HEALTHCORPS INC
Teens Make Health Happen
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
HealthCorps' mission is to strengthen communities with the most innovative approaches to health and wellness to help the next generation be more resilient. At HealthCorps, we are continually working to stay vibrant and relevant to youth in the context of a dramatically changing educational, social, political and media landscape. We are turning our mission into action by activating our staff Coordinators and youth in schools to use the skills they learn through our program to meet the challenges of their world.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
On-Site Programming: Living Labs
A near-peer Program Coordinator directly delivers the HealthCorps Program to a school for approximately two years. Coordinators mentor students on physical, mental, and community health through direct classroom delivery, hosting school and community events, facilitating clubs and health demonstrations between classes, and creating leadership opportunities for students. Coordinators work as activists in the communities surrounding their schools to improve health opportunities so that lessons learned in school can spread beyond the school. A HealthCorps Coordinator is positioned to change the culture of wellness in a school while also encouraging students to become change-agents within their families, schools, and neighborhoods.
On-Site Programming: Regional
Similar to our Living Labs program, our regional model caters to multiple schools, including entire school districts, by deploying local university student mentors to help develop a culture of health across the campuses. The tailorable program works from the HealthCorps curriculum including classroom lessons, after-school clubs, and leadership opportunities.
Virtual Programming: Any Teen, Anywhere
To further reach teens where they are, Any Teen, Anywhere is an online mechanism for providing teens with the tools and support needed to be a change-maker in their community. This program offers educational materials, health promoting resources and toolkits, and learning and networking events to teens nation-wide.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
By 2022 HealthCorps aspires to impact the lives of over 3 million teens through the implementation of its Living Lab and HealthCorps University Programs in high schools, middle schools and school districts across the country - empowering students as change agents in their school, home, and community toward choosing healthier lifestyles. This approach seeks to address the childhood obesity crisis while simultaneously changing the culture of schools and communities to promote healthy choices and enact effective policy change. The subsequent results encompass mentally resilient students capable of improving their futures and careers through education, decreasing the national healthcare costs associated with preventable diseases caused by poor health and obesity, and changing communities across the country into safe and positive environments.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
HealthCorps is continuously evaluating programs and initiatives to create sustainability and effective change. Currently, the organization is developing rigorous program evaluations testing the results and impact of Living Labs and our HealthCorps University professional development training. This approach forms a strategy to attract necessary funders and donors whose missions align or compliment HealthCorps' mission and goal. Finally, HealthCorps has identified areas of the country drastically affected by the childhood obesity crisis and seeks to place intervention programs in those communities.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
HealthCorps was founded in 2003 by cardiac surgeon and researcher Dr. Mehmet Oz and his wife, Lisa Oz. Over the past fifteen years, HealthCorps Living Labs have grown from a pilot program to existing in nearly 200 schools across nineteen states and the District of Columbia. The organization has assembled a massive national network of high schools, school districts, and partnering organizations. This affords unparalleled intervention into the school and community environments with a program tailored for both cultures.
Further, HealthCorps works closely with cohorts in the community to arrange the best delivery of the program to integrate culturally. Identifying the appropriate Leader who will be well received and tailoring the content of lessons in a way that resonates with audiences are just two of the many ways to provide seamless integration.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since 2003, has invested $70M in our Living Labs and HealthCorps University programs, deploying 320 Coordinators across 340 schools in 23 states and impacting over 2.5M students, educators and youth leaders. The impact of the program has overwhelmingly created results made up of multiple success stories including a documentary from a HealthCorps school highlighting student progress from that program. These students collectively lost over 800-pounds during the first semester and 600-pounds in the second semester. This weight loss created improvement in energy levels, focus in school, and better health.
HealthCorps’ program and work in schools has been written up in 3 peer reviewed publications. A most recent study published in January 2018 in BMC Pediatrics found that the HealthCorps program was associated with reduced BMI z-score in overweight/obese and obese female adolescents, with enhanced health knowledge and behavior for both sexes.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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HEALTHCORPS INC
Board of directorsas of 10/19/2022
Mr. Alexander Markowits
Spring Hills Senior Communities
Mehmet C. Oz
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Alexander Markowits
Spring Hills Senior Communities
Ranndy Kellogg
Omron Healthcare Inc.
Kristin Thomas
Continental Resources
Pedram Salimpour
Pierce Health Solutions
Douglas Wu
Whitwell Partners
Sifu Karl Romain
Certified Master Coach
Connie M. Frankino
KidSanctuary Campus
Lindy Snider
LindiSkin LLC
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No