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The Healthy Communities Partnership. Mission:. … to improve the health and quality of life of the people and communities we serve. Vision:. … to create the healthiest community in America. Goals:.
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Mission: … to improve the health and quality of life of the people and communities we serve.
Vision: … to create the healthiest community in America.
Goals: • To provide education, support and alternative activities to promote healthy lifestyles; • To increase preventive healthcare services; • To increase access to primary care.
History • Created in 1997 • Collaboration involving: • Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital • Family Medical Center • Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce • Logan County Health Department • Logan-Mason Mental Health
HCP Task Forces HCP Steering Committee • RuralHealth Partnership • Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs • Healthy Families • Domestic Abuse & Violence • Senior Issues • Parish Nurse
The Rural Health Partnership Current Mobile Health Unit
New Service…Mobile Health & Dental Unit • Start-up grant of $225,000 from the Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation • New unit arrived September 27, 2006
Mobile Health & Dental Unit Facts • Median Logan County household income = $39,389(2000 US Census Bureau)Median Illinois household income = $46,590 (2000 US Census Bureau) • 10% of Logan County children (5-17 years) live below poverty level (2000 US Census Bureau) • Logan County has been designated a Dental Health Professional Shortage Area(Illinois Department of Public Health Center for Rural Health)
Mobile Health & Dental Unit Facts, cont. • 11% of rural residents have never seen a dentist.(National Rural Health Association) • Children from families with lower incomes have nearly 12 times as many days missed from school due to dental problems.(National Maternal & Child Oral health Resource Center) • There are associations between oral infections and diabetes, heart disease, stroke and preterm, low-weight births.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Addressing Health Concerns • Making Life Skills education available to all 7th and 8th grade classes in the county. • Coordinating a healthy community by assisting communities to identify the health issues affecting them. • Providing access to primary and preventive healthcare through the Mobile Health Unit.
Schools Served by the Life Skills Program • Hartsburg-Emden • New Holland-Middletown • Chester-East Lincoln • Mt. Pulaski • Elkhart • Lincoln Jr. High School Mt. Pulaski Grade School
Locations Served by the Mobile Health Unit - Hartsbug - Emden - Chestnut - Mt. Pulaski - New Holland - Middletown - Elkhart - Atlanta - Latham - Broadwell - - H.O.P.E. Mobile …and two locations in Lincoln.
Mobile Health Unit Staff • Pat Estep, FNP • Pam Clark, RN, BSN • Ruth Freeman, RN, BSN • Sue Estes, RN, CLC, BA • Mary Southerlan, Dental Hygienist
Services Provided by the Mobile Health Unit • Physical Examinations • Ordering and interpreting lab tests • Acute illness management • Chronic illness management • Immunizations • Serum Injections • Tests • Environmental services • Health education guidance and counseling
The Statistics Speak for Themselves… 37,055Total Service Contacts(Avg. 23 people per day)
“I seriously believe that without the Mobile Health Unit…if I had let another day or two go by…my health would have been in serious jeopardy. The Mobile Health Unit is a wonderful thing. It saved my life.” -Rural Logan County resident
“Without the Mobile Health Unit, my daughter would not have had her school physical. We don’t have a doctor and they were there when we needed it.” -Mother of High School Freshman
Current Funding Sources • Southern Illinois University School of Medicine • Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation • Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation • Hilda Humphreys Estate • Eaton Corporation • County of Logan • Patient Revenue • Private Donations