Community Connections
What is it?The four Community Health and Education Houses provide support in four areas of living: cancer, diabetes, aging, and women’s issues. The goal of the Peitz Cancer Support House, which is one of only 17 such houses nationwide, is to provide free comprehensive support services in a home-…
What is it?Healthy Communities Partnership (HCP) is a local health coalition serving Logan County and eastern Mason County, Illinois. The partnership brings together more than 50 community agencies and organizations to create the healthiest community in America. Its efforts are funded by the…
What is it?The Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital (ALMH) Market is an indoor, producer-only farmers market in Lincoln. Vendors must either grow or make the items they sell. The Market is located at the Logan County Fairgrounds every Saturday May through October and is a wellness destination that…
What is it?Planting Healthy Seeds (PHS) is a nutrition and physical activity curriculum developed by Parkview Health’s Community Health Improvement Program and Healthy Living Team in partnership with Ball State University and local educators. The 18-week curriculum is designed with nine nutrition…
What is it?Greene County Medical Center Public Health, a hospital-based agency, offered “drive-through flu clinics” for the first time in 2015. In this new, convenient clinic format, anyone who needed a flu shot could drive up, fill out the necessary paperwork and get their shot – all without…
What is it?HEAL (Healthy Eating Active Living) is a jointly funded collaborative effort by Parkview Health and the St. Joseph Community Health Foundation to create awareness of and linkage to opportunities for healthy eating in low-income, food-desert areas. HEAL uses a multipronged approach to…
What is it?The VIDA! project focuses on the Hispanic/Latino neighborhood in the immediate vicinity of MetroHealth's main campus designated as a food desert by the USDA. Through engagement with local residents and institutions (schools, non-profit organizations, churches, restaurants and other…
What is it?The Move More Eat Healthy Campaign is designed to implement policy, system and environment changes that will reduce obesity in low-income communities of North Orange County, California.
What is it?The MetroHealth System recognizes that our health and well-being are the result of more than just the health care we receive and the choices we make, but also the places and conditions under which we live, learn, work, and play. Along with their efforts to provide high-quality,…
What is it?Hospital clinicians traveled to seven locations in the rural county to offer free Wellness Screens. They provided a variety of screenings such as blood pressure, bone density, flexibility, cholesterol and glucose levels, pulmonary function screenings, balance/fall risk, and BMI. They…