Health Advocacy
Mission
To celebrate God’s gift of life with the people of Faith Ministries Church and the community through health promotion, to strengthen the connection of the mind, body and spirit.

Purpose:
The Health Advocacy Ministry (HAM) is designed to build on and strengthen the capacities of individuals, families and the Church community to understand and care for one another in light of their relationship to God, faith traditions, themselves, and the broader society. HAM will assist and empower individuals to become more active partners in the management of their personal health and resources.

HOT TOPIC: Vaccines and Vaccination
African-Americans are 1.4 times more likely to be infected with Covid-19; 3.7 times more likely to be hospitalized with Covid; and 2.8 times more likely to die from Covid-19 than white Americans. Race and ethnicity are risk markers for underlying conditions and increased exposure to the coronavirus. As a result of these facts our community needs to be vaccinated with one of the Covid-19 vaccines.

A vaccine contains a molecule (inactive virus, viral proteins or mRNAs) that elicits an immune response without causing diseases.

The goal of vaccination is to induce production of antibodies that bind to the virus, effectively blocking its entry into a person’s cells.

According to the CDC, “A vaccine stimulates your immune system to produce antibodies, exactly like it would if you were exposed to the disease. After getting vaccinated, you develop immunity to that disease, without having to get the disease first.”

The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines against Covid-19 are mRNA vaccines. mRNA, or messenger RNA, is a molecule that contains instructions for making proteins. Inside the body, the mRNA enters human cells and instructs them to produce the "spike" protein found on the surface of the COVID-19 virus. This stimulates an immune response

Resources:

Myths about Covid-19 Vaccines: Visit this site to see why myths about the vaccine have been debunked:

Coronavirus Resource Center Harvard Medical School:

How do Vaccines Work?:

Vaccines- the Basics by the CDC:

Columbus Public Health Dept. Covid-19 Vaccine:

PSA-Howard University’s President is a surgeon and gets vaccinated against Covid-19:

Vaccines should be taken not feared (2 Tim1:7)!!!!

MACC Cultural Conversations: African Americans and the COVID-19 Vaccine – Jan. 28
Multiethnic Advocates for Cultural Competence, Inc. (MACC) will host its next Cultural Conversation -- Just the Facts, You Decide: the COVID Vaccine and the African American Community on Jan. 28 from 6-8 p.m. The virtual presentation will feature the followingpanelists: Dr. Danielle Jackson, Yale School of Medicine; Dr. Frederic Bertley, president and CEO of COSI Columbus; Dr. Mysheika Roberts, Columbus health commissioner; and Dr. Karen Small, Wurapa Preventative Medicine. MACC Executive Director Tracy Maxwell Heard will serve as moderator. Panelists will provide a historical reflection
explaining why African Americans have such a mistrust toward the healthcare system and then ask and answer all the questions on the table around the vaccine. Click HERE for more information and HERE to register.

HEALTH TOPIC OF THE MONTH: National Glaucoma Awareness Month
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month. Visit www.preventblindness.org for information about eye health.


Crisis Text Line provides free support at your fingertips, 24/7. It is a free, confidential service available via text on mobile devices. It is intended to broaden the options available through current community crisis hotlines. 

 

Crisis Text Line’s goal is to move people from a hot moment to a cool calm. For more information, click here. 

 

To reach our Crisis Counselors,

text 4Hope to 741741.



Additional Resources for the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Coping with Stress

Who is at high Risk for getting Covid-19

CDC-COVID19

Cols. Public Health COVID19 policies

City of Columbus COVID19 Resources

NAMI Ohio

Ohio Domestic Violence Network – Domestic Violence in the COVID Era


Health Resources 


Domestic Violence

  • National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800 -799-SAFE (7233)


Mental Illness


Suicide Prevention

 


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