Community Partnerships: Building a Healthy Future

Hanna Jaworski, MD, FAAP

Carilion Clinic Children’s Hospital

PATH Community Coalition

“Competition has been shown to be useful up to a

certain point and no further, but cooperation,

which is the thing we must strive for today, begins

where competition leaves off.”

“Problems can become opportunities when the

right people come together. ”“Society is joint action and

cooperation in which each participant sees the other

partner's success as a means for the attainment of

his own.”

TEAMWORK

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Robert Redford

Ludwig von Mises

MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION

PATH Community Coalition: Building Community Partners Breaking Cross-sector Barriers

• Carilion Clinic: Hanna Jaworski• Roanoke City: Tom Carr, Keith Holland, B.T.

Fitzpatrick, Bob Clements• Roanoke City Parks and Rec: Donnie Underwood• Roanoke City Schools: Rita Bishop, Robert Wray,

Brandon Kelley, Suzanne Moore• Food for Thought: Cynthia Lawrence• Roanoke College: Liz Holbrook• Roanoke Community Gardens: Mark Powell• United Way: Abby Verdillo• Council of Community Services: Dan Merenda

Building Physical Structures:Hurt Park Elementary Garden

Making Recommendations:

• Providing insight to how budgets might be spent

• Advocating for safe crossings to parks, healthy food marts, schools

• Helping to shape tailor-fit health curriculum in schools

Finding ways to Build Communities

• Creating a model for assessing a neighborhood/community

• Using data to shape community building and development

• Using resources to host community building events

Healthy Communities = Healthy People

Collaborative Partnerships Thinking About– Access– Quality of Environment– Knowledge– Skill– Motivation/Desire to change