Community Partnerships
What is it?Going Lean’s main focus is on preventing obesity and promoting healthy lifestyles. The program includes weight-loss initiatives, exercise classes, community gardens, healthy lifestyle coaching, running/walking groups, a cycling team, cooking classes and nutrition education. Who is it for…
What is it?Brainy Camps Association, a nonprofit subsidiary of Children’s National Health System, is a consortium of medically managed, condition-specific, residential summer camps and services for children with chronic health conditions. Located in West Virginia, each camp provides children and…
What is it?The Healthy Homes program is a partnership between the Center for Environmental Health (CEH), other Children’s Mercy staff, health care providers, community organizations and families to identify and reduce indoor environmental exposures that may cause or worsen health. With the holistic…
What is it?Let’s Go! works to decrease childhood obesity by increasing healthy eating and active living. The program focuses on sustainable environmental and policy changes in child care programs, schools, out-of-school programs, health care practices, workplaces and communities, while educating…
What is it?Baptist Operation Outreach is a mobile health care clinic for the homeless, the result of a partnership between Baptist Memorial Health Care and Christ Community Health Services. The van provides free acute and primary health care, information on disease prevention and guidance, and a…
What is it?Partnering with more than 20 local organizations, University Medical Center sponsors “You Drink, You Drive, You Lose” to promote safe driving and demonstrate the dangers of drinking and driving. The event uses victim-impact speakers who have lost loved ones as a result of drunk-driving…
What is it?An innovative model of group care, CenteringPregnancy allows a pregnant woman to meet regularly with a nurse-midwife and several women in similar stages of pregnancy for health assessments, education and peer support. The program empowers the mother-to-be by teaching her how to be an…
What is it?HELP provides access to routine health care, culturally competent care and education, and a support group. HELP care plans are customized based on the individual’s needs, and high-risk program participants receive a kit containing an electronic tablet and other necessary medical…
What is it?Since 2012, the GPFit! initiative has offered many low-cost or no-cost options for people of all ages to engage in healthier lifestyles, create awareness and action around disease prevention and better manage chronic illness. The programs, screenings, education and events through GPFit!…
What is it?HealthFinders is Grand Strand Health’s community health resource center, located in Coastal Grand Mall. It offers a variety of health seminars, screenings, classes and special events. HealthFinders provides a convenient way to obtain low-cost screenings, hospital information, health…