A Successful Partnership of Organizations

EventBackground Healthylifestylesandhealthscreeningscanincreaseanindividualslifespanandqualityoflife.

Improvedoutcomesareaccomplishedwhencommunitygroupstaketheleadingettingpeopleinvolvedthatcanreducerisksforchronicdiseases,suchasheartdisease,diabetes,andcancer.

In2006,sixorganizations

cametogethertoenhance

healthintheLatinocommunity.

EventBackground(cont.)

FirsteventwasheldinOctober2006inWyandottecounty.

Focusareasfor2006: Cancer Cardiovasculardisease Smokingcessation Obesity Depression

Objectives

Theoverreachinggoalsofthehealthfocuseventsaretoincreaseawarenessandaccesstohealthfortheuninsured/underservedLatinocommunityinboth

KansasandMissouri.

Thespecificobjectivesofthisprojectare: Cancer,diabetesandcardiovascularpreventivescreenings Promotinghealthyeating Promotingevidencebasedsmokingcessationandhomesmokingrestriction

Casemanagementandreferral

CelebratingHealthyFamilies2007Events

October6,2007NationalGuardArmory

KansasCity,KS

10:00am 2:00pm

October13,2007SamuelRodgersHealthCenter

KansasCity,MO

10:00am 2:00pm

Whoweretheparticipants?(n=137)

Themajorityofattendeeswerefemale(67%),originallyfromMexico(72%).

Approximatelyhalfofthe

respondentswereunemployed.

Twothirdsreportedannual

householdincomelessthan$20,000.

Onethirdhadlevelsofeducationequalorbelowelementaryschool.

Householdsizevariedfrom1to9memberswithanaverageof4.23familymembersperhousehold.

CelebratingHealthyFamilies2007outcomes

457 peopleregisteredforscreenings

SCREENINGS 368 peoplecompletedallofthefollowing:cholesterol,bloodpressureandglucosescreenings 168 dentalscreeningscompleted 114 peoplereceivedskin/sundamagechecksonsite 69 eyeexamscompleted 36 prostateexamswerecompleted

REFERRAL 59 womenscheduledforfreemammogramandpelvic/papexam

VOLUNTEERS 150 volunteers 60 volunteerhealthcareproviders 40 volunteerinterpreters

SmokingCessation

Currentsmokingwasreportedby17%and20%reportedhavingeverusedtobacco.

Weidentifiedahighrateofquitattemptsandalowutilizationofstandardsmokingcessationmethods.

27peoplereceivedonsitesmokingcessationassessment,counselingandpharmacotherapytreatment.

Thevastmajorityofparticipantswereveryinterestedinparticipatinginresearchstudiestostopsmokingandwouldwanttoparticipateinafreestopsmokingprogram.

2008EventPlanning

PlanningcommitteepartnerswithHearttoHeartInternationalintheplanningprocess

Weeklyplanningcommitteemeetingsnearlyyeararound

PlanningcommitteereceivesfundingfromHealthCareFoundationofGreaterKansasCity

CelebratingHealthyFamilies2008outcomes

486 peopleregisteredforscreenings13individualsidentifiedashighrisk

SCREENINGS

13 prostateexams(PSA)werecompleted

REFERRAL 74womenscheduledforfreemammogram

andpelvic/papexam

VOLUNTEERS

198 volunteers(HearttoHeart,interpreters,physicians,medicalstudents,nursingstudents,highschoolstudents)

HealthFairvs.HealthFocus

Effectivecasemanagementrequiressystemstoidentifypatientsinneedofservice,trackchangesinhealthcareneeds,assureaccesstotreatmentsinaccordancewithbestpracticesandtoproactivelyengagepatientsinbehavioralchange.

During2006&2007events,casemanagerswereavailabletoreviewscreeningresults,tailoreducationalinformationandcommunityresources,andidentifyhighriskpatientsforfollowup.

HealthFairvs.HealthFocus(cont.)

During2008healthfocuspromotoras wereavailabletoreviewscreeningresults,tailoreducationalinformationandcommunityresources,andidentifyhighriskpatientsforfollowup.

2008casemanagercontractedtoprovidefollowuptohealthfocusparticipants.

We want to give a sincere THANK YOU

to all of our wonderful

2008 partners, funders, and volunteers!

CelebratingHealthyFamilies broughttoyouby:

SavetheDateforOctober2009!