Community Connections
What is it?Wheels of Mercy is a vehicle used to bring health resources and screenings to hard-to-reach, low-income urban and rural communities. The program staffs two mobile service units that provide information, enrollment assistance and referrals. They also offer limited primary care screenings…
What is it?Living Grand addresses body and spirit with education for seniors. Highlights include monthly education sessions; a free quarterly publication; a directory of local senior services; a memory-loss support group for caregivers; a “Stepping On” program that helps reduce falls; a geriatric…
What is it?This six-month program brings recreational therapists, golf professionals, volunteers and people with physical disabilities together to teach, learn and play golf. Monthly golf clinics are held with golf professionals providing instruction, recreational therapists providing assistance…
What is it?Launched in 2008, Healthy FET (Full Engagement Training) Kids is a collaboration between San Juan Regional Medical Center and three area school districts to educate and empower children and their families with the knowledge, beliefs and behaviors to live a healthy lifestyle. In addition…
What is it?Good Beginnings is a comprehensive home visitation program providing nursing assessments and identifying family strengths, needs and goals in order to build healthy families. This volunteer program provides holistic nursing care tailored to the needs of the family. Services include…
What is it?On the third Friday of every month, Saint Elizabeths Hospital holds a community movie night in its auditorium, showing a movie on a big screen and providing fresh popcorn and drinks to attendees. Movies range from classics to new releases. Who is it for?Individuals in care at the…
What is it?In 2010, the University of Charleston School of Pharmacy began offering a rural rotation site for their third- and fourth-year student pharmacists and pharmacy residents. These students and the instructor meet face to face with patients who have been referred to the program for a…
What is it?BJC HealthCare created Healthy Mind-Body-Spirit (HMBS) approximately 10 years ago, partnering with faith-based organizations to improve health in underserved communities. HMBS provides medical screenings, education and other services through places of worship and outreach in St. Louis…
What is it?Children’s Hospital Neighborhood Partnerships (CHNP) is the community behavioral health program in the Department of Psychiatry at Boston Children’s Hospital. CHNP places clinicians in schools and community health centers to provide a comprehensive array of services to children where…
What is it?An innovative partnership with East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania and Wilkes University trains a select group of volunteer students to act as health coaches for patients with chronic illness. The students – who visit patients at home – are trained to recognize signs that a…