Community Connections
What is it?Providence Seward Medical Center, in cooperation with the Seward Senior Center, is helping Seward seniors improve their health status. A therapist from the medical center’s rehabilitation department conducts an hour-long core strengthening and balance class at the senior center once a…
What is it?Live Well with Diabetes is a free class series focusing on diabetes self-management practices, including improved nutrition and physical activity behaviors. Each class is two hours per week for five weeks, and is offered in Spanish. The courses are taught by trained Diabetes Health…
Alegent Creighton Health Immanuel Rehabilitation Center - Junior Wheelchair Sports & Recreation Camp
OverviewThe Junior Wheelchair Sports & Recreation Camp offers physically challenged children the opportunity to participate in group sports and recreation activities. The camp introduces young people, ages 5 through high school, to a wide variety of adaptive sports and recreational activities…
OverviewThe Asthma CarePartners (ACP) program is a comprehensive asthma management program for children and adults living with the disease. The program started in summer 2011 when the Sinai Urban Health Institute (SUHI) and Family Health Network (FHN), a Medicaid managed care organization, formed a…
What is it?What began as a one-night clinic aimed at the indigent, uninsured, and underinsured has grown into a network of hospital and community providers working together to break down barriers to ensure that all residents have equal access to primary, specialty, and surgical care services,…
What is it?Patient recovery rarely ends at discharge; some discharged patients do not have a safe and nurturing place to go for post-discharge recovery. When a patient is homeless or is returning to an unstable environment, recovery can be hampered and readmission rates are very high. Through a…
OverviewThe need for tobacco prevention at the middle-school level becomes evident by examining local and state data. According to the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Office on Children and Youth 2009 Youth Survey, 35.5 percent of 10th graders in our community reported that they used tobacco annually. By…
OverviewRockingham County Student Health Centers (RCSHC) are a collaborative community partnership between Annie Penn Hospital, Morehead Memorial Hospital, Rockingham County Department of Public Health, and Rockingham County Schools. The centers were opened in August 1994 with the mission of…
What is it?For more than a quarter century, Mon General Hospital has sponsored a HealthFair at the Morgantown Mall on the last weekend in February. A variety of low-cost and free health screenings are offered. The most popular screening is the Multiphasic Blood Analysis, which draws more than 2,000…
What is it?Presence St. Mary’s Hospital offers English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to adults, which include lessons in health literacy. The classes meet on Monday and Wednesday, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Lessons include basic conversation, translation, vocabulary building, listening, and writing…