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Success Stories by Topic: Health promotion and disease prevention
- Outreach Advisory Committee for Planning and Implementing Middle School Chronic Disease Interventions
October 2009
The Upper Midlands Rural Health Network worked to improve health status, disease management and appropriate use of services for area residents with diabetes or at risk of developing diabetes.
- Pneumonia Vaccination Among the Elderly- South Carolina
October 2009
The Lakelands Rural Health Network received a one year Office of Rural Health Policy Rural Network Development Planning Grant in March 2005. A strategy was developed targeting Pneumococcal immunization coverage across the Lakelands service area.
- Health Future, LLC- Oregon
October 2009
Health Future is a unique shared services organization jointly owned by Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and six other Oregon hospitals.
- Community Action Partnership-Minot Region Be Amazed Teen Maze Program
September 2009
A community effort to teach students in grades 7 through 12 to make positive life choices that can prevent some of the most serious threats to their health and safety.
- South Georgia Regional Dental Health Initiative
July 2009
The South Georgia Regional Dental health Initiative was designed to provide on-site dental health
prevention education in each of the five counties through a full-time Dental Hygienist and dental clinic
services one day a week in dental clinic located in Turner County.
- The East Central Georgia Regional Teen Wellness Coalition
July 2009
The Initiative increased
awareness and access to health promotion services by providing ongoing leadership training regarding
healthy lifestyles for local youth; encouraging these youth to take a leadership role in planning,
implementing and monitoring local health promotion/education projects; and supporting these youth as
they plan and coordinate an ongoing local healthy lifestyles education outreach campaign for the youth in
our service area.
- Briscoe County Community Clinic
July 2009
This project provided primary and preventive health care
services, health education, screenings, assistance
in applying for entitlement programs, discounted fees for services,
prenatal care, and class D pharmacy services to underserved residents of rural Texas.
- Four County Health and Wellness Project
July 2009
The project’s goal
was to provide increased access to wellness promotion, disease
prevention, and rehabilitation services to residents living in the
four-county region.
- Hispanic Health Outreach Project
July 2009
The Hispanic Health Outreach Project provided outreach,
education, and case management services to Hispanic residents in
Portage and Waupaca counties.
- Van School-Based Health Care Initiative
July 2009
This project was designed to provide health promotion, health
education, and primary health care services for more than 2,100
students in the Van Independent School District.
- White River Rural Health Center, Inc.
July 2009
The objective of this grant application was to identify and provide
effective self-management education to adults with Diabetes, especially the elderly, in the target service
area with the establishment of a “Diabetes Center”.
- Community-Based Care for Persons Living with Type 2 Diabetes
July 2009
The Community-based Care for Persons Living with Type 2
Diabetes program was designed to prevent complications
commonly associated with type 2 diabetes.
- Fit for Life
July 2009
The Fit for Life program was designed to provide medical supervision so
area residents with health conditions could safely
participate in an exercise program and educational opportunities.
- Inter-Lakes Dental Clinic
July 2009
The clinic offered the full range of dental services, including
fillings, sealants, root canals, extractions, crowns, bridges, dentures,
cleanings, and checkups. Clients served by the clinic were of all
ages and income levels, although the project placed strong
emphasis on serving indigent patients covered by Medicaid or
Child/Family Health Plus.
- Modified Health Risks: Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
July 2009
The primary focus of the program was providing health
screenings to detect the presence of sleep apnea and the associated
health risks of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity to people in five rural counties.
- Wellness in the Valley: Suicide Prevention Task Force
July 2009
Wellness in the Valley was developed to be a community-based
program designed to reduce the incidence of suicides and suicide
attempts and to address the factors contributing to suicide in the
area.
- Women's Intervention Network of Scioto County
July 2009
WIN offered a variety of services such as gynecological exams
and Pap tests, mental health assessments and counseling, advocacy
and referrals, referrals and payment for mammograms,
transportation, child care during appointments, and women’s health
education to women in Scioto County.
