Innovations
Free Skin Cancer Screening and Education at Beaches and Other Outdoor Venues Identify Many With Suspected Cancer, Enhance Knowledge of Protective Strategies 2/20/2013
Local organizations and volunteers provide free skin cancer education and screenings at beaches and other outdoor venues each summer, enhancing access to these services for thousands of at-risk individuals, identifying many with suspected cancer, and increasing knowledge about strategies to reduce the risk of skin cancer.
Hair Stylists Who Serve as Lay Health Educators Encourage Clients To Adopt Behaviors That Reduce Health Risks 2/13/2013
Healthy Hair Starts with a Healthy Body™ is a salon-based campaign to educate African-American adults in urban areas of Michigan about how to reduce the risks of chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and hypertension.
Care Coordinators Support Individuals With Severe Mental Illness, Leading to Improved Quality of Life and Lower Costs 2/6/2013
The seven-county New York Care Coordination Program offers comprehensive care coordination for individuals with severe mental illness through assessment, individualized goal setting, and access to social programs, leading to improved quality of life and coping skills, fewer emergency department visits and inpatient days, and lower costs.
Community Collaborative Improves Accuracy of Medication Lists for Elderly Patients in Outpatient Clinic Setting 2/6/2013
Aurora Health Care spearheaded a community-wide medication reconciliation initiative, involving health care consumers, providers, pharmacists, and community stakeholders, to improve the accuracy of elderly patients' medication lists.
Policy and Practice Changes in Childcare Settings Promote Healthy Eating and More Physical Activity in Children 2/6/2013
As part of a larger statewide, collaborative initiative targeting four key settings, a pediatric health system promotes policy and practice changes in childcare settings, leading to enhanced provider knowledge, policy changes within childcare centers, and improved health-related behaviors in children.
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QualityTools
Walk to School in October: Getting Started 2/20/2013
This Web page provides information and materials to support local implementation of International Walk to School Month/Day in October of each year.
Choose Your Cover: Skin Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Toolkit 2/13/2013
This toolkit can help organizers develop a Choose Your Cover skin cancer awareness, education, and free screening program in their community.
Field Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in Major Disasters 9/12/2012
This field manual provides specific and practical suggestions for mental health workers and other human service providers who assist survivors following a disaster.
School Violence Prevention: Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative 9/12/2012
This Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) initiative on school violence, Safe Schools/ Healthy Students, focuses on the collective involvement of families, communities, and schools to build resiliency to disruptive behavior disorders.
Bright Futures for Women's Health and Wellness: Healthy Women Build Healthy Communities Toolkit for Physical Activity and Healthy Eating 7/11/2012
This toolkit from the Bright Futures for Women’s Health and Wellness (BFWHW) Initiative is for women who want to improve the health of their communities.
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