Community Connections
What is it?As part of an ongoing partnership with the Mall in Columbia, Howard County General Hospital, a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine, hosts quarterly health education and screening clinics at the mall. The purpose of these quarterly sessions is to promote wellness, prevention, and early…
OverviewThe Comanche County Memorial Hospital (CCMH) Foundation launched the WALK (Wellness and Lawton's Kids) Program in 2004. The program goals are to 1) increase awareness of the importance of physical activity and increase the number of steps walked, and 2) decrease the incidence of…
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What is it?Through the Clara Barton Medical Clinic, a rural health clinic operated by Clara Barton Hospital, patients are assisted in obtaining medications that would be otherwise not obtainable and available for them. This program is designed to assist the uninsured and/or the underinsured patient…
What is it?This unique teen drinking and driving prevention/awareness program was developed by the Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority through its Project CHILD (Children's Health Interventions and Lifestyle Development) initiative. "I Died, Who's Next?" is a peer-driven program…
What is it?Suburban Hospital has partnered with the YMCA to organize seminars for community residents that address issues facing many parents today. In years past, seminars and workshops have highlighted issues ranging from parenting essentials to the screening of the powerful documentary, Race to…
OverviewOpened in fall 2004, Clara’s House is a facility where children and adolescents, suffering from mental health or chemical dependency, can heal in a caring, warm environment designed especially to meet their needs. Before Clara’s House, children and adolescents were transferred to the Twin…
OverviewSaint Joseph’s Mercy Care Services, a subsidiary of Saint Joseph’s Health System, is one of Atlanta’s oldest and largest community outreach programs, serving the homeless, uninsured, underinsured and immigrant populations by “taking health care where it is needed most.” Mercy Care Services…
What is it?The Pratt Health Foundation (PHF) collaborates with Pratt dentists and schools to provide a dental screening program for Pratt elementary kids. Kansas statutes require an annual dental screening program for elementary students. The program was started with a United Methodist Health…
What is it?This annual health fair brings together more than 70 agencies that provide health-related services in Rice County. Attendees may participate in free screenings including bone density, blood glucose, lipids, and PSA, digital prostate exams, pulmonary function, diabetic foot checks for…