- Adolescent Behavioral Health Project
July 2009
This project was designed to provide adolescents
with an employment experience at the health center to help build
self-esteem, develop healthy decisionmaking capabilities, and
prevent the onset of chronic health problems. The medical center
provided a range of behavioral health services to students at the two
local schools, those participating in the employment program, and
young children at home.
- Ajo Diabetes Outreach and Education Program
July 2009
The project used community-based educators and promotores
to help medical providers educate patients and to conduct
community outreach about diabetes.
- Appalachian Violence Outreach Network (AVON)
July 2009
This project administered wellness classes and workshops to women in a rural, underserved area.
- Connecting the Chronically Ill
July 2009
The Connecting the Chronically Ill project's goals included connecting the chronically ill, medically underserved adults to health care services;
Improving quality of life through wellness education and case
management services; and providing health care coverage for
low-income, medically underserved, chronically ill adults age
18 and older living in Baker County.
- Mendocino County AIDS Volunteer Network Health Outreach and Prevention Education (HOPE) Project
July 2009
The MCAVN Health
Outreach and Prevention Education (HOPE) project fielded three
outreach teams to distribute AIDS prevention messages to injection drug
users, homeless individuals, the impoverished, and those alienated
from the health care system.
- North Idaho Partners in Care
July 2009
This project used a mobile clinic to reach remote, underserved
rural areas in the region. The project has emerged as a model of community cooperation
and persistence in addressing unmet health care needs in a large,
rural, underserved area.
- SMART: Diabetes and Hypertension Education and Outreach Program
July 2009
The Diabetes and Hypertension Education Outreach Program
screened more than 1,000 area residents for diabetes and
hypertension. The project succeeded in
reducing hospitalizations among program participants by nearly
70 percent.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Eastern Panhandle Integrated Delivery System Rural Health Outreach Project
May 2009
The project was designed to promote health, prevent disease,
and increase access to health care services for older individuals by
providing outreach and education about existing health care and
social services.
- Partners in Agricultural Health Program
May 2009
PAH was designed to strengthen existing occupational
health services within three county health departments and
five participating hospitals by providing educational programs
and preventive screenings for farmers and their family
members, creating an educational program for health
professionals to enhance their understanding of the unique healthcare needs of farmers, and developing an interactive Web site to market the
project and disseminate educational information.
- Rural Health Outreach (Charleston, West Virginia)
May 2009
This program, the only one of its kind in West Virginia, was
designed to overcome some of the key rural health care access
issues experienced by people with HIV/AIDS.
- Community Connection
May 2009
The main goal of the Community Connection project was to
provide integrated mental health and primary preventive services to
adolescents and elderly individuals living in the Beverly, Daily,
Mill Creek, and Mingo districts of Randolph County and the
Belington district of southern Barbour County.
- Community Health Education and Development Program
May 2009
The Community Health Education and Development
(CHED) program was established to increase health care
access in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula of
Virginia.
- Olympic Peninsula Maternal Child Home Visiting: Strengthening Services Through Collaboration
May 2009
The goals of the project were to improve the quality of maternal
and child home visits through training, support, and enhanced local
resources; to improve the home visiting program by increasing
revenues through private insurance and Medicaid; and to expand
the number of home visits by increasing outreach to postpartum
women living in outlying areas.
- Tellico Plains Full-Service, School-Based Clinic
May 2009
The school-based clinic was designed to address several health
problems in the community by improving the physical health status
of school-age children in Tellico Plains and surrounding
communities and by identifying and treating health problems and
ensuring followup care.
- Park County Diabetes Project
May 2009
The Park County Diabetes Project was developed to
instigate a formal process for identifying and tracking patients
with diabetes, to coordinate health care services for residents
with diabetes, to increase the knowledge of area health care
and ancillary providers regarding diabetes management, and
to provide diabetes education to patients and families.
