Community Health Improvement Partnership

The overdose reversal drug naloxone will be available free of charge for one day, June 18, at select pharmacies in New Jersey, under an initiative of Gov. Phil Murphy's administration.

No questions will be asked, and no appointment or prescription is necessary. One dose per person will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. People obtaining naloxone on the distribution day will also be given information about addiction treatment and recovery.

Participating local pharmacies include:

Bergen County

• Englewood: Buckley's Drug Store, 35 E. Palisade Ave. 
• Garfield: Walmart, 174 Passaic St. 
• Lyndhurst: Levy's Pharmacy, 299 Stuyvesant Ave. 
• Waldwick: Walgreens, 72 Crescent Ave. 
• Washington Township: Rite Aid, 265 Pascack Road. 

Passaic County

• Passaic: Shop Rite Pharmacy of Passaic, 503 Paulison Ave. 
• Paterson: iCare Pharmacy, 661 Main St. 
• Paterson: Walgreens, 350 Preakness Ave. 
• Paterson: Walgreens, 639 E 18th St. 

For a complete list of distribution sites throughout the state, see this link: https://nj.gov/humanservices/documents/Naloxone%20Distribution%20Day%20Participating%20Pharmacies%20flyer.pdf 

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center

Auditorium • 230 East Ridgewood Avenue, Paramus, NJ 07652

Registration

Register for free online: https://issueslgbtq.eventbrite.com

6 p.m. • Light dinner

6:30 p.m. • Presentation

This is the seventh year of the CHIP Wellness/Weight Loss/Walking Challenges. The goal of the Challenge is to improve healthy eating and increase physical activity for people who live, work and attend school in Bergen County. Free and reduced-cost fitness, nutrition, and wellness programs and classes will be offered.

The Graf Center for Integrative Medicine and Bergen County Community Health Improvement Partnership offer this educational series on health and wellness for Bergen County teachers and school nurses. Workshop attendance provides 1.5 Professional Development Hours sponsored by Horizon NJ Health for teachers and school nurses per workshop.

Where

Graf Center for Integrative Medicine Englewood Health 350 Engle Street, Englewood, NJ

Free valet parking.

Registration and Fees

$15 per workshop, or $35 for all three when purchased together. Preregistration required 24 hours in advance. Space is limited.

Call 201-608-2377, email grafcenter@ehmchealth.org or visit englewoodhealth.org/graf.

The Community Health Needs Assessment is a systematic, data-driven approach to determining the health status, behaviors and needs of residents in Bergen County. Subsequently, this information may be used to inform decisions and guide efforts to improve community health and wellness.

A Community Health Needs Assessment provides information so that communities may identify issues of greatest concern and decide to commit resources to those areas, thereby making the greatest possible impact on community health status.

Hospital Partners

• Christian Health Care Center – Ramapo Ridge Psychiatric Hospital

• Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

• Hackensack Meridian Health – Hackensack University Medical Center

• Hackensack Meridian Health – Pascack Valley Medical Center

• Holy Name Medical Center

• The Valley Hospital

Local Health Department Partners

• Bergen County Department of Health Services – Hansel Asmar, Director/Health Officer

• City of Hackensack Health Department – Susan McVeigh, Health Officer

• Englewood Health Department – James Fedorko, Health Officer

• Fairlawn Health Department - Carol Wagner, Health Officer

• Village of Ridgewood Health Department – Dawn Cetrulo, Health Officer

• Fort Lee Health Department – Stephen Wielkocz, Health Officer

• Mid-Bergen Regional Health Commission – Sam Yanovich, Health Officer

• NW Bergen Regional Health Commission – Angela Musella, Health Officer

• Palisades Park/Ridgefield Health Department – Branka Lulic, Health Officer

• Paramus Board of Health – Judy Migliaccio, Health Officer

• Teaneck Health Department – Ken Katter, Health Officer