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Spring 2008 |
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Welcome to the Outside the Box, Community Health Partnership’s quarterly e-newsletter!
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100 N. Winchester Blvd. Suite 250 Santa Clara, CA 95050 Phone: 408-556-6605 Fax: 408-556-6617
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Newsletter Contributors
Guadalupe Arango Elena Alcala Lydia Guel Peninah Kaniu Odel Malan-Pineda Mary Nacionales Alpana Verma-Alag Michelle Fenner, Editor Katherine Contreras, IT Support |
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We welcome all comments and suggestions in making Outside the Box newsletter an informative and useful resource. Please send any ideas or remarks to Michelle Fenner at michelle@chpscc.org. |
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CMAP Recipient of 2008 Women’s Health Golf Tournament
On Thursday, June 5, 2008, the Cypress Women’s Golf Club is hosting its 3rd annual golf tournament. The fundraiser will take place at the Cypress Golf Course in Colma, California and will include a nine-hole stroke play, continental breakfast, lunch, an awards ceremony, and prizes. The Cypress Women’s Golf Club is generously donating funds raised during the tournament to the Community Mammography Access Project (CMAP). Click here to read more. |
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New CMAP Coordinator
As of April 17th, Elena Alcala has taken on the role as CMAP Coordinator. Her extensive background in evaluation, research, provider/community technical assistance, and grant writing coupled with her knowledge of core community health education principles will be invaluable. CMAP is now entering a critical phase focusing on quality, refinement, and sustainability. Elena was previously a Health Educator with Cancer Detection Program: Every Woman Counts. |
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Twenty-six years after the identification of the HIV virus, providers are now approaching prevention and treatment for HIV entirely differently. Community Health Partnership, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, and the Santa Clara County Public Health Department teamed up to produce the third regional HIV Care & Prevention 2008 conference for the South Bay area on May 6th at the Double Tree Hotel in San José and to present this call to action to almost 250 physicians, nurses, behavioral health professionals, prevention specialists, and other health professionals. Click here to read more. |
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Day at the Capital 2008
Twenty two patient advocates, staff from member clinics and Partnership staff boarded a very early bus for Sacramento to participate in the 2008 Day at the Capital. Patient advocates once again took the lead as we met with Santa Clara County legislators and their staff. This was the first opportunity for some legislators to hear patient advocates speak, and they were greatly appreciative. During our visits we focused on legislation that will assist our community health centers in serving the medically underserved Click here to read more. |
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Partnership HIV/STD Resource Directory Live Online!
San Jose AETC completed the clinic needs assessment of Community Health Partnership’s member clinics and other local HIV service providers. The assessment helped to determine the hours, locations, types of STD/HIV prevention and treatment services available, and costs of services. The directory is intended to be used as a referral source for providers and for underserved community members, and is live on the Partnership website at:
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2007 Women’s Health Golf Tournament |
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HIV Care & Prevention Conference 2008 |
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2008, IHC’s Wellness Center has moved to 602 Santa Clara Street San Jose, CA 95112. IHC’s Wellness Center provides direct prevention and education services to help people learn about how to manage chronic illness. Services offered at the Wellness Center include health education, a large fitness program, nutrition education, elder care, a youth program, a diabetes prevention program, injury prevention, smoking cessation, case management, transportation, and outreach. An important part of the services are American Indian cultural activities, so arts and crafts classes, culturally-focused gathering and ceremonies are also held on a regular basis. In our partnership with the community we would like to transform the delivery of the healthcare system to one with a more encompassing focus on prevention and overall healing. |
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Health Service Organizations to Improve Programs and Services for Transgender Clients and Patients
There is a prevailing lack of medical and cultural competence among providers regarding transgender HIV prevention and care. Existing research needs to be consolidated and analyzed to determine what additional research would benefit our understanding of the needs of California’s diverse transgender communities around HIV prevention. In FY 2007-08, the Partnership’s Minority Aids Initiative (MAI) implemented a comprehensive needs assessment to identify specific barriers to accessing healthcare and HIV services, to collect and document the stories of local community members, and to make concrete recommendations to providers on what they can do to improve access to their services. Click here to read more. |
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Healthy Futures to be Established in Kagaa, Kenya Special Feature article by Peninah Kaniu
Since 2005, my experience working with the Community Health Partnership, San Jose State’s MPH program, and Andrew Hill High School’s Medical Magnet program has helped crystallize my plans to duplicate the Healthy Futures pipeline program in my home village of Kagaa, Kenya. Through my experience, I learned the importance of gaining proper training to use my knowledge and skills in community health education, health promotion and preventative medicine to help with the tremendous challenge of stopping treatable health problems from turning into morbidity and mortality that devastate the communities in Africa. Click here to read more. |
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South Bay AHEC Partners with Colleges & Universities for Workforce Development
The South Bay Area Health Education Center (South Bay AHEC), hosted by Community Health Partnership, has been working hard this year to empower the next generation of diverse local healthcare professionals to start preparing for their careers as early as middle school all the way through graduate-level community health projects and fieldwork experience. In working closely with San Jose State University’s Health Science Program and Evergreen Valley College’s Nursing Program, South Bay AHEC has helped undergraduate students gain hands-on experience this year through clinical internship placements, by mentoring Healthy Futures pipeline students, and networking with local health professionals to coordinate classroom presentations for high school students. Click here to read more.
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2008 Day at the Capital Participants |
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Evolution of Health – Revolution of Care |