- Rural Health Outreach (Cape Girardeau, Missouri)
May 2009
The Cross Trails Medical Center (CTMC) used grant funds for expanded evening hours and hired a nurse educator in the towns of
Marble Hill and Advance.
- St. Lawrence Access to Care Program
May 2009
Program activities included an intensive education and outreach
campaign to increase awareness of the need for and availability of
preventive health screenings, a concerted effort to access points to network services for uninsured and underinsured residents, and the
provision of followup and diagnostic testing for uninsured and
underinsured clients with problematic screening results.
- Butler County Parish Nurse Project
May 2009
The Butler County Parish Nurse Project was developed to
create a delivery system that focuses on the prevention and early
detection of several illnesses, including heart disease and cancer.
- Central Kansas Rural Health Outreach Project
May 2009
The Central Kansas Rural Health Outreach Project sought to
address the chronic health issues of diabetes, hypertension, and
high cholesterol among residents living in a three-county region in
central Kansas.
- HeartNet
May 2009
Alpena General Hospital
developed a coalition of organizations to support a wide range of
health education activities throughout the five-county region.
- Ninth District Opportunity Rural Health Outreach Program
May 2009
Ninth District Opportunity, Inc., joined forces with several
organizations in the area to promote safe and healthy home
environments, to connect children to health care services, to reduce
infant mortality, and to reduce the risk of a second teen pregnancy
among area youth.
- Osteoporosis and Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention Program
May 2009
The Community Medical Center (CMC) of Western Illinois
served as the lead agency in implementing an osteoporosis and
breast cancer prevention and screening program for women living
in Illinois’ Warren and Henderson Counties.
- Rural Health Education Program
May 2009
The Rural Health Education Program sponsored an array of
programs designed to increase awareness of diabetes, to reduce the
risk factors for the disease, and to teach people with diabetes how
to manage the illness properly.
- The Partnership for Rural Elderly
May 2009
The purpose of the Partnership for Rural Elderly was to provide
direct rehabilitation, consultation, and educational services to a
population of rural and low-income elderly citizens in northern
Georgia who did not otherwise have access to such care.
- Alaska Youth Media Project
May 2009
It is not uncommon for rural communities in Alaska to be
designated as health professional shortage areas. The shortage
of health professionals in these communities limits
opportunities to educate rural residents, including youth, about
healthy behaviors that can reduce morbidity and mortality
later in life.
- Diabetes Outreach and Education: Arizona
May 2009
The Douglas Diabetes Consortium recruited 360 individuals
with diabetes to participate in the diabetes classes.
- Focus on Wellness
May 2009
The overall goals of this project were to decrease the
percentage of students who were absent from school 10 days or
more each year, to increase the percentage of high school students
who graduated on time, and to decrease pregnancy rates among
female students aged 15 to 17 years.
- Ridge Health Partners Program
May 2009
The Ridge Health Partners Program was established to meet the
primary care and preventive health needs of six target
communities—Dundee, Davenport, Haines City, Lake Hamilton,
Loughman, and Waverly.
- Rural Health Outreach Diabetes Education Program
May 2009
The rural health outreach project made nearly
2,500 potential patient contacts, and, as a result of this
outreach, 476 people became enrolled in the diabetes
education program.
- Wray Health Initiative Project
May 2009
A group of community organizations joined forces to create
a health promotion and disease prevention initiative designed
to provide enjoyable activities that encouraged physical
activity and healthier living.
- Yell County Rural Health Consoritum
May 2009
The goal of the Yell County Rural Health Consortium was to
increase access to basic health care and to improve the
cardiovascular health of the residents of Danville and the
surrounding areas.
- Chronic Disease Prevention & Management Patient Navigator Program
April 2009
Is designed to improve health care outcomes for uninsured adults residing in Camden, Glynn and McIntosh counties in southeast Georgia.
