Community Connections
What is it?At Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, the Center for Healthy Beginnings provides a wide range of assistance designed to meet the community’s need for healthy family services. Healthy Beginnings patients benefit from the advocacy of a certified patient navigator, who is also a…
What is it?With a focus on health prevention, this 42-foot mobile screening bus travels throughout Central Mississippi conducting both screenings and education programs for school-age children and the elderly, considered the most vulnerable groups in the area. The Care-A-Van targets city, county,…
OverviewFletcher Allen Health Care began offering free foot care clinics for seniors and the disabled across Chittenden County when seniors in the community expressed a need for low-cost or free foot care services at a convenient location. ImpactCurrently, the Footnoters program serves more than…
OverviewFletcher Allen Health Care began offering free foot care clinics for seniors and the disabled across Chittenden County when seniors in the community expressed a need for low-cost or free foot care services at a convenient location. ImpactCurrently, the Footnoters program serves more than…
What is it?In 2006, St. Dominic Health Services committed $250,000 over a five-year period to the Phoenix Initiative, a grant program that assists qualified homeowners with renovations and repairs to their homes within the hospital’s Fondren community. The Phoenix Initiative spent the last half of…
What is it?Wilmington Health Access for Teens (WHAT) provides physical and mental health services to area youth, nearly three-quarters of whom are either uninsured or covered by Medicaid or other state programs. A teen advisory board helped select WHAT's staff and site, and continues to…
What is it? The Healthy Community Challenge is a series of programs on four consecutive Monday nights in January that focuses on changing specific lifestyle behaviors related to nutrition or exercise. The motivational and educational sessions are taught by registered dietitians or fitness…
What is it? Designed to address the poor health and lifestyle habits of county residents, about one-third of whom are uninsured or underinsured, Bladen HealthWatch is a community-based health education effort that provides a vehicle for outreach into the community as well as a resource…
What is it?A partnership of area health care providers, health departments, and Munson Healthcare, the project offers free comprehensive education and support services to all area women during pregnancy until two years postpartum, with a focus on breastfeeding, immunization, and access to health…
OverviewSince beginning discussion of building a replacement hospital (in 2007), Silver Cross Hospital leaders expressed their concern over the future of its current neighborhood. The hospital board of trustees and local community leaders established the Silver Cross Healthy Community Commission –…