Baptist Health Community Outreach

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Baptist health community outreach. Baptist health will live out its christ centered mission and achieve its vision guided by integrity respect excellence collaboration compassion and joy. Every three years data is gathered and reported in an assessment of the health needs of our individual communities across kentucky and southern indiana. Some of our community involvement and outreach projects and partnerships include. Baptist health community outreach to offer free diabetes screenings in little rock north little rock little rock ark.

Learn more about the variety of events available to you from walking programs to grocery store tours to cooking demonstrations. Our commitment to transform health in our community baptist health paducah s annual economic impact totals 180 million plus 30 million in charitable unreimbursed care and 360 000 in charitable donations. Baptist health community outreach is offering diabetes screenings this month at two locations in little rock and north little rock for residents. Colon cancer prevention project.

They are staffed by nurses and health educators. Baptist health paducah considers it a responsibility and a privilege to be a good citizen of our community. Baptist health nurses have taught these lifesaving cpr skills to thousands of south florida youth via training events presented in miami dade county and broward county public schools as well as through other groups such as baseball camps church groups boy scout and girl scout troops and big brothers big sisters. Healthy happy communities aren t built within hospital walls and at baptist health we bring events to your neighborhood that will equip and inspire you to pursue wellness.

Community health needs assessment. Community non profit outreach initiatives. Baptist health community outreach holds community health fairs at 67 locations. Our diabetes and nutrition education departments engage in community outreach activities such as speaking engagements and health fairs at local businesses community centers schools and universities.

Baptist health community outreach supports arkansas communities residents in need from. Aided by a grant from the harry t. As the region s leading healthcare provider and one of the biggest employers baptist health paducah takes seriously our commitment to our community to improve and transform health. Baptist health paducah is very involved with the community in western kentucky through various programs events and support groups.

Foundation we have also purchased cpr training kits that students and their families can use at home to practice their skills. Leukemia and lymphoma society. Staff members also participate as volunteers in organizations such as the american diabetes association local state and national committees county coalitions state wide coalitions and professional organizations such as the american association of diabetes educators local and national. Baptist health community outreach little rock arkansas.

Walking programs immunizations grocery store.