Community Partnerships
What is it?In 2009, Rockcastle Regional President/CEO Stephen Estes had an idea that would turn the town’s built environment into a place for exercise. He envisioned a series that would give runners and walkers a goal to accomplish every month. The series, named the Countywide Stride, began as four…
What is it?The “Beyond the Walls” program operates three outreach centers located in some of the most impoverished areas of Bakersfield. Services provided at these centers range from giving food and clothing to the homeless, to preventive health care seminars for individuals suffering from chronic…
OverviewAultman’s Transportation Outreach program serves the area’s Amish population with non-emergency medical transportation to Aultman hospital and its outlying health facilities. With transportation a particular concern for those in rural areas and others, this reliable and dependable services…
OverviewThe Working on Wellness (WOW) program and its mobile health unit debuted in 2009 and is an important component of providing access to health care and leading the community to improved health. The popular “WOW van” is seen throughout the community visiting schools, community centers,…
OverviewIn 2011, Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) and Worcester County Public Schools (WCPS) began their endeavor to address the health needs of the youngest members of the community by improving health literacy. The following year, the Herschel S. Horowitz Center for Health Literacy at the…
OverviewThe Diabetes Self-Management Education Program was launched in 2005 to address an overwhelming community need for this kind of education. The program received formal recognition from the American Diabetes Association in 2008 for providing quality diabetes self-management education. The need…
Lessons learned and best practices in identifying community health needs, potential partners, and sustainable partnership structures, as well as recommendations for overcoming obstacles and challenges and assessing partnerships.
OverviewFounded in 1991, the Mobile Health Outreach Ministry (MHOM) at Ascension’s St. Vincent’s Healthcare in Northeast Florida provides access to quality health care for the most vulnerable in the communities it serves. Patients often lack insurance, money, and transportation; and may face…
OverviewWhat began in 1969 as a way to serve meals to the elderly has evolved into a center that distributes food and hygiene products; operates a thrift store; and provides safety net dental services, older adult services as well as utility and rent assistance to people within several hundred…
OverviewAscension’s Medical Mission at Home was launched in 2008 as a way to deliver quality health care to the uninsured and underinsured in Nashville. The program originated in Davidson County, Tennessee, which had approximately 87,000 uninsured. An assessment revealed significant barriers to…