Tenth Annual Monroe E. Trout Premier Cares Award
Descriptions and contact information for award recipient, finalists and semi-finalists
Compiled January 2002
Award recipient
Chronic Disease Management Program – Ebenezer Medical Outreach, Inc.
Huntington, WV
The Chronic Disease Management Program is a community-based diabetes and hypertension management program of Ebenezer Medical Outreach, Inc. The program is located in the Fairfield community, a medically underserved area of Huntington, West Virginia. The community has high unemployment, a large minority population, and a large number of households below poverty level.
Program organizers initially focused on building rapport and gaining the trust of the community – goals accomplished through working with community leaders and training individuals with diabetes to serve as lay educators. In addition to providing education and removing barriers to access by supplying transportation and testing supplies, the program has expanded to include exercise prescribed and supervised by an exercise physiologist, individualized meal planning by a registered dietitian, support groups, and cooking schools. Services are coordinated by registered nurses.
The Chronic Disease Management Program has become a national model, featured at the Centers for Disease Control’s Diabetes Translation and Chronic Disease conferences – where the program’s documented improvements in patients’ blood pressure and blood sugar exceeded those of all other programs presented.
Contact:
Charlotte Lakies, R.N., M.S.,Project Director
304.529.4881
charxphys@yahoo.com
Ebenezer Medical Outreach
1448 Tenth Avenue
Huntington, WV 25701
http://www.tsev.com/emo/m-index.html
Finalists
The Healing Place
Louisville, KY
The Healing Place (THP) is a homeless shelter and addiction recovery center founded by the Jefferson County Medical Society Outreach Program. The program helps homeless people overcome dependence on alcohol and drugs as a first step toward independence. Primary care services provided at THP include non-medical detoxification, a long-term recovery program, a free medical clinic, emergency and overnight shelter, food, clothing, a day center, transitional housing, and social services. Through volunteerism and extensive community collaboration, THP provides efficient, cost-effective services at a cost of less than $25 per person, per day. With a recovery rate five times the national average, the model has been replicated in other cities including Lexington, KY; Raleigh, NC; Athens, GA; and Richmond, VA
Contact:
Jay P. Davidson, President and CEO
502.584.7844
jaydavid@thehealingplace.org
1020 West Market St.
Louisville, KY 40202
www.thehealingplace.org
Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas
Dallas, TX
The Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas is a partnership of Parkland Health and Hospital System and five other hospitals in Dallas – including Premier members Texas Health Resources and Methodist Hospitals of Dallas – as well as many other community groups. The center targets high-risk, high-injury populations for education and services to prevent injuries. Services include distributing child safety seats and educating parents in their use; making senior citizens’ homes safer in order to promote independent living; and installing smoke detectors in high-risk homes throughout the metroplex.
Contact:
Martha Stowe, Director
214.590.4461
mstowe@parknet.pmh.org
5000 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75235
http://www3.utsouthwestern.edu/parkland/ipc/realindex.htm
Living at Home/Block Nurse Program
Fort Worth, TX
Living at Home/Block Nurse Program provides basic services and healthcare to enable people 65 and older to live independently in their own homes. Currently, nearly 500 volunteers provide services including transportation, respite care, yard and home maintenance, medication reminders, health education, friendly calls and visits, and special events and outings to more than 500 seniors in five Living at Home/Block Nurse Programs throughout North Central and East Texas. Clients’ hospitalizations and emergency room visits have declined, while measures of health status have been maintained and in some cases improved through increased socialization and improved access to basic services.
Contact:
Malcolm Mitchell, Executive Director
817.332.5243
elderb@elderberry.org
475 N. Cleveland Avenue, Suite 322
St. Paul, MN 55104
www.elderberry.org
Maternity Outreach Mobile Clinic (MOMobile) of St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, AZ
A partnership between St. Joseph’s Hospital and numerous community organizations, the MOMobile provides comprehensive prenatal care to low-income women and immunizations to children in three medically underserved communities in Maricopa County, AZ. These urban and rural communities were chosen for their high rates of low birth weight infants and late or inadequate prenatal care provided to women. Since its inception, the MOMobile has increased the number of prenatal visits per patient, the number of women receiving prenatal care prior to the third trimester, and the number of children receiving complete immunizations. The incidence of low birth weight has also declined among clients.
