Success Stories by Source: Outreach Sourcebook, Vol.11, 2001-2004, Office of Rural Health Policy

• Allendale Women's Health Project
  May 2009
  The goals of the Allendale Women’s Health Project were to increase the availability and accessibility of primary health care services to women, improve birth outcomes and reduce infant mortality in Allendale County, and to improve the over all health status of women living in the county.
• Charlie's Place: Targeting Adolescent and Community Health
  May 2009
  Charlie’s Place was established to promote healthier lifestyles among the county’s adolescents.
• Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital Community Clinic
  May 2009
  The Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital Community Clinic was established to provide primary medical and preventive services for low-income and uninsured residents.
• The Diabetes Project
  May 2009
  Based on the high incidence of diabetes in these counties, a consortium of agencies was created increase the knowledge of local physicians regarding appropriate management of diabetes, increase patient awareness of the need for treatment and how to manage diabetes properly,and to increase public awareness of diabetes, the risk factors for the disease, and where to go for testing.
• Healthy Schools - Healthy Kids
  May 2009
  The project was designed to reduce alcohol, tobacco, and drug use; to address unsafe sexual behaviors; and to improve healthy diets and physical activity among children and adolescents.
• Meadows Regional Medical Center Rural Health Outreach Project
  May 2009
  The cosortium provided a wide range of primary health care services, including general health, blood pressure, and blood glucose screenings to uninsured and underinsured families living in the service area.
• Rural Health Outreach Program for Southeastern North Carolina
  May 2009
  The goals of the project were to expand access to care, restrain costs, and improve the quality of services delivered to Hispanic individuals and families living in the service area.
• Skipa
  May 2009
  The Southern Kentucky Initiative for Pediatric Asthma (SKIPA) project conducted home visits to provide caregivers with knowledge, training, and support to decrease emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and school absenteeism related to asthma.
• Smiles on Wheels Mobile Dental Program
  May 2009
  The purpose of this project was to implement a mobile dental service, Smiles on Wheels, that emphasized community-based oral health education targeting low-income preschool children through third-graders as well as pregnant women living in poverty in five rural counties in the Florida Panhandle.
• Southwest Georgia Multicultural Health Initiative
  May 2009
  The Southwest Georgia Multicultural Health Initiative was created to ensure that translation and interpretation assistance was available to individuals with limited English proficiency seeking care at local hospitals and health departments, to improve providers’ understanding of cultural diversity issues related to the people they serve, and to ensure that people with limited English proficiency have access to routine health education and screening services.
• Washington County Rural Health Outreach Grant Program
  May 2009
  The goal of the project was to enable residents to access health care and education services—either by transporting residents to locations where these services were offered or by providing these services closer to where the county’s most rural residents live via clinics and outreach events.
• West Middle School Wolverine Den of Health
  May 2009
  Local Organizations joined forces to establish a school-based health center at West Middle School in Montgomery County that focused on the health care needs of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders.