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Nashville General Hospital at Meharry (NGHM)
“Strengthening Existing National Organizations Serving
Racial and Ethnic Populations Capacity Development Programs: Strategies to
Advance Program Implementation, Coordination, Management, and Evaluation
Efforts.” |
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The NGHM Center for Lifestyle and Health
Management is a cooperative agreement sponsored by the CDC / OCPHP / OMHD and
the NIH / NCMHD. |
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The center provides primary risk prevention and
wellness services as well as secondary management services to racial and ethnic
groups suffering from diabetes or CVD or both. The program is designed
primarily for those persons with mild hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, early
diabetes, mild to moderate obesity; or those with family histories of CVD or
related complications. |
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This cooperative agreement supports the CDC
goals:
(1) Healthy People in Every Stage of Life, and
(2) Healthy People in Healthy Places. |
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The purpose of the program is to: |
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The CLHM seeks to provide an educational risk reduction program for individuals
vulnerable to complications of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. In
collaboration with primary care physicians, encourage clients to make lifestyle
changes through a series of educational modules targeting: exercise, nutrition,
weight control, smoking cessation and stress management. |
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Specifically, the program is intended to: |
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Control adverse health outcomes among the residents of North Nashville who are
diagnosed with any of the associated risk factors for diabetes or CVD or both. |
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Improve the quality of life for residents of North Nashville who have
pre-diabetes or cardiovascular risks, as well as for those patients now
suffering from diabetes or CVD. |
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Reduce the secondary and territory health consequences and effects such as
dialysis, amputations, and obesity in patients who would otherwise continue to
have unmanaged hypertension or diabetes or both. |
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Achieve both cost savings within, and reduced systemic burdens on, the local
health care safety net facilities from patients and residents suffering from
diabetes or CVD or the associated pre-disease risk factors. |
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Educate NGHM and area safety net physicians and other providers, as well as
patients and their families about the risk factors and triggers associated with
diabetes, CVD, stroke, and the medical and lifestyle alternatives which will
help prevent and treat these conditions. |
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Empower patients and their families to manage their own health and wellness
independently, to know when and where to seek further help, and to reduce their
need for medical care. |
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Project Period: |
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3 Years |
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Grants |
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Center for Minority Health, Education Research &
Outreach (MiHERO) GRANT
University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC) |
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Principal Investigator: |
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Jamboor K. Vishwanatha,
Ph.D. |
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The purpose of the Grant is to: |
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The purpose of this grant is to develop a Minority Health, Education, Research
and Outreach (MiHERO) Center.
This initiative will build upon ongoing research programs, clinical care, and
educational efforts (including community engagement programs) aimed to
understand the underlying causes of disparities and devising innovative
strategies to ultimately eliminate them.
The MiHERO Center takes an interdisciplinary approach to address the multiple
factors influencing infant mortality and cancer at different levels in order to
take a multilevel approach to outreach activities.
Health disparities are conceptualized as the result of complex interactions
among biological, psychosocial, and environmental risk and protective factors
that accumulate across a life course and influence not only the outcome of an
individual, but also those of subsequent generations.
The goals for the first year of funding are:
(1) to provide a national leadership model in public health professional
education; and
(2) serve as a central resource for the minority communities in North Texas
to disseminate health information and promote participation in health
programs.
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Project Period: |
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1 Year |
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