- Mobile Mammography Helping Rural Texas Community to Access Screening for Ealry Detetction
September 2008
The Center for Health Evaluation, Education & Resources (CHEER) a community based nonprofit in Brackettville, TX has partnered with Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in San Antonio to bring their mobile mammography unit to the rural community and help prevent cancer.
- Women's Way
August 2008
Provides a way to pay for most breast and cervical cancer screenings for eligible North Dakota women.
- Coastal Plain Rural Health Network Facilities Go Tobacco-Free
June 2008
Hospitals and other health center members of the Coastal Plain Rural Health Network wanted to adopt 100 percent tobacco-free policies for buildings and grounds in order to create a healthy environment for their patients, staff and visitors.
- Management of Chronic Diseases by School Nurses
June 2008
School nurses in the two counties received specialty training in chronic disease management of school-age children.
- Migrant Health Service, Inc. and Fargo-Moorhead YMCA Program
January 2008
Migrant Health Service, Inc. (MHSI) was recognized for its partnership with the Fargo-Moorhead YMCA that has provided facility memberships to more than 15 local farmworker families at no cost.
- White River Rural Health Center, Inc. Diabetes Collaborative
January 2008
The White River Rural Health Center, Inc. Diabetes Collaborative is a self-contained Federally Qualified Community Health Center (FQHC). It provides primary care and management of diabetes and associated conditions.
- Lowndes County Partnership for Health
January 2008
The Lowndes County Partnership for Health is currently involved in helping local businesses and churches implement worksite wellness programs.
- Delta Community Partners in Care
January 2008
Delta Community Partners in Care (DCPIC) is a coalition of partners serving a rural area in the Mississippi Delta region of northwest Mississippi. Its target population is the uninsured or underinsured who have a diagnosis of diabetes, hypertension, or both.
- Western Maine Center for Heart Health
January 2008
The Western Maine Center for Heart Health (WMCHH) reflects collaboration between the county’s hospital, doctors, business leaders, and community residents. The mission of the center is to reduce the health and economic burdens of cardiovascular disease through coordinated community approaches.
- IPAC: Integrated Health Services for Appalachian Children
September 2007
Focused on the assessment and comprehensive treatment of behavioral and developmental needs of children ages six and under, IPAC blends 19 university and community health care organizations in Appalachian Ohio into a partnership that provides "one-stop shopping for families."
- Regionalized Community Health Screenings for the Public
August 2007
West Central Ohio Regional Healthcare Alliance (WCORHA) provides equipment and occasional staff for members to use at health screenings such as cancer and osteoporosis screenings.
- Arkansas Regional Quality Improvement Initiative
July 2007
The Arkansas RQI initiative is targeting quality improvement breakthroughs in four clinical areas: comprehensive diabetes care, cervical cancer screening, well-child visits, and preventive services for adults.
- Rhode Island Regional Quality Improvement Initiative
July 2007
The Rhode Island RQI initiative is aligning performance standards and financial incentives among the state’s health plans, purchasers, and providers. Using morbidity, cost, and prevalence data, stakeholders selected four chronic conditions for quality improvement: pediatric asthma, diabetes, coronary artery disease, and depression.
- Rochester New York Regional Quality Improvement Initiative
July 2007
The Rochester, New York (Monroe County) RQI initiative is working across payers to improve the quality of care provided to individuals with diabetes at the practice-site level.
- SPARC Project Saves Women's Lives- Connecticut
June 2007
SPARC, a nonprofit health organization, began a program to administer flu shots and at the same time helped women find a mammogram provider to prevent cancer.
- Dancing to Deter Diabetes
June 2007
The "Reach Out" project in rural Lake County, California, helps diabetics learn about nutrition and medication, and they dance.
- Salud en Sus Manos (Health in Your Hands) Project
January 2007
The goals of the Salud en Sus Manos (Health in Your Hands) project are to reduce disparities in diabetes and obesity; improve access to diabetes and obesity services; and improve the quality of diabetes and obesity health services for Hispanic and rural residents in the Yakima Valley in Washington.
