Year Three Business Plan Projects
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Blue Ribbon winner
| Organization | Members | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Floyd and Gordon County | Gibson, Townley, Lathan, Harkins, Vaughn | Demonstration
Prevention Home Visiting Program in Floyd and Gordon counties
to provide parental support and promote health-development
of kids. DFCS, PH and community partnership with primary/secondary
prevention. Funded with $125,000 in DFACS and State money |
| District 1-1 Team | Naves, Robinson, Terry, Wetherington | The
Women's Health Model will provide a "single point of
entry"
for all Women's Health services from puberty to the end of
life. Model in Chatooga and Gordon counties. Read more about the team |
| Dade County Team | DeMarche, Page, Bradford, Bradford | Three part initiative: the construction of a wellness center; the construction of walking/fitness trails; and the development and implementation of a preventive health education program in grades 1-8 |
| Whitfield County HD | Woodard, Babb, Christie, Kennedy | International
Inclusion Center: Provide health-related services to new
immigrants (primarily Hispanic) and foster transition into
the community through the schools. Implemented |
| Fulton County DOH | Waters, Adams, Freeman, Finton | Fulton County Health & Wellness Dental Clinic |
| DeKalb County BOH | Bryant, Clark, Loftis, Ross-Mitchell, Sykes | New billing system for BOH |
| Georgia Division of PH | Bussey, Dulock, James, Johnson, Krause, Tanenbaum | Capacity building for youth with special needs & their families.The state office level will provide training, resources, etc to districts to help them build district / local capacity so they may better help families & youth. |
| DeKalb County BOH | Calhoun, Coye, Divito, Oladele, Prince | Plan
to provide select screening services to inmates at the Dekalb
County Jail FULL TEXT |
| New Hanover County | McCumbee, Melvin, Nelson, Pickett, Roane | Hand
in Hand for Healthier Children program seeks to decrease
outbreaks of shigella and improve sanitation procedures among
child care centers as well as the community at large. FULL TEXT | Read more about the team |
| New Hanover County | McClure, Brown, McNeil, Howard, Weedon | Address
companion pet overpopulation to reduce risk of rabies and
injurious animal bites--by building on-site spay / neuter
facility and enhancing adoption program. FULL TEXT | Read the outcome Implemented--Ribbon-cutting ceremony held November 15, 2004 |
| Hertford-Gates Health Agency | Harrell, Horne, McLawhorn, Pierce, Wiggins | Child care for the employees of Hertford-Gates Health Agency and other local government agencies. The childcare center will have a strong emphasis on guidelines for healthy eating, daily routine exercise, and a structured learning environment for 15-25. |
| Dare County Health Dept | Doyle, Flythe, Hibler, Montgomery, White | Double
operatory mobile dental unit to provide preventive, restorative,
and maintenance services for children and adults and dental
health ed-- regardless of reimbursement status. FULL TEXT | Read the outcome Funded by Kate B Reynolds Foundation, implemented in 2003 |
| Wilkes County Health Dept | Billings, Eller, Harris, Hemric, Tucker, Whitesides | The
Wilkes County Dental Varnishing Project seeks to improve
the dental health of children in Wilkes County through prevention
of dental caries in children ages 6 months to 6 years by
implementing a dental flouride-varnishing project. FULL TEXT |
| SC DHEC | Greene, Gibson, Rogers, Wallace | Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Project offering an integrated community approach including prevention, screening, referral, education & surveillance. Partnering with pharmaceutical companies and multiple community agencies. Funding is underway.Blue Ribbon winner |
| Catawba Health District | Hopkins, Ellis, Bailey, Lindsay | "Healthy & Whole" Faith
Based Initiative Grant funding: $87,500 |
| Trident Health District | Banis, Ruegger, Grube, Maranville, Murray | Adequate health care plan for hispanic women and children |
| Low Country Health District | Burke, McCrary, Lyons, Liggins, Reeves | In-Home Injury Prevention for Seniors (IHP) project aimed at providing assessments to identify safety hazards in the home and to access resource and provide assistance to ensure a Safe Home environment for seniors aged 60 years and older. |
| SC DHEC | Reese, Hill, Brown, Smalls | TRANS Program - Teens Reaching A New Start - community-wide integrated approach at reducing juvenile recidivism in South Carolina. |
| Appalachia II District | Ard, Burke, Brechibiel, Davis | Facilitate, coordinate and expand community partnerships aimed at increasing awareness of the health effects of domestic violence. |
| Palmetto Health District | Rembert, Carter, Raymond, Tucker | Lead poisoning abatement program |
| SC DHEC | Horton, Morris, Brown, Green, Berry | Are
