Healthy Options for Planeview

3620 E. Sunnybrook, Suite C
Wichita, KS 67210
(316) 651-5357 phone
(316) 978-3025 attn: T. Pickard fax
heducator@hop.kscoxmail.com email

Area of Inerest:
Organization - Health education & community outreach

Primary Ethnic Community Served:
Vietnamese, Cambodian, Hmuong, Thai, Laotian, Hispanic, etc (19 languages)

Description:
Healthy Options for Planeview (HOP) serves as a community outreach and engaged learning site for the Department of Public Health Sciences at Wichita State University. Established in 1998 as a community-campus partnership, we now include faculty and students from six local universities as well as many health and social service organizational partners. Located in one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in Kansas, HOP offers services such as Moms & Mentors (parenting & child development), language facilitation, youth activities, and Magic Mornings (social & exercise program for older adults) while providing opportunites for hands-on learning and research to those interested in building healthy, diverse communities.

Staff:
Ruth (Toni) B. Pickard, Executive Director
Maria Miranda, Health Educator/Site Manager
Kim Pham, Bookkeeper/Outreach
Chakradhar Guduguntla, Field Studies Coordinator

Submitted by:
Toni PIckard, Ph.D.

New - 05/18/03