- People Incorporated of Southwest Virginia Project
January 2007
The goals of the project are to improve the overall health of low-income families in the four rural counties, increase physician knowledge of community-based resources to support low-income patients' self-efficacy, and provide community-based experience to medical residents.
- Precision Valley Physical Activity and Nutrition Consortium
January 2007
The Precision Valley Physical Activity and Nutrition Consortium will increase youth and family access to physical activities and increase opportunities for healthy food choices in Springfield and Windsor, Vermont.
- Health Coach Project
January 2007
This project's model is designed to improve chronic disease management among rural, HHS patients through trained community volunteers called "Health Coaches." These coaches will help patients transition from home health services to self-care and family care by offering home-based education, monitoring, support, and referrals, thus reducing the risk for emergent and hospital care.
- Heart Health: A Rural Prevention and Treatment Program
January 2007
The high incidence of cardiovascular disease and stroke, coupled with the growing over age 65 population in Josephine County supports the critical need for this proposed rural outreach project entitled Heart Health: A Rural Prevention and Treatment Program.
- Livingston County Department of Health Injury and Illness Prevention Project
January 2007
In this injury and illness prevention project, the Livingston County Department of Health and its partners seek to maximize the health and quality of life of rural, community-dwelling older adults and will implement a system based on emergency medical services (EMS) to screen, identify, educate, and refer rural-dwelling individuals at risk for preventable conditions.
- North Country Diabetes Project
January 2007
The project will execute a unique community health approach including screenings, risk awareness, and education sessions, creatively using a registered dietitian at the Health Department, home health care registered nurses, JCEO case managers, and community outreach workers.
- Norwich School District Project
January 2007
This project plans to improve the health status of its school-age populations by enrolling 90 percent of the target population into school-based health centers by the end of the school year; increasing access to primary care, mental health, and dental care services for students; and increasing enrollment in Medicaid, Child Health Plus, and Family Health Plus.
- Pathways to Healthy Lives- North Dakota
January 2007
Provides public education focusing on making healthy dietary choices, being physically active, protecting oneself from sunlight and chemical exposure, getting health screenings for cancer, and preventing initiation or cessation of tobacco products usage.
- Wellness Interventions Lasting a Lifetime (WILL) Project
January 2007
The Wellness Interventions Lasting a Lifetime (WILL) project-designed to encourage wellness and healthy lifestyles-will provide education on disease management and prevention to North Dakota residents of Cavalier County, the northwest section of Pembina County, and the northern portion of Ramsey County.
- Rural Outreach for Improvement of Chronic Disease Management Project
January 2007
The focus of the Rural Outreach for Improvement of Chronic Disease Management Project is implementation of a chronic disease management program for individuals with diabetes,chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure in rural southwestern New Hampshire.
- Chronic Care Outreach Program
January 2007
The Chronic Care Outreach Program will plan self-management interventions and programs to reduce health disparities and increase access to nationally recommended health care services for residents living with diabetes and other chronic illnesses.
- Thumb Area Nutrition and Physical Activity Campaign
January 2007
This project aims to reduce obesity and promote healthy lifestyles to adults and children through community outreach and health promotion interventions.
- Planning Equals Access for Louisiana (PEAL) Initiative
January 2007
PEAL is a network dedicated to increasing adult immunizations and adult vaccinations.
- The Healthy Community Coalition
January 2007
A multi-dimensional community-wide initiative promoting healthy life choices was implemented in
Greater Franklin County, Maine.
- Dubach Health Outreach Project
January 2007
The purpose of this health outreach project was to access a multidisciplinary community-based
intervention to combat obesity and related chronic diseases in Dubach and the neighboring communities.
- Healthy Communities of Louisiana-The Obesity Project
January 2007
Healthy Communities of Louisiana-The Obesity Project is a health education and screening project targeting obesity and related diseases such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, and stroke in at-risk African American adolescents and adults in the parishes of Bienville, Lincoln and Jackson.
