Case Studies
OverviewAs the result of a three-year multi-faceted Maryland state planning effort to address health-related challenges, the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission and Department of Health & Mental Hygiene has funded a four-year, $5 million Health Enterprise Zone initiative, the West…
OverviewBon Secours Baltimore Health System (BSBHS) is committed to helping to provide safe, affordable housing in west Baltimore, allowing families to move beyond this basic need to foster collective well-being. Beginning in 1988 by renovating properties close to the hospital, BSBHS' housing…
OverviewFounded in 1991, Bon Secours Community Works is an integrated group of highly targeted social services programs. Key elements include:
What is it?The Family Wellness Program’s chief objective is to reduce community obesity rates by teaching participants how to physically nurture themselves through good nutrition and an understanding of the importance of physical activity. The nutritionists and parent educators use multiple methods…
OverviewCalvert Community Dental Care (CCDC) was formed in 2009 to provide routine and preventive dental care and dental health education to low-income individuals in Southern Maryland. CCDC partners with Calvert Memorial Hospital (CMH), Calvert County Health Department and other county agencies to…
OverviewIn January 2015, the Calvert CARES program was developed to bridge the gap between community resources and patient health care needs/self-management capabilities. This program incorporated initiatives begun in 2012 with new concepts developed over the past three years, to broaden the…
OverviewThe Community Asthma Partnership was launched in 1992 by Baptist Health working with Nemours Children’s Specialty Care and University of Florida Health. Wolfson Children’s Hospital – a Baptist Health hospital – took over operations of the Community Asthma Partnership in 2006. In alignment…
OverviewThe mission of the Wellspring Cooperative Corporation (WCC) is to develop a network of worker-owned cooperatives, business entities that are owned and controlled by their members, formerly underemployed and unemployed inner-city residents who work in them in Springfield, Mass. Worker-owners…
OverviewBaystate Springfield Educational Partnership (BSEP) is a high school health career pathway program for high school-age residents of Springfield, Mass. It includes exploration of health careers, a teen mini-medical school, and summer work employment opportunities to give students interested…
OverviewPartners for a Healthier Community (PHC) is the public health institute of western Massachusetts, advancing public health practice and making systematic improvements with policy changes to improve population health in the Pioneer Valley. It drives policy change leading to system-level…