Case Studies
The 黑料正能量 Association produces case studies on its member organizations across a wide range of health-care topics.
OverviewFROG (Fitness Reaching Older Gen鈥檚) was launched in 2008 when Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SNPHD) received a grant in support of the program鈥檚 creation. SWNPHD then partnered with Community Hospital to offer FROG to members of their Sterling Connection (a free health-related鈥
What is it?Dare to C.A.R.E. is a comprehensive cardiovascular disease early-detection and education program. C.A.R.E. stands for the types of cardiovascular disease the screenings are designed to detect: carotid artery stenosis, abdominal aortic aneurysm, renal artery stenosis, and extremity artery鈥
What is it?Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, St. James Healthcare provides soup for the "Help the Homeless - We Deliver" program, which serves sack lunches prepared by local volunteers and organizations. St. James chefs use surplus food from the kitchen and Caf茅 to create hearty soup to fill two鈥
What is it?Each of the approximately 550 babies born annually at Day Kimball Hospital goes home with a new children's book, thanks to a Books for Babies partnership between the hospital and the nonprofit organization Read to Grow. As part of the program, maternity unit nurses talk to parents鈥
What is it?The Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program is a free, biweekly, one-hour class designed to help individuals with arthritis. Classes include low-impact exercises, both seated and standing. An activity such as beach volleyball, parachute, basketball toss, or box step dancing is also鈥
What is it?Since 2008, Healthy House has been teaching a holistic model of healthy living through observational and participatory learning in a teaching kitchen, activity rooms, outdoor court, and sustainable garden. Who is it for?Socioeconomically disadvantaged children at risk for obesity in鈥
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The Bayhealth Wellness Centers work to meet the physical needs of young people, as well as their nutritional, mental, and emotional needs. Available at area high schools, the Bayhealth Wellness Centers provide services related to physical health, nutrition, mental health, laboratory鈥
OverviewIn cooperation with the Alabama Orthopaedic Specialists and Rehab Associates, the hospital offers free sports physicals to student athletes throughout Montgomery. Children receive a comprehensive sports physical including screenings for height and weight; heart and lungs; vision, blood鈥
OverviewWorking in partnership with community and governmental groups and volunteers, as well as a communications/marketing professor and her students at Montana State University-Billings, St. Vincent Healthcare sponsored the 鈥淕o Play!鈥 initiative in 2007. A 2006 Yellowstone County community health鈥
OverviewLaunched in May 2006, Project Heart ReStart is The Christ Hospital鈥檚 initiative to increase the awareness of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and to support placement of lifesaving automated external defibrillators (AEDs) throughout the community. The American Heart Association estimates that up鈥