- Addressing Diabetes in Irwin and Ben Hill Counties
January 2007
This project aims to reduce diabetes-related hospitalizations and to reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes in these two counties through awareness of prevention strategies.
- Lifestyles Diabetes Project
January 2007
The project is designed to achieve diabetes awareness and prevention for citizens in the two counties and to provide education and support on self-management for many who have already developed the condition.
- Chronic Care Education Outreach Program
January 2007
The consortium for the Chronic Care Education Outreach Program will expand an existing chronic illness self-management education program to focus on the elderly in Woodruff and Prairie counties in the Arkansas Delta region.
- Colorectal Cancer Screening Consortium
January 2007
This project will form a Colorectal Cancer Screening Consortium through the Kenaitze Indian Tribe (KIT), the Ninilchik Traditional Council, and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC).
- Floyd County Dental Clinic
January 2007
The Floyd County Health Department Regional Dental Health Clinic was
designed to provide access to oral health services in the following areas: Preventive care, restorative care,
emergent care, nursing home services, fluoride varnish care, conscious sedation, and services under
general anesthesia for five counties in Northwest Georgia.
- Mobile Clinic/Telehealth project
January 2007
This consortium was formed to address the lack of basic healthcare available in the rural, impoverished areas of the Central Valley of California. This project will focus on health promotion and health screenings to prevent cancer and other diseases.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lincoln Primary Care Center Rural Outreach Grant Program
July 2005
The partners in this collaboration used grant funds to improve access to care and the coordination of services by
creating a secure, online system for primary care providers to access hospitalization records, and by developing a secure, Internet-based system for health care providers to access medical literature.
- 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.
- Harney County Rural Health Outreach Program
July 2005
Consortium partner members designed the Harney County Rural Health Outreach Program to expand and enhance an established mobile primary clinic through patient education, increased trips per month, and increased patient visits per trip through a dial-a-ride program.
- Integrated Primary and Behavioral Health Care
July 2005
This project provided case management, integrated behavioral health care, risk reduction services, provider retention initiatives, and transportation for targeted low-income and working-poor families.
- Northland Integrated Network Systematic Disease Management Model Project
July 2005
The 17 member network's primary objective was to provide improved care services to residents with chronic diseases (diabetes and asthma) in rural and frontier areas by implementing a disease management process and tracking patients' participation and care services received.
- Rural Health Outreach (Gold Beach, Oregon)
July 2005
The project's overriding mission was to stabilize the local clinic while providing health promotion and prevention opportunities in the core areas of heart, breathing, cancer, and diabetes.
- Vector Control and Prevention Program
July 2005
This program was designed to educate individuals and communities about the steps they can take to prevent vector borne diseases, and to help control future outbreaks that may jeopardize the health of those who call Palau home.
- Williamsburg School Health Improvement Project
July 2005
Three consortium members joined forces to refer students without primary health care to primary care physicians; conduct health screening procedures by a school nurse; provide early periodic screening, diagnosis, and testing services to eligible students enrolled in grades kindergarten through sixth; provide hospitalization intervention for ambulatory-sensitive conditions in children under age 18; conduct health promotion sessions for the 13 county schools; provide counseling intervention services for substance abuse, child abuse, reproductive issues, and violence in each of the 13 county schools; and conduct home visits to provide family support services to families of school students in the 13 local schools.
- Youth Health Initiative
July 2005
School-based health clinics were established in six schools in two counties with successful innovations that included free immunizations for all youth in the targeted schools, a social worker to identify and enroll students eligible for Medicaid or CHIP and to perform case management on all enrollees, and teen educational programs and counseling services.
- Community Care Clinic
July 2005
Four network members funded and established a clinic to link existing health care providers and social services agencies to address and provide for the medical, emotional, and health education needs of individuals and families in seven counties designated Health Professional Shortage Areas.
