The The Healthy Communities Healthy Communities

PartnershipPartnership

Mission:

… to improve the health and quality of life of the people and

communities we serve.

Vision:

… to create the healthiest community in America.

Goals:1) To provide education, support and alternative

activities to promote healthy lifestyles;

2) To increase preventive healthcare services;

3) To increase access to primary care.

History

Created in 1997

Collaboration involving: Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital Family Medical Center Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce Logan County Health Department Logan-Mason Mental Health

HCP Task ForcesHCP Task Forces

RRural Health Partnership

Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs

Healthy Families

Domestic Abuse & Violence Senior Issues

Parish Nurse

HCP Steering Committee

The Rural Health PartnershipThe Rural Health Partnership

Current Mobile Health Unit

New New Service…Service…

Mobile Health & Dental Unit

Start-up grant of $225,000 from the Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation

New unit arrived September 27, 2006

Mobile Health & Mobile Health & Dental Unit FactsDental Unit Facts

Median Logan County household income = $39,389(2000 US Census Bureau)Median Illinois household income = $46,590 (2000 US Census Bureau)

10% of Logan County children (5-17 years) live below poverty level (2000 US Census Bureau)

Logan County has been designated a Dental Health Professional Shortage Area (Illinois Department of Public Health Center for Rural Health)

Mobile Health & Mobile Health & Dental Unit Dental Unit Facts, cont.Facts, cont.

11% of rural residents have never seen a dentist. (National Rural Health Association)

Children from families with lower incomes have nearly 12 times as many days missed from school due to dental problems.(National Maternal & Child Oral health Resource Center)

There are associations between oral infections and diabetes, heart disease, stroke and preterm, low-weight births.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

The H.O.P.E. MobileThe H.O.P.E. Mobile

Addressing Health Addressing Health ConcernsConcerns

Making Life Skills education available to all 7th and 8th grade classes in the county.

Coordinating a healthy community by assisting communities to identify the health issues affecting them.

Providing access to primary and preventive healthcare through the Mobile Health Unit.

Schools Served by Schools Served by the Life Skills the Life Skills ProgramProgram

Hartsburg-Emden New Holland-Middletown Chester-East Lincoln Mt. Pulaski Elkhart Lincoln Jr. High School

Mt. Pulaski Grade School

Locations Served by theLocations Served by the Mobile Health Unit Mobile Health Unit

- Hartsbug - Emden- Chestnut - Mt. Pulaski- New Holland - Middletown- Elkhart - Atlanta- Latham - Broadwell -- H.O.P.E. Mobile

…and two locations in Lincoln.

Mobile Health Mobile Health Unit StaffUnit Staff

Pat Estep, FNP

Pam Clark, RN, BSN

Ruth Freeman, RN, BSN

Sue Estes, RN, CLC, BA

Mary Southerlan, Dental Hygienist

Services Provided by Services Provided by the Mobile Health Unitthe Mobile Health Unit

Physical Examinations Ordering and interpreting lab tests Acute illness management Chronic illness management Immunizations Serum Injections Tests Environmental services Health education guidance and

counseling

The Statistics Speak for Themselves…

37,05537,055Total Service ContactsTotal Service Contacts

(Avg. 23 people per day)(Avg. 23 people per day)

“I seriously believe that without the Mobile Health Unit…if I had let another day or two go by…my health would have

been in serious jeopardy. The Mobile Health Unit is a wonderful thing. It saved my life.”

-Rural Logan County resident

“Without the Mobile Health Unit, my daughter would not have had her school

physical. We don’t have a doctor and they were there when we needed it.”

-Mother of High School Freshman

Current Funding SourcesCurrent Funding Sources Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation

Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation

Hilda Humphreys Estate

Eaton Corporation

County of Logan

Patient Revenue

Private Donations

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