific to Black women

The Nova Scotia Sisterhood is a province-wide, free program for Black women to access health care in the community and to improve overall health and wellbeing.

The Nova Scotia Sisterhood team:

• Provides medical care
• Assists in managing ongoing health conditions
• Has a therapist on staff to provide clinical therapy
• Offers navigation to health and community resources
• Delivers health promotion and wellness education
  
• Develops partnerships with community groups

Areas of focus include:

• Heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Diabetes
• Screening for health conditions
• Mental health and addictions
• Nutrition and physical activity
• Obtaining health information specific to Black women

Provides men of African ancestry with culturally-appropriate primary health care services to improve access to health care such as:

• Health promotion and wellness education
• Primary medical care with a family doctor
• Chronic disease management
• Navigation to community resources
• Community group connections

Areas of focus include:

• Diabetes
• Heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Mental health and addictions
• Nutrition and physical activity
• Obtaining health information
• Prostate cancer
• Other chronic disease/illness

Health professionals available include a family doctor, registered nurse, wellness navigator, clinical therapist, social workers, and psychiatry services.

Offers mentorship.

Offers the Men's Health League, a volunteer peer-to-peer support group for Black men to spread key health messages to other men in the community through social and physical activities. Promotes the health and wellness services of the Nova Scotia Brotherhood health care team.