Divine Fitness and Health Services, Inc. is a vital community-based organization focused on improving the health and well-being of Baltimore City’s underserved residents. The organization develops and runs a variety of health and fitness programs, and provides services such as Health Coaching, Personal Fitness Training, Boot Camps, Fitness Challenges, and more. Divine Fitness, Inc. serves the Coldspring Newtown community and surrounding areas, with a particular focus on addressing public health issues like health disparities and chronic disease management.
The organization provides a range of services aimed at improving fitness and promoting health, including small group fitness training, summer fitness camps for kids (since 2009), and sports programs. Additionally, transportation services are provided on a case-by-case basis to ensure access to these essential programs.
Led by Dr. Tina Brown, a seasoned health professional with a background in military service, research, and health science, Divine Fitness and Health Services, Inc. benefits from her extensive experience in managing large-scale projects. Dr. Brown’s research interests are focused on addressing health disparities in minorities, using exercise as medicine, and improving chronic disease management. She has contributed to various clinical research trials and has a strong academic background, holding a doctoral degree in Health Science and Exercise Leadership and a master’s degree in health science and clinical research administration.
Dr. Brown’s leadership extends to a new initiative, The Divine Health & Wellness Center, Inc., a nonprofit organization aimed at providing programs for health, wellness, education, recreation, and sports in the local community. Through this initiative, the organization is committed to meeting unmet health and fitness needs through Lifestyle Medicine, ensuring that underserved community members have the resources they need to live healthier lives across the lifespan.
Physical inactivity, obesity in both children and adults, poor chronic disease management, and inadequate maternal health are among the most significant health risks currently facing our community.
Our mission is to address these critical health challenges by leveraging innovative programs and providing needed services in the community, and in collaboration with healthcare providers, utilizing lifestyle medicine to reduce health disparities within Baltimore City. Specifically, we focus on combating child and adult obesity, physical inactivity, and chronic disease management, often referred to as lifestyle diseases. We also have programs to help reduce infant mortality and improve maternal health and health outcomes. We are strong proponents of exercise as medicine, advocating for physicians to prescribe exercise as a treatment for their patients who are impacted by these ailments.
In addition, we aim to mitigate other health disparities and public health concerns in minority communities through programs and services that promote recreation, wellness, education, sports, and mentoring. As a nonprofit organization, our commitment is to offer services that enhance the mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of underserved and at-risk populations in Baltimore City, supporting their health across the lifespan.
