Community Partnerships
What is it?Led by Hayes Green Beach Memorial Hospital, Charlotte Step by Step is a network of regional partnerships to improve walkability, improve air quality and build a non-motorized transportation plan. Working across an organization, across the community, and then across the region, a multi-鈥
What is it?Hartford HealthCare provides a free HealtheMinder app and a custom Wellness Radio Pandora station. HealtheMinder, available for iOS and Android platforms (healtheminderapp.com), makes it easy to track many aspects of health, including weight, BMI, calorie intake, blood pressure and鈥
What is it?To help treat the unique needs of refugees, the Refugee Healthcare Program hired previously resettled refugees as 鈥減atient navigators鈥 to offer interpretation and care coordination. They also share resources among many partners including the area鈥檚 primary refugee resettlement agency,鈥
What is it?A partnership among Rice Medical Center, Episcopal Health Foundation and school districts in the county, this school-based telemedicine program can see 50 to 60 children in a couple of days, some as far away as 400 miles. Doctors in Eagle Lake provide primary care services and urgent鈥
What is it?Answers is a free seminar series on suicide prevention that helps participants notice the signs that a loved one might be in pain and develop the confidence to ask questions and the skills to help. Who is it for?Individuals or caregivers who may know a person at risk for suicide.
What is it?The ThinkFirst Injury Prevention educational programs are aimed at helping children, teens and young adults learn to reduce their risk of injury. Presentations explain how an injury can change a person鈥檚 life forever and the importance of safe choices, including key messages such as: Use鈥
What is it?Mat-Su Project SEARCH is a community collaborative program that provides training to young adults with disabilities, so they can gain marketable skills and obtain competitive employment within their local community, including Mat-Su Regional Medical Center (MSRMC). Designed as an unpaid鈥
What is it?Oct. 17, 2015, marked the 36th year the Apple Trample 5K was held in Martinsburg. The event includes a noncompetitive walking event, followed by the competitive, timed race (鈥渞un, walk or roll鈥) that offers age group awards. The Wellness Center at Berkeley Medical Center and Two Rivers鈥
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Harborview is testing an innovative approach to gun violence patterned on alcohol and substance abuse interventions. After clinical staff treat patients鈥 gunshot wounds, social workers interview them and begin to address high-risk behaviors. Following discharge, a case manager is鈥
What is it?The District of Columbia Healthy Communities Collaborative (DCHCC) is a collaborative of DC hospitals and federally qualified health centers sharing the goal of reducing health disparities and increasing health equity for vulnerable DC populations. In addition, the DCHCC conducted a鈥