Holiday for the Holidays

Hello Everyone,

Many thanks to everyone who supported our Holiday Health Campaign!

In the last six months, we have focused on how best to share our programs with the HHP community. Up to now, all of our activities have been online with over 1.7 million visits to our website. In the second half of 2023, we will add in person activities with the launch of our peer led Patient Advocacy Workshops program, “Understanding the Healthcare System in Los Angeles” and in “Northern Ireland” (which we piloted in Northern Ireland in 2022 with excellent outcomes for the participants) now with a combination of in person and online workshops along with follow up support and resources to individual patients helping to improve their understanding of the health care system and how to advocate for themselves and their families. All materials are at a reading age of nine. The workshop, includes modules: 

• “Understanding the Language of Health (Health Literacy)” 
• “Your Rights as a Patient”
• “How to Stand up for Yourself and Be Heard and the ePatient” 
• “How to Research Online as a Patient” 
• “Where to Get Help in your City, Town” 
• Followed by a Q&A.

The workshops consist of a facilitated discussion about topics covered by the workshop presentation and otherwise, in a setting that allows for participants to share their stories, experiences, and what has and hasn't worked for them. This creates a community for people to rely on and go back to after the workshop is completed.

Workshop follow up includes:

• An phone number and email address which can be reached with questions
• An email newsletter with a sample video and text copy of the workshop and answers to questions unanswered in it
• A monthly newsletter with information on the workshops and other resources available to the HHP community 
• "Train the Trainer" workshops to suitable workshop attendees, trained to give the program with follow up support including meetups in their local communities, supported by HHP on an ongoing basis 
• HHP Patient education video courses from the HHP Learning Academy
• HHP Online Peer to Peer Panel Events set up by the HHP Online Events Team. Similarly, to the workshops, the Peer to Peer Online Panels, follow topics in a setting that allows for patients to share their stories, experiences.

Our Summer Health Campaign will take place in the months of June and July. I will share information on it with you in the coming weeks.

Many thanks again for all your amazing support, myself and all the HHP team really appreciate it!

Dear Human Health Project Donors,

We now have four programs up and running, helping people help each other with their health:

• Real World Data 

• Peer-led Patient Advocacy

• Learning Academy

• Peer to Peer Panels 

This has been achieved primarily through the amazing work of HHP's team of dedicated volunteers in combination with a relatively low cash budget, small core team, donors and grantors. Our challenge and opportunity now is to significantly increase the number of people we are reaching with our programs and in turn to also increase our funding support in order to be able to do so.

Today HHP is made up of affiliated but separate legal entities in the United States, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. At the heart of HHP’s vision is the belief that individuals have a unique insight about themselves and their conditions and have a desire and willingness to share this knowledge to help and support others. Peer-to-peer support provides the opportunity for patients to learn about their conditions as well as the motivation to maintain their own health and well-being. HHP programs are led by communities, patients and volunteers who are included in every stage, from systems and product developments through to good governance at committee and trustee levels.

I am attaching the HHP Annual Report 2022 with full details about our programs and associated activities, please consider supporting our 2022 Holiday Health Campaign with a donation.

We are very grateful for the ongoing support from our donors and look forward to your continued support. Please also consider sharing information on our programs with your friends and family.

• HHP Annual Report 2021/2022 (PDF)