- Community Life for Seniors Project
July 2005
This project established a point of contact for the elderly population to access all needed health and social services available in the community with the specific goal of enabling elderly individuals to remain in as close to normal living circumstances for as long as appropriate and desirable.
- Expansion of Rural Dental Health Care Services in Macoupin and Montgomery Counties, Illinois
July 2005
Grant funds allowed this coalition to step up development of the dental clinic's comprehensive oral health services by purchasing equipment, expanding their hours, developing the clinic as a satellite teaching site, providing assistance to families newly eligible for Medicaid and offering oral health education to children in primary grades at all local schools.
- Fort Peck Community College Rural Health Outreach
July 2005
This outreach project was established to improve the health and fitness level of the tribal adult population of the Fort Peck Reservation and eligible individuals over the age of 14 living adjacent to the reservation.
- Healthy Kids Clinic
July 2005
Three local school districts, two local health departments, one nonprofit health agency, and all local area physicians and dental providers formed a consortium to provide health and dental services to students in the schools regardless of income or insurance status.
- Humphreys County Memorial Hospital Rural Health Outreach Program
July 2005
The project's main goals were to increase the numbers of K - 12 students who are covered by health insurance, who use the health care services provided, and who follow up on recommended health care; to increase transportation to primary and specialty health providers; and to decrease the number of families of K - 12 students who are noncompliant in regard to their children's health needs.
- Kokua Program
July 2005
The primary objectives of this consortium of six area health service providers, agencies, and universities were to reach and educate local women on breast and cervical cancer, and provide health screenings using culturally appropriate methods that reduce fear and anxiety.
- Maximizing Independence of Rural Elderly Through Use of Assistive Technology and Access to Health Care Services
July 2005
Five organizations joined together to address the health care needs of the aging rural Iowa population by providing assistive technologies and home modifications, increasing access to primary health care and rehabilitative therapies, and educating rural elderly and health care workers to help identify potential hazards in homes.
- Richland Health Network
July 2005
Using a nurse and social worker team case management model to address community needs, this consortium was designed to provide a coordinated approach to health screening, assessment, and education, and provide case management for residents aged 55 and older who are at risk for preventable hospitalizations.
- Rural Health Outreach (Kansas)
July 2005
This project was designed to develop and operate a network of Health and Wellness Centers in order to provide comprehensive primary care, prevention, health education, and transportation services to locally owned clinic sites.
- Rural Health Outreach (Maine)
July 2005
The care management services provided by this project facilitated a cooperative effort among health care providers, patients, and community support services to create an outpatient care management program for rural consumers, especially the elderly, people with disabilities, minorities, and children who have chronic health problems including chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), diabetes, asthma, and heart disease.
- St. George Clinic Rural Health Outreach Program
July 2005
In response to the recognized health care need and a survey of citizens indicating that 76 percent would use a health clinic if available, partners in the county built a small building to provide health and social services to one-third of county residents living in the southern region.
- Warrior Wellness Center
July 2005
To address the serious issue of teen pregnancy in Jefferson County, a network was formed to establish an effective mechanism for proactive pregnancy prevention and health promotion outreach for the county's rural adolescents.
- Wellness Partnership for a Healthy McKinley County
July 2005
This project involved an innovative education program that used high school students to mentor elementary students in diabetes prevention techniques with the goal to improve the wellness of the community by developing healthy living skills in the 10-to 12-year-old population, and specifically to incorporate diabetes awareness activities into this target group's school day.
- Health for a Lifetime
July 2005
This project was designed to combat cardiovascular disease by addressing the modifiable risk factors, as described by the American Heart Association, in three populations: hourly wage workers, the African American faith community, and middle school children.
- Screven County Hospital Rural Health Outreach Program
July 2005
Developed to bring health care to rural communities in Screven County, this project was designed to identify people at risk for cardiac, cerebral vascular and diabetic health problems through the use of outreach health screenings.
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