Contact:
Marisue Garganta, Director of Community Health Integration
602.406.6580
mgarganta@chw.edu
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
350 West Thomas Rd.
Phoeniz, AZ 85013
http://www.ichosestjoes.com/index.asp?pg=oc_mom&catID=oc
Wilmington Health Access for Teens
Wilmington, NC
Wilmington Health Access for Teens (WHAT), launched in 1997, provides affordable, accessible physical and mental health services to unserved and underserved teens. A collaborative effort of more than 20 organizations and individuals dedicated to teen health needs of the region, WHAT is the only healthcare facility in southeastern North Carolina exclusively for adolescent healthcare. The program is supported by New Hanover Health Network, a Premier member. The local Department of Social Services relies on WHAT for health examinations and treatment for its adolescent clients. WHAT also provides education in leadership skills development, the difficulties of being a teenage parent, and the dangers of tobacco use.
Contact:
Connie Parker, Executive Director
910.790.9949
connieparker@whatswhat.org
4005 Oleander Dr.
Wilmington, NC 28403
http://www.nhhn.org/1135.cfm
Semi-finalists
American Lung Association of Hawaii Open Airways for Schools Program
Honolulu, HI
In Hawaii, more than 40,000 children under the age of 17 suffer from asthma – the most common chronic condition among children and the leading cause of school absenteeism and hospitalization. The state’s many species of plant life, pollens, and molds, as well as its climate, are well-suited to trigger asthma episodes. The American Lung Association of Hawaii’s Open Airways for Schools (OAS) program, cooperatively developed and evaluated by Columbia University’s College of Physicians, features an interactive curriculum designed to teach participants and their families to understand asthma, its triggers, and how to lead an active life with asthma. Since its 1997 inception, approximately 2,000 children have graduated from OAS.
Contact:
Brenda Mahuka, Program Associate
808.537.5966
bmahuka@ala-hawaii.org
245 N. Kukui Street, Suite 100
Honolulu, HI
www.ala-hawaii.org
College Bound Sisters Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program
Greensboro, NC
Developed by the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, College Bound Sisters is a pregnancy prevention program aimed at younger sisters of adolescent mothers – a group that studies have shown to be at higher risk of adolescent childbearing. Weekly meetings held on the college campus are designed to help girls avoid pregnancy, graduate from high school, and enroll in college. The program includes parental involvement, goal setting, exercises to encourage adolescents to focus on the long term, opportunities to experience various aspects of college life such as classes and athletics, and a college fund for girls who complete the program, remain in school and do not get pregnant.
Contact:
Laurie Smith, Program Manager
Program closed in June 2003
Comprehensive Health Investment Project (CHIP) of Virginia
Richmond, VA
Through innovative public-private partnerships, local CHIP programs ensure access to healthcare for low-income children and their families – recruiting physicians and dentists in private practice to provide healthcare, prompting families to keep appointments, helping to ensure that treatment recommendations are followed, and attending to the environmental and social factors that influence a child’s health and development. Each family is linked with a CHIP team consisting of a public health nurse and a family support visitor/outreach worker who works with physicians to provide comprehensive, prevention-oriented care.
Contact:
Laura Darling, Director of Operations
804.783.2667
chipva@aol.com
www.chipofvirginia.org
Great Brook Valley Health Center Asthma Intervention
Worcester, MA
According to the Centers for Disease Control, “the burden of asthma falls disproportionately on Hispanics” and the problem is particularly severe in the inner city. The Asthma Intervention Program – based in the largest public housing complex in Worcester, New England’s third largest city – serves this population. The program provides state-of-the-art asthma management – including provider, patient, and parent education as well as access to medications and equipment – to more than 1,000 patients annually. Clients have shown a significant improvement in functional status and a significant decrease in ER visits and hospital admissions.
