Current
Grants
Grants
Help Hospitals Partner for Better Health
2007 Grantees
COLUMBUS – Six Ohio hospitals are
teaming up with local schools, social service agencies
and others to promote better health for targeted local
populations, thanks to $100,000 in grants from the
Foundation for Healthy Communities
Marietta Memorial Hospital
$20,520 for “Know Your Heart Risk: Assessment
& Follow-Up,” a program to provide free EKG
screenings/health assessments to the medically
underserved populations in the hospital's service area.
Marietta Family YMCA is a partner for this project.
Mercy Medical Center, Canton
$17,127 for “Project CARE (Creative Approach to Resident Empowerment),” A
resident empowerment program that focuses on building a
safe and healthy neighborhood at Skyline Terrace.
Skyline Terrace is a subsidized housing community in
Southeast Canton. Community Services and the Canton City
School District are project partners.
Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton
$13,544 for “Youth Creating Healthier Lifestyles II,” a program which will
focus on minority young women ages 14-19 at risk for
obesity and who are at high risk for developing health
conditions related to obesity. Partners in this project
from the hospital’s Mahogany’s Child program include the
Combined Health District, Colonel White High School, the
Dayton Black Nurse Association and Children’s Medical
Center, Dayton.
Mount
Carmel Foundation, Columbus
$17,675, for “Dementia Caregiver Wellness Program” through
Mount Carmel Senior Services. This
program will offer wellness activities including
exercise programs and respite care to caregivers of
family members who suffer from dementia. Partnering are
Heritage Day Health Centers and Alzheimer’s Association
of Central Ohio.
WRH
Health System, Wadsworth
$19,850 for “Centering Pregnancy,” to empower women who are pregnant and
at-risk and their families or partners to take control
of their bodies, pregnancies and families. Wadsworth
City Schools will assist in this project.
Dunlap Memorial Hospital, Orrville
$11,284 for “Growing Healthy Habits, to provide educational and
motivational opportunities related to fitness and
nutrition for approx 500 students and their families in
the Orrville City School district.
Hospitals
as the Healthiest Workplaces in Ohio!
2006 Grantees
The
Foundation for Healthy Communities is pleased to
announce the four grants recommended for funding in the
2005-2006 grant period. These Healthy Hospitals grants
received a total of $70,000 in funding.
Read a summary of current grant results
Race to
Wellness
$20,000
East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry
The program is designed around a NASCAR-race theme
promoting sustainable participation in the wellness and
health improvement among employees and family members
with the primary focus on reduction in cardiovascular
disease.
Because
We Care
$20,000
St, Elizabeth and St. Josephs Health Centers, Youngstown
The project will provide convenient, cost-effective
employee access to the hospital's award-winning employee
wellness program through Employee Health Kiosks
strategically placed on the hospital campus.
Employee Wellness Program
$20,000
St. John West Shore Hospital, Westlake
The Program emphasizes the impact stress plays in the
hospital environment and ways for employees to cope with
pressures and some of the results of stress such as
weight gain, smoking and poor nutrition.
Commitment to Health
$10,000
Memorial Hospital, Fremont
This wellness program will go to the next level by
capitalizing on collaboration with local organizations
to improve the overall health of the community.
2005
Grantees
The Foundation for Healthy Communities
is pleased to announce the six grants that received
funding in 2004-2005. These Healthy Hospitals grants
received
a total of $100,025 in funding.
Read a summary of current grant results.
Get-A-Life
$15,136
Southern Ohio Medical Center, Portsmouth
The project sets goals for blood pressure, weight, tobacco
usage and fitness and rewards participants with fitness
center memberships or opportunities for a walking program.
O’Bleness Means Health
$9,580
O’Bleness Memorial Hospital, Athens
A program to engage 25 percent of O’Bleness’
workforce to take initial assessments and set personal
goals for exercise and nutrition. The program includes
a smoking cessation and stress management component.
Shape Up, MMH!
$20,000
Marietta Memorial Hospital
Identifies, educates and sustains motivation
of employees with high risk for cardiovascular disease.
Strong and Healthy Employees
$17,589
Euclid Hospital, Cleveland
A program with personalized clinical support
as well as electronic communications to employees diagnosed
with diabetes, high blood pressure, and/or high cholesterol.
Wellness At Work program
$17,720
Berger Health System, Circleville
A program to enroll 75 percent of Berger’s
workplace into the Wellness At Work program. Employees
will participate in a health risk appraisal that will
be used to identify and track individual and corporate
modifiable health risks to which education will be targeted.
Wellness Works
$20,000
Middletown Regional Hospital
Offers free health assessments to all participants,
with referrals to wellness education, and, if needed,
intervention. Participants will receive a monthly deduction
on their health insurance premiums.
Healthy
Hospital Grants Results
On behalf of the Foundation, a
professional evaluator collects data and compiles
reports from the coordinators of the Healthy Hospital
grants. The reports contain qualitative information on
the programs as a whole as well as lifestyle and
clinical measures of the participants in aggregate.
Below is a summary with conclusions
of the most recent results of the Hospitals as the
Healthiest Hospitals in Ohio! grants as well as the
full year-end report
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