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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sunday, October 10, 2004
Recipient of Annual Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Award Announced at
International Conference
For more information on CCPH or the CCPH award, contact Jen Kauper-Brown at
206-543-7954 or [log in to unmask] or visit www.ccph.info.
For more information on the CCPH annual award winner, contact: Becky Walsdorf,
[log in to unmask], (409) 747-4899 or visit www.galvestonchap.org
Atlanta, GA -- Coalition to Care: The Galveston County Community Health Access
Program is the recipient of the third annual Community-Campus Partnerships for
Health Award. The award, which highlights the power and potential of
partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions as a
strategy for improving health, was announced here today at Community-Campus
Partnerships for Health's 8th annual conference. Selected from a competitive
pool of nominations, the Coalition is a 24-member coalition that is working to
reduce health disparities and improve access to health care and quality of life
for all Galveston County, Texas residents. Much of the work of the 2-year-old
Coalition has focused on a single goal: to improve access to health care and
related services for indigent individuals and families. The Coalition's
partnership strategies include service learning, community-based participatory
research, and broad-based community partnerships organized around this goal.
The Coalition's partners include residents of Galveston County; community
health centers and hospitals; the public education, health, and safety
departments; social services and faith-based organizations; local government;
and The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston including an academic
teaching hospital, Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health and Graduate
School of Biomedical Sciences.
"The Coalition to Care has successfully brought a diverse group of people and
organizations together to improve community health and they are having an
impact," noted CCPH Executive Director, Sarena D. Seifer in announcing the
award. "Through the Coalitions effort's, thousands of uninsured residents are
now able to access needed health and social services. The Coalition's approach
to building partnerships that leverage each partner's strengths and assets for
systems change is a model we can all learn from."
Accepting the award on behalf of the coalition were Dr. Ben Raimer, vice
president for community outreach at the University of Texas Medical Branch, and
Ted Hanley, executive director of the Jesse Tree, a faith-based member of the
coalition. "The coalition is overwhelmed by the CCPH Award and we are so
honored to have been recognized for the work of all of our partners," said
Raimer. "Health care should be a right and not a privilege, but the need is
greater than any single entity can fulfill." Hanley added, "Through the
coalition, resources that were once randomly distributed and data that was once
neglected by faith-based providers is now strategically utilized to promote
holistic care of those seeking assistance. We have learned to partner with the
social service and medical providers to increase medical screening, improve
enrollment and participate in the development of community-based programs for
diabetes and other chronic conditions. Better stewardship of our resources has
allowed us to reach more of those in need and to elevate the dignity of the
entire process. CCPH's recognition of Galveston's efforts is very
encouraging and greatly appreciated."
The international conference, jointly sponsored by CCPH and the World Health
Organization-affiliated Network: Towards Unity for Health, is focused on the
theme of Overcoming Health Disparities: Global Experiences of Partnerships
Between Communities, Health Services and Health Professional Schools. Over five
hundred community and campus leaders from over 45 countries are celebrating the
Coalition to Cares' record of achievement at today's conference closing
ceremony.
In addition, these partnerships received an honorable mention for the 2004 CCPH
Annual Award:
The North Texas Salud Para Su Corazn Promotora Network Alliance brings together
three major entities, the North Texas Promotora Network, the Univeristy of
North Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health, and a 30-member
network of community-based organizations, to improve the heart health behaviors
of the Latino Community of North Texas. The Alliance, in place for three years,
is supporting the ability of the promotora network and community health
infrastructure to use a participatory commmunity health outreach model to build
community capacity and be sustained.
Contact person: Lupe Gonzlez, [log in to unmask], (817) 735-5172
For more information, visit the CCPH website at:
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/awards.html
University-Assisted Community Schools, a collaboration of the School District
of Philadelphia-West Region, the West Philadelphia Partnership, and the
University of Pennsylvania through its Center for Community Partnerships, works
to make the local publc school a center of education, health and social
services, recreation and engagement for students, their parents, and other
community members. Through University-Assisted Community Schools, a
comprehensive approach that fully engages all community stakeholders is being
developed to address seemingly intractable health needs and disparities such as
nutrition and obesity in West Philadelphia.
Contact person: Ira Harkavy, [log in to unmask], (215) 898-5351
For more information: www.upenn.edu/ccp
Guidelines for the 2005 CCPH Award will be released in late October at
www.ccph.info and nominations will be accepted through December 8, 2004.
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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is a nonprofit organization
that promotes health through partnerships between communities and higher
educational institutions. Founded in 1996, CCPH is a growing network of over
1000 communities and campuses that are collaborating to promote health through
service-learning, community-based participatory research, and other partnership
strategies. These partnerships are powerful tools for improving health
professional education, civic responsibility and the overall health of
communities. Learn more about CCPH at www.ccph.info
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