Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare Awards Grant to Community Health Advocacy Partnership
Posted on: Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 09:01 CDT
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare announced today that it has awarded a $29,000 grant to Community Health Advocacy Partnership (C.H.A.P.) to support the use of mobile prevention stations staffed by certified health educators. Community Health Advocacy Partnership's mission is to advocate, promote, and protect the health and safety of underinsured and underserved individuals and families in Hillsborough County, Fla., by facilitating access to quality health services, providing intervention and education, and forming strategic partnerships with public and private entities with a shared vision and mission.
Access to quality, culturally-competent healthcare remains a critical issue. The burden of chronic illnesses such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension and cardiovascular disease is greater for the underinsured and uninsured due to lack of access to consistent primary care and follow-up treatment. Preventive measures can be difficult without a system of support that is community-based and cost effective. C.H.A.P. works with certified health educators and advocates to provide a variety of screenings including cholesterol, blood pressure, blood glucose and body mass index in neighborhoods of Hillsborough County where at least 15% of the population is uninsured. C.H.A.P. volunteers also provide health education sessions. Participants that receive screenings and education benefit from the disease management, education, counseling and referrals that are provided.
"Timely health screenings, coupled with education, enable individuals to make informed decisions about their healthcare," said Kathy Bradley-Wells, president, Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare. "The need for trusted community-organizations, like C.H.A.P., assuming roles as educators, advocates and facilitators is critical to bridging the gaps that exists for underinsured and uninsured populations."
Ronald T. Brookins, executive director and ceo of C.H.A.P. states that this program is the first step towards C.H.A.P.'s vision that "all residents of Hillsborough County live well and have access to resources needed to ensure wellness across generations. As a community-based and community-focused organization, we are committed to providing convenient access to quality health care services where people live, learn, worship and play."
About Community Health Advocacy Partnership
Community Health Advocacy Partnership was founded in 2003. Its mission is to advocate, promote, and protect the health and safety of community members in Hillsborough County, Fla. A particular emphasis is placed on minorities and the underinsured and uninsured. Community Health Advocacy Partnership's main strategies for accomplishing its mission include facilitating access to quality health services, integration of community disease prevention, intervention and education, case and self management, advocacy programs and strategic partnerships with public and private entities with a shared vision and mission. For additional information, please email chap@chapnet.org.
About The Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare
The Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare is a non-profit private foundation dedicated to improving the quality of healthcare in the United States. The Foundation serves as a resource to identify and support innovative approaches to improving and increasing the quality of and access to healthcare for low-income individuals and families. This is accomplished through an inspired philanthropic giving plan that seeks to promote efforts and activities that identify and address core causes of unequal access and treatment in healthcare. For additional information, please visit http://www.centenefoundation.org/.
Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare
CONTACT: Sandy McBride, Senior Director, Corporate Communications, orMary Deverman, Manager, Community Relations, both of Centene Foundation forQuality Healthcare, +1-314-725-4477
Web site: http://www.centenefoundation.org/
Source: PRNewswire
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