You On The "A" Team? Food Safety project aims to
increase compliance in restaurants and educate consumers
about food safety issues using a variety of media (video,
printed, audio) Implemented |
| SC DHEC | Prabhu Das, Lumpkin | South Carolina Women's Health Foundation |
| Wateree Health District | Coker, Collier, McClellan, Robertson, Wilson | "Soulfully
Fit": An African-American Faith-Based Healthy Lifestyle
Program TEXT |
| Pee Dee Health District | Sanderson, Corbett, Schofield, Kayman, Collins | Multi-agency collaboration to reduce tobacco access and use in 12-13 yo in Florence County. |
| DHEC | Cantwell, Fechtel, Sims, Wright | Division of Health Licensing - a fee-based educational "compliance" workshop for licensed health care facilities' administrators and staff addressing the top complaints and noncompliance items noted in inspections. |
| Appalachia I Health District | Craig, Trado, Little, Ellenburg | Osteoporosis awareness and prevention program aimed at improving the identification, screening and referral of those at risk. |
| DHEC | White, Weidenburner, Morales, Williams, Hardee | One stop health complex project located at the former Chopee High School, seeks to provide clinical and other services to underserved African American community. |
| Edisto Health District | Dantzler, Davis, Dukes, Lancaster, Miller, Tyler | Partnering to Impact Diabetes |
| Bureau of Drug Control | Baker, Burgess, Kotecha, Busbee, Smith | Program to control illicit release and misuse of narcotics therapy to reduce the overdose and long-term arrest rates within the community |
| Lord Fairfax | Arnold, Chrisman, Dowden, Guthrie, Lewis-Snow, Snarr | Healthy Teens - A private, non-profit community-based program that identifies youth at risk for poor school attendance, poor grades, and poor conduct. Private case management funded by the community. |
| Central Va | Walker, Song, Anderson, Rutherford, Davis | Leveraging resources to better use multi-discipinary pediatric screenings. |
| Peninsula | Keene, Wright, Holden, Sher, Gill | Food safety "Outbreak" game aims to increase awareness of food safety issues on a college campus and with the 18-24 y.o. age groups |
| VDH Medical Examiners Office | Morrison, Reynolds, Taylor, Little-Bowser | Virginia Dept of Vital Records - a tutorial based computer CE program on completion of the death certificate for physicians. Partners are the Virginia Medical Society, Virginia Medical Universities and the Virginia licensing board. |
| VDH | Ellison, Stover, Leary | Use of distance education technology and video conferencing to replace on-site public health training programs, thereby making traninig programs more cost effective and feasible to reach a wider public health audience. |
| Portmouth HD | Brown, Tsegaw | In partnership with area Agencies of Aging, Hospitals, Physicians, Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Companies, produce and distribute an educational documentary video on Medication Management among adults ages 60 and older. |
| VDH | Wibberly, Horton, Zoller, Mannix, Hanes | CLAS
model package for entire VDH system, in partnership with
AHEC FULL TEXT |
| Cumberland Health District | Addison, Scarberry (Duty), Miller, Withers-Johnson | Project
TEEN (Teaching, Education, Evaluation, and Nurturing) Moms
will empower pregnant teens and first-time pregnancies (to
21) to deliver infants at an optimum level of health. Education,
case management, transportation and support group components. Implemented |
| SW Virginia Perinatal Council | Kimberlin, Sutherland, O'Brien | Smoking Cessation for pregnant women |
| Arlington | Matthews, Tenerowicz, Cole, Cunanan, Rutherford, Jefferson | EatSmart Campaign will be a public-private partnership, targeting the multicultural community residing in zip code 22204, designed to raise awareness of food safety issues through community education on safe food practices. |
| Prince William HD | Haynes, Revis, Meehan, Ingle, Tester | Stewardship Model for On-Site/Decentralized Sewage Disposal Systems - management/maintenace plan for O/DSDS system owners to prevent premature failure of systems. Partners: builders, lenders, maintenance, homeowners, health depts. |
| VDH | Daley, Darrell, Dunphy, Hutchens, Schmitz | Improving communication through interpreter and cultural competency training |
| Eastern Shore | Angle, East, Hall, Holden | Interpreter Network to address the translation needs of community agencies and businesses on the Eastern Shore of Virginia who serve non-English speaking clients (specifically Hispanic/Latino). |
| VDH | Becken, Fernandez, McClaren, Murphy, Wheeler, White | Safety Culture Options for Public Employers-- comprehensive occupational safety package for VDH. |
| Central Shenandoah HD | Cockley, LaFountain, Larsen, Redmond, Rickard | Increase influenza vaccination rates in the community through local businesses to decrease mid-term and long-term infection rates |