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Success Stories by Topic: Public health
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Salina Area Health Network
July 2009
This outreach grant allowed this community to enjoy longer hospital hours, more services and more qualified staff.
- 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.
- Toombs Teen Health Collaborative
July 2009
Organizations throughout the region joined forces to create the
Toombs Teen Health Collaborative in an attempt to reduce teen pregnancy, reduce repeat births by teens,and to implement a system to improve
community-based health care services to teenagers.
- 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.
- Serving the Working Poor, Retaining Health Care Providers, and Planning for Best Management Practices: The Challenges Met by a Network of Rural Health Care Providers
May 2009
The purpose of this project was to stabilize and sustain the
practices of three area providers who were vital to safeguarding the
health of residents.
- 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.
- 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.
- Diabetes Outreach and Education: Arizona
May 2009
The Douglas Diabetes Consortium recruited 360 individuals
with diabetes to participate in the diabetes classes.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Public Health Certificates Offered Online
June 2007
The Tennessee Department of Health created an online training program where department staff can earn certificates in applied epidemiology, health leadership or healthcare management.
- West Virginia Rural Health Education Partnerships/AHEC Program
June 2006
WVRHEP/AHEC is made up of 11 consortia and four Area Health Education Centers each with a local board of directors. Approximately 800 rural community leaders, local rural health providers, and higher education institutional representatives are involved in all aspects of the program.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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