Contact:
Leah P. Gallivan, Program Director
508.854.2122
leah_gallivan@breatbrook.org
19 Tacoma Street
Worcester, MA 01605
LifeLink Neighborhood Prenatal Outreach Program
Akron, OH
LifeLink is designed to increase access to and ensure continuity of prenatal care for women at risk for adverse outcomes in their pregnancies. The program’s lay outreach workers canvass medically underserved neighborhoods with high rates of infant mortality and low birth weight, assist women in accessing community resources for housing, food, utility assistance, medical supervision, and planning to help the family cope with parenting a newborn. Clients are also provided with incentives to attend postpartum visits and family planning classes. LifeLink has documented improved compliance rates for early prenatal care and postpartum follow-up.
Contact:
Tracy Carter, Director
330.375.7566
330.773.6838
each@raex.com
550 South Arlington St.
Akron, OH 44306
www.eastakron.com/page8.html
Olathe Medical Center Charitable Foundation Hear for You Deaf Services
Olathe, KS
Olathe is home to the Kansas School for the Deaf, leading a large deaf and hard of hearing population to settle in the area – almost nine percent of the city’s population. To help them access healthcare, Hear for You maintains a staff of 15 sign language interpreters, available day and night at Olathe Medical Center and Miami County Medical Center in Paola, KS. Interpreters are available for emergencies, surgeries, diagnostic procedures, labor, delivery, consultations, hospice, home health, and community education classes. Interpreting services are provided for 16 clinics and approximately 35 staff physician offices.
Contact:
Frank H. Devocelle, CEO
913.791.4224
20333 West 151 st Street
Olathe, KS 66061
www.ohsi.com
Punxsutawney Area Hospital’s Amish Initiative
Punxsutawney, PA
With more than 3,000 Amish residents in its service area, Punxsutawney Area Hospital sought to better understand the Amish Culture and meet the needs of the population – goals accomplished by meeting with Amish residents in group settings to learn about their health perceptions and needs, working with state agencies serving the Amish, and educating both hospital and medical staff about the Amish culture. To eliminate barriers to access, a primary care center has been located in the heart of the Amish settlements. The hospital also petitioned the Department of Health and Human Services to waive Hill-Burton application requirements, enabling the Amish to obtain financial assistance for healthcare without violating their beliefs.
Contact:
Ben Hughes, Director of Professional and Corporate Services
814.938.1826
bhughes@pah.org
Venice Family Clinic
Venice, CA
The Venice Family Clinic (VFC) is the largest free clinic in the U.S., with four locations open six days and four evenings every week. The clinic has provided primary medical and psychosocial services to low-income, uninsured, and homeless patients in West Los Angeles since 1970. A cornerstone of the VFC model is its volunteer network, with more than 500 physicians volunteering their time on site or in their own offices. When the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services faced a $655 million budget shortfall in 1995 that threatened to close healthcare facilities county-wide, VFC mobilized a coalition of community clinics and area hospitals to privatize and restore primary care services in the area.
Contact:
Carmen Ibana, Director of Clinic Operations
310.392.8636
cibarra@ucla.edu
604 Rose Avenue
Venice, CA 90291
www.venicefamilyclinic.org
Youth and Family Services Health Connections
Rapid City, SD
Health Connections provides access to healthcare for girls aged 5 to 17 who are at high risk of physical and mental health problems resulting from extreme poverty, chaotic lifestyles, lack of access to services, a family history of poor health, parental abuse and/or neglect, substance abuse, or violent home situations. Advocates assist the girls in obtaining services and seek to increase parental involvement by providing opportunities and support for parents to establish and maintain access to healthcare for their daughters.
Contact:
Susan Fedell, Executive Director
605.342.4195
yfs1@rapidnet.com
1920 Plaza Boulevard
P.O. Box 2813
Rapid City, SD 57709
www.youthandfamilyservices.org