Case Studies
What is it?Dare to C.A.R.E. is a comprehensive cardiovascular disease early-detection and education program. C.A.R.E. stands for the types of cardiovascular disease the screenings are designed to detect: carotid artery stenosis, abdominal aortic aneurysm, renal artery stenosis, and extremity artery…
What is it?Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, St. James Healthcare provides soup for the "Help the Homeless - We Deliver" program, which serves sack lunches prepared by local volunteers and organizations. St. James chefs use surplus food from the kitchen and Café to create hearty soup to fill two…
What is it?Each of the approximately 550 babies born annually at Day Kimball Hospital goes home with a new children's book, thanks to a Books for Babies partnership between the hospital and the nonprofit organization Read to Grow. As part of the program, maternity unit nurses talk to parents…
What is it?The Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program is a free, biweekly, one-hour class designed to help individuals with arthritis. Classes include low-impact exercises, both seated and standing. An activity such as beach volleyball, parachute, basketball toss, or box step dancing is also…
What is it?Since 2008, Healthy House has been teaching a holistic model of healthy living through observational and participatory learning in a teaching kitchen, activity rooms, outdoor court, and sustainable garden. Who is it for?Socioeconomically disadvantaged children at risk for obesity in…
What is it?
The Bayhealth Wellness Centers work to meet the physical needs of young people, as well as their nutritional, mental, and emotional needs. Available at area high schools, the Bayhealth Wellness Centers provide services related to physical health, nutrition, mental health, laboratory…
OverviewIn cooperation with the Alabama Orthopaedic Specialists and Rehab Associates, the hospital offers free sports physicals to student athletes throughout Montgomery. Children receive a comprehensive sports physical including screenings for height and weight; heart and lungs; vision, blood…
OverviewWorking in partnership with community and governmental groups and volunteers, as well as a communications/marketing professor and her students at Montana State University-Billings, St. Vincent Healthcare sponsored the “Go Play!” initiative in 2007. A 2006 Yellowstone County community health…
OverviewLaunched in May 2006, Project Heart ReStart is The Christ Hospital’s initiative to increase the awareness of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and to support placement of lifesaving automated external defibrillators (AEDs) throughout the community. The American Heart Association estimates that up…
OverviewThe program director created the Individuals Combining Activity and Nutrition (ICAN) pilot program as a fun and upbeat way to reach especially sedentary children, ages 5 to 11, and help them find ways to exercise and eat better for the long term.