{"id":62082,"date":"2016-04-20T18:53:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T18:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/community\/?p=4354"},"modified":"2016-04-20T18:53:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T18:53:47","slug":"healthy-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/04\/20\/healthy-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Like an attentive gardener, Katherine Cauley, Ph.D., sows the seeds of possibilities and cultivates partnerships that produce healthier lives.<\/p>\n

As director of the Center for Healthy Communities, Cauley is a true servant leader, creating a nurturing environment where ideas germinate and flourish.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Center for Healthy Communities is dedicated to bridging the gap between higher education, health and social service professionals, human services agencies, and the communities served by these professionals and institutions,\u201d said Cauley, who is also a professor of community health at Wright State.<\/p>\n

For the last 25 years, the center has worked with over 200 local, state, national, and international partners to expand the health care workforce, train future health care providers through innovative community-based interdisciplinary curricula, and demonstrate new models of care and care coordination.<\/p>\n

The center grew from a partnership among local higher educational institutions and community-based health and social service agencies in 1991, with initial fiscal support from the Kellogg Foundation, the Ohio Board of Regents, the Ohio Department of Health, Community Mutual Insurance Company, the Dayton Foundation, Wright State University, and Sinclair Community College. Funded by close to 150 external grants and contracts, the center is administratively housed within the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine.<\/p>\n

The work of the center is rooted in both long-term and project-based partnerships. Its Community Advisory Board provides general direction for program development and implementation. Additional long-term center partnerships like the Kinship Care Coalition, the Medicaid Outreach Consortium, and the HealthLink Collaborative focus on specific patient populations and aspects of health care service delivery and finance.<\/p>\n

Before the Center for Healthy Communities, there were no Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Dayton. CHWs are a critical link between the patient and the health care system. They help community members enroll in health insurance programs, and then connect people to needed health and social services.<\/p>\n

The center began its CHW program in 1991, and since then the role of the CHW has evolved significantly. As a result, community colleges throughout Ohio now offer certificate programs for CHWs, and CHWs supported by the center are currently working with numerous organizations and facilities across the state.<\/p>\n

The Center for Healthy Communities also led the charge to develop Kinship Navigators in Dayton. The Kinship Care program began in 1994, and today Kinship Navigators work with over 700 area families per year. Relative caregivers reap the benefits from the Kinship Family Fair, Kinship Kloset, and numerous support groups and education.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery family has a unique set of challenges that resulted in the children living with relatives and non-relatives,\u201d explained Dionne Simmons, director of the Kinship Navigator Program. \u201cAs the Kinship Navigators are working with kinship families daily, they are reminded of the family dynamics which often create barriers for many families to access available services.\u201d Kinship Navigators are just one piece of the puzzle that will help families obtain community services.<\/p>\n

While community-based education has always been central to the health professions programs at Wright State, interdisciplinary and inter-institutional community-based education has been significantly expanded through the Center for Healthy Communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been fortunate to bring external resources to the greater Dayton area through state and federal grants and contracts that help us to build on local success and expand existing resources both in health care delivery and health professions education,\u201d Cauley said.<\/p>\n

The center supports health professions students by providing community-based clinical experiences and innovative models of care, inter-professional
\nteam training, service-learning, and community research opportunities in quality and clinical outcomes. Additionally, it provides quarterly continuing education programs for practicing health care professionals
\nin the greater Dayton region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen students understand the needs and struggles of the communities they serve, they are better prepared to offer appropriate care and encouragement to the community,\u201d Cauley explained.<\/p>\n

Working closely with its local academic partners as well as colleges and universities across the country, the Center for Healthy Communities has also been engaged in piloting new models of care and care coordination over the last 25 years.<\/p>\n

Seeds for programs like the Alliance for Research in Community Health and Montgomery County Reach Out Free Clinic were planted in the center. The center piloted electronic transfer of records from physician practices to the Social Security Administration for disability benefits evaluation using the Nationwide Health Information Network.<\/p>\n

Current initiatives like the College of Nursing and Health Inter-professional Dedicated Education Unit, and the Boonshoft School of Medicine Wright Rural Heath Initiative both involve the center. It also has worked to develop interdisciplinary care teams and patient-centered medical homes.<\/p>\n

Since 1997, the Center for Healthy Communities has invited the community to submit nominations for its Annual Community Health Promotion Program Award, to recognize community-based health promotion programs that serve the citizens of the greater Dayton area.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to thank the community and all of our partners,\u201d said Cauley, \u201cfor working with us for 25 years to meet the mission of improving the health and well-being of the community, educating its health professionals, and serving as a force for change.\u201d<\/p>\n

SOME OF THE CENTER\u2019S COMMUNITY AND\u00a0ACADEMIC PARTNERS<\/p>\n

LOCAL<\/b><\/p>\n

50 Plus Prevention Advisory Board Program<\/p>\n

African American Wellness Walk<\/p>\n

AHAVA<\/p>\n

Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and
\nMental Health Services Board<\/p>\n

CareSource Community Advisory Board<\/p>\n

Dayton Public Schools<\/p>\n

Eastway Corporation<\/p>\n

Greater Dayton Hospital Association<\/p>\n

HealthLink Outreach Task Force<\/p>\n

Kettering Foundation<\/p>\n

Kinship Caregiver Coalition<\/p>\n

Medicaid Outreach Consortium<\/p>\n

Miami Valley Senior Independence<\/p>\n

Montgomery County Family and Children First Council Healthy Outcomes Task Force<\/p>\n

Montgomery County Fatherhood Initiative<\/p>\n

Montgomery County FCFC Service Brokers
\nTask Force<\/p>\n

Montgomery County Food Coalition<\/p>\n

Montgomery County Frail and Elderly Services Advisory Council<\/p>\n

Montgomery County Job and Family Services<\/p>\n

Montgomery County Women in Action Network<\/p>\n

Premier Community Health<\/p>\n

Prevent Blindness Outreach Committee<\/p>\n

Public Health Dayton\u2014Montgomery County Maternal Child Health Community
\nAdvisory Committee<\/p>\n

Sinclair Community College<\/p>\n

United Against Violence Greater Dayton<\/p>\n

Wright State HealthLink<\/p>\n

Wright State University<\/p>\n

Wright State University Independent
\nStudent Network<\/p>\n

STATE<\/b><\/p>\n

Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio<\/p>\n

Ohio Area Health Education Center<\/p>\n

Ohio Benefit Bank<\/p>\n

Ohio Community Health Workers Association<\/p>\n

Ohio Governor\u2019s Kinship Advisory Board<\/p>\n

Ohio Grandparent\/Kinship Coalition<\/p>\n

Ohio Supreme Court Subcommittee on Responding to Child Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency<\/p>\n

NATIONAL<\/b><\/p>\n

American Public Health Association<\/p>\n

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health<\/p>\n

Nationwide Health Information Network<\/p>\n

INTERNATIONAL<\/b><\/p>\n

The Network: Toward Unity for Health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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