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The 11th Street Family Health Services Center is a nurse managed clinic of Drexel University that serves Philadelphia's 11th Street Corridor - an area that encompasses several public housing tracts and suffers from limited access to affordable, quality health care services. The Center is centrally located within one of the Philadelphia Housing Authority's residential sites and has an Advisory Board comprised of neighborhood residents to ensure that the clinic is addressing the needs of the community. The clinic focuses on primary and preventive care and has recently added a Healthy Living Center, which provides programs to help patients reduce risk factors for diseases and to manage existing conditions. The Healthy Living Center programs include diabetes education, disease self-management programs, nutrition and cooking classes, exercise programs, and behavioral health groups. In addition, the Center serves as a training and education site for nurses and other health professionals in culturally competent, community-based care. The 11th Street Family Health Services Center is an excellent model of potential for partnerships between communities and medical institutions to improve the health and well-being of the community's most vulnerable residents. ... | Read More

The 11th Street Family Health Services Center is a nurse managed clinic of Drexel University that serves Philadelphia's 11th Street Corridor - an area that encompasses several public housing tracts and suffers from limited access to affordable, quality health care services. The Center is centrally located within one of the Philadelphia Housing Authority's residential sites and has an Advisory Board comprised of neighborhood residents to ensure that the clinic is addressing the needs of the community. The clinic focuses on primary and preventive care and has recently added a Healthy Living Center, which provides programs to help patients reduce risk factors for diseases and to manage existing conditions. The Healthy Living Center programs include diabetes education, disease self-management programs, nutrition and cooking classes, exercise programs, and behavioral health groups. In addition, the Center serves as a training and education site for nurses and other health professionals in culturally competent, community-based care. The 11th Street Family Health Services Center is an excellent model of potential for partnerships between communities and medical institutions to improve the health and well-being of the community's most vulnerable residents. ... | Read More

In order to improve patient adherence to medication for high cholesterol, the American Pharmacists Association developed Project ImPACT (Improve Persistence and Compliance with Therapy) to foster collaboration between patients, physicians, and pharmacists that leads to improved adherence and maximum benefit for the patient's heart health. Project ImPACT provides pharmacists in ambulatory care settings with access to immediate point-of-care patient data on fasting cholesterol levels using a finger stick blood sample taken when the patient picks up their medication every month or every three-months. These visits provide an opportunity to check for adherence, monitor for progress and side-effects, set on-going goals for treatment, and resolve any problems that arise. Since patients may only see their doctor once a year, these visits with the pharmacist allow follow-up between visits with a doctor. The pharmacist is able to provide the physician and the patient with the cholesterol readings from these mini-visits, painting a better picture of a patient's progress during the year. ... | Read More

This policy brief outlines how five of CDC's Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health projects in U.S. communities in South Carolina, Massachusetts, California, Oklahoma and New York are working to eliminate disparities, how their success is translating into results and how policymakers can work to support and expand such programs in their states and communities. The brief also outlines 10 evidence-based policies for preventing diseases: 1) Promote healthy eating. 2) Get people moving. 3) Discourage smoking. 4) Encourage prevention coverage. 5) Promote health screenings. 6) Protect kids' smiles. 7) Require childhood immunizations. 8) Encourage immunizations for adults. 9) Make chlamydia screenings routine. 10) Promote routine HIV testing. ... | Read More

Dare to CARE, an organization started by Annapolis-area vascular surgeons, seeks to educate the public about vascular disease and provide free screening those who may be at risk. These surgeons provide free public lectures on the potential complications of cardiovascular disease, such as stroke and aneurysm, and also provide free ultrasound testing for anyone at risk. Through their website, they provide a great educational resource for patients with an emphasis on the lesser known complications of cardiovascular disease and the important of early detection and treatment for vascular disease. The Dare to CARE program is also a great example of physicians engaging with their community to raise awareness about a public health problem. ... | Read More

Dare to CARE, an organization started by Annapolis-area vascular surgeons, seek to educate the public about vascular disease and provide free screening to those who may be at risk. These surgeons provide free public lectures on the potential complications of cardiovascular disease, such as stroke and aneurysm, and also provide free ultrasound testing for anyone at risk. Through their website, they provide a great educational resource for patients with an emphasis on the lesser known complications of cardiovascular disease and the importance of early detection and treatment for vascular disease. The Dare to CARE program is also a great example of physicians engaging with their community to raise awareness about a public health problem. ... | Read More

Dare to CARE, an organization started by Annapolis-area vascular surgeons, seek to educate the public about vascular disease and provide free screening to those who may be at risk. These surgeons provide free public lectures on the potential complications of cardiovascular disease, such as stroke and aneurysm, and also provide free ultrasound testing for anyone at risk. Through their website, they provide a great educational resource for patients with an emphasis on the lesser known complications of cardiovascular disease and the importance of early detection and treatment for vascular disease. The Dare to CARE program is also a great example of physicians engaging with their community to raise awareness about a public health problem. ... | Read More

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