Business Plan Models--Year One
Blue
ribbon award winner
| Organization | City | Team Members | Business Plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeKalb Health District | Atlanta GA | Massey, King, Muhammed | Community proposal to combine all of the research and data about the causes of teen pregnancy with a comprehensive, continuous intervention program to create a community health project that focuses on the issue of teen pregnancy |
| Augusta Health Dept. | Augusta GA | Miller, Wilkinson, Nolan | Market research project using commercial marketing data with health indicators |
| Georgia Division of Public Health | Atlanta GA | Mitchell, White, Eleby, Howard | Service delivery model to reduce infant mortality and improve health outcomes for pregnant women. It will focus on access to early and continuous prenatal care, community connections and support, education, capacity for cultural competence and data use. |
| Southeast Health Unit | Waycross GA | Brannen, Phillips, Vickers, Sowell | Develop a plan to move from a
categorical maternal
& infant hlth programs (PCM, PRS, Children's 1st, etc.)
to a continuum of care in collaboration w/our pvt physicians
hosp &
community organiz'ns for preg women, infants & preschool
children in district. FULL TEXT: Family Links Business plan has since become a new division of the Waycross health district-- |
| Fulton County Health District | Atlanta, GA | Lynch, Sokie, Hanks, Hill | Youth Violence Prevention--in collaboration with police, schools, churches, fire depts, juvenile court, municipal govt, hospitals, schools of PH, AMA, NMA, CDC, Georgia PH Assoc. |
| Burke County Health Department | Morganton NC | Wesley, McLeod, Pritchard, K Hicks | Partnership with community agencies
to improve unsanitary living conditions in Burke County.
Locally, we will partner with community agencies, local hospitals,
and several non-profit groups in our county to develop and
implement the plan. |
| Durham County Health Department | Durham NC | LeLetourneau, Freeman, Fisseha, Harris | Tobacco use by youth in Durham is the focus of Durham County’s community health plan. The plan will have a two-prong approach: 1) tobacco use prevention and 2) tobacco use cessation. Social marketing techniques will be incorporated. |
| New Hanover County Health Department | Wilmington NC | Rice, Smith, Hewett | Establish a community diabetes coalition to plan community-based interventions to increase community awareness regarding the severity and consequences of diabetes by focusing on education, outreach, and improving access to care. |
| Buncombe County Health Department | Asheville NC | Salyers, Gatewood, Bruckner, Handley | Evaluate the impact of the State's program requirements on a portion of our total clinical effort, our Family Planning and Prenatal Care services, and determine whether we can find alternatives to State funding for these programs. |
| Appalachian Health District | Boone NC | Alley, Staley, Edwards, Stone | Increase community awareness of depression and other factors leading to suicide in Appalachian District. |
| Halifax County Health Department | Halifax NC | Hudson, Clayton | Increase knowledge and availability of patient education to the diabetic population of Halifax and Northampton counties (in partnership with rural health group, health dept in neighboring county, regional hospital). |
| Stokes County Health Department | Danbury NC | W Hicks, Bridger, Caldwell | Develop a resource guide for lower income, newly diagnosed diabetics who do not have health insurance to cover the cost of diabetic supplies; streamline existing diagnostic testing; work with local providers to orient them to the newly developed services. |
| NC DHHS Div of Public Health | Raleigh NC | Cilenti, Ryan, Lenihan, Waller | Improve public services/programs targeting women, conduct analyses on specific women's health issues, facilitate internal and external communication, build public health awareness and capacity, and develop initiatives to improve or expand services… |
| SC Dept of Health and Environmental Control | Columbia SC | Greene, Sanders, McBride | We propose to export a model program that uses teens to deliver STD and sexual abstinence messages through a drama group. |
| Lower Savannah Health District | Aiken SC | Tutt, Cohen, Oliver, Nichols | Improving primary care coverage for Medicaid-eligible children |
| Edisto Health District | Orangeburg SC | Green, Chappell, Carter, Reece | Mobilizing the
community to ensure healthy school environments by creating
innovative solutions to decrease poor indoor air quality
as a risk factor for childhood asthma. FULL TEXT: Healthy Air in Schools |
| SC Dept of Health and Environmental Control | Columbia SC | Roberts, Gibson, Martin, Elliott | We propose a multi-Health District effort to strengthen the effectiveness of district epidemiology teams ("epi-teams") to detect, conduct and do preventive follow-up for acute disease clusters, including (but not limited to) possible food-borne outbreaks. |
| Wateree Health District | Sumter SC | Johnson, Arthur, Timmons | Our project will be a county wide collaborative effort to reduce the risk factors leading to cardiovascular mortality. We will partner with the (USC/DHEC) Physical Activity Grant staff and local restaurants. |
| Waccamaw Health District | Conway SC | Kennedy, Coleman, Tolani, Pasley, Hucks | Combining two clinic locations to create a comprehensive integrated delivery system, ensuring access to healthcare for the medically underserved, including uninsured and underinsured. |
| Appalachia I Health District | Anderson SC | King, Willis, Neil | Create a district
health advisory board Implemented |
| Lenowisco Health District | Wise, VA | Cassell, Cantrell | Document sources and develop methods to reduce pollution
in the Powell River and its tributaries in partnership
with TVA, EPA, county govt, Dept of Conservation and Recreation,
homeowners, businesses. FULL TEXT: Imboden Community Wastewater Treatment Implemented |
| Central Virginia Health District | Lynchburg VA | Worsham, Bowles, Burgess, Harris | Decrease the incidence of obesity in the city of Lynchburg. |
| Virginia Dept. of Health/Minority Health | Richmond VA | Fritts, Caro-Justin, Matthias, Murdaugh | Recruit and train lay health advisors to teach eligible parents about the VCMSIP program, and to help these parents enroll their children in the plan, in Crater Health District (Petersburg). |
| Peninsula Health District | Newport News VA | Jindal, Gregory, Rose, Nycum | Reduce the risk of transmission of enteric diseases in the day care setting and prevent outbreaks from occurring by increasing awareness and education on proper handwashing/hygiene and environmental controls in the day care center. |
| Chesapeake Health District | Chesapeake VA | Boyette, Saunders, Johnson | Our project is to implement a Chronic Disease Case Management program in the City of Chesapeake to address the high mortality rate from diseases of the heart and other chronic diseases |
| Rappahannock Health District | Fredricksburg VA | Switzer, Scott, Thomas, Goldman | Increasing the number of screening exams for breast and cervical cancer in the 50-64 year age group. We will also re-evaluate the utilization of mammography and PAP smears among our target population. |
| VDH | Martinsville VA | Toothman, Smith | Implement education program that informs children and parents concerning the importance of preventing tooth decay. Project will collaborate with the local schools and private dental practices to reach high-risk population and develop effective methods. |
| Virginia Department of Health | Richmond | Bynum, Allan, Wilson | Develop web site
for sharing food safety information across the state FULL TEXT: safefoodsva.com VDH has now implemented a website on this model: www.healthspace.ca/vdh |