Success Stories by Source: Outreach Sourcebook, Vol. 8, 1998-2001, Office of Rural Health Policy

• Callam County Hospital District #1
  July 2005
  This network consisted of 11 sites representing community mental health centers, health care providers, and other health, education, and social services agencies that supported the delivery of behavior health and other health care services.
• Nelson County Rural Health Outreach
  July 2005
  This Rural Health Outreach Program launched a school nursing program that placed registered nurses in each of the six Nelson County public schools as well as creating a supplementary health education program provided by a registered nurse who traveled to each site.
• Nicholas County Rural Health Outreach Grant Program
  July 2005
  This program provided health care services to medically underserved populations and also offered health education and prevention programs for the population at large, as well as continuing assessment, screening, and follow-up services.
• Parish Nurse Outreach Project
  July 2005
  Since the church is widely considered the most viable institution in Harper County, area churches were the crux of the project's outreach efforts to address the limited health care resources available in the community, to assess individual and community needs, and to assist members of the community in accessing local resources.
• Agrasafe
  July 2005
  While it may be impossible to alter the distances between farmers and first response services, AgraSafe recognized the value of offering quality training to first responders, family members, and coworkers.
• Cold Water Safety in the Schools Program
  July 2005
  This program was established to deliver cold water safety and survival training to rural teachers, paraprofessionals, pool staff, and rural elementary, middle, and high school children throughout Alaska.
• Enhancements to Healthy Families Nurturing Families
  July 2005
  This grant project was designed to address the high incidence of juvenile crime, family violence, and substance abuse among families raising teenagers.
• Kid Power
  July 2005
  The focus of this program was to enroll eligible children and educate their families about healthy nutrition, proper diet, exercise, and the importance of weight management in improving their overall health.
• Merging Medical Education and Community
  July 2005
  The crux of this project was to support community-defined health projects across the State and to involve 21 medical students in the delivery of community-based primary health care services.
• Rural Health Outreach Program for Children (Mena, Arkansas)
  July 2005
  Nine local organizations that offered different types of health and social services agreed to create a consortium to share responsibility for providing a range of services to young parents and expectant mothers.
• Rural Health Outreach Project (Hazard, Kentucky)
  July 2005
  This project was designed to improve access to mental health, primary care, and other necessary services such as education, social services, housing, and job assistance for people with severe and persistent mental illness.
• School Health Network (Canton, Illinois)
  July 2005
  This network was designed to increase access to health care for school-aged children, improve student health status, and decrease absenteeism as well as launching a "Prevention Coalition" to address four key public health challenges in local schools: alcohol and other drug use; violence; teen pregnancy; and transmission of HIV and other STDs.
• SCORE-5 for Heart Health
  July 2005
  This program targeted all adults in Franklin Memorial Hospital's service area to provide health promotion services for adults in physician offices, work sites, and other locations throughout the community using a mobile van.