Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc (CNHC)

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Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc (CNHC)

• Julie van Putten , MPH, MS, MD, PhD
• Medical Director
• Mary Fehskens , MD
• Physician Champion
• Yami Sahr
• Medical Assistance
• Buhari Mohammed, MD
• Program Coordinator

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History of CNHC, Inc.

• CNHC, Inc. was established in May, 1997 as a
  Section 330(e) funded non-profit community health
  center organization, and a Section 330 (h)
  funded Health Care for the Homeless program

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History of CNHC, Inc. cont

• Provided comprehensive primary care independently
  for 25 years
• Merge as CNHC in 1997 from 8 independent clinics
• Consolidated to 5 clinics in 2003

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CNHC Location

• Home of The Ohio State University
• Urban Columbus, Franklin County
• Population of 1,200,000

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Services

• Family Practice
• Internal Medicine
• Obstetrics/Gynecology
• Pediatric
• Podiatry
• Dental
• Vision

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Services cont

• Health Care for the
• Homeless Program
• Comprehensive
• Pharmacy Services
• Ancillary Patient
• Education / Case
• Managements
• Licensed Social
• Worker Counseling

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Health Centers

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  East Central Health
  Center
  Northeast Health Center
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Health Centers cont

• JMSS

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CNHC Demographics

• Patient encounter 97,000 ( 2008)
• Number of users 24,000
• Blacks 45
• Whites 25
• Hispanics 23
• Asian 2.4
• Natives 0.1
• Others 4.5

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Advancing Community Health Through Community
Health Partnerships

• Dr LD Gamm
• (J Healthc Manag. 1998 Jan-Feb43(1)51-66
  discussion 66-7)
• Community action partnership
• Community organization partnership
• Community development partnership

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Recruiting and Working with People from the
Community
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Advancing Community Health Through Community
Health Partnerships cont.

• Large integrated delivery system can
• affect creation of partnership to improve
• community health

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Recruiting and Working with People from the
Community
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Advancing Community Health Through Community
Health Partnerships cont.

1. Political accountability
2. Commercial accountability
3. Clinic/patient accountability
4. Community accountability

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Recruiting and Working with People from the
Community
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Working with People from the Community

• The Healthy Neighborhood Report, July 2004
• Diabetes Collaborative, April 2006
• Diabetes Self-Management Program, August
• Get HIP! Healthy Incentive Program, June 2006
• Near East Healthy Lifestyle Center, March 2006

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Working with People from the Community cont

• The Healthy Neighborhood Report, July 2004
• -Near East Community Columbus
• -Population of 25,000 , 83B, 12W, 5O
• -14 No Insurance as compare 8.5 in Franklin CO
• -66 Overweight as compare to 56 FC
• -9 DM as compare to 7 FC
• -Mortality rate for AA male 4 x national Av.

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Working with People from the Community cont

• Diabetes Collaborative, April 2006
• CNHC
• Columbus Public Health ( CPH)
• Central Ohio Diabetes Assoc. (CODA)
• Columbus Urban League (CUL)
• American Diabetes Assoc. (ADA)
• Central Community House (CCH)
• OSU College of Medicine and Public Health
• OSU College of Dentistry

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Working with People from the Community cont

• Diabetes Self-Management Program, August 2006
• Funding from ODH
• Distribute
• Glucometers
• Test strips
• Pedometer
• Materials on self-managements
• Community resources
• Attend Diabetes Class

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Working with People from the Community cont

• Get HIP! A community incentives program , June
  2006
• 5 stamps pedometer
• 10 stamps t-shirt
• 15 stamps keep going
• 20 stamps Kroger gift card
• 25 stamps fruit and vegetable basket

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Working with People from the Community cont

• Near East Healthy Lifestyle Center, March 2006
• - Lifestyle Changes
• - Education
• - Diabetes Prevention

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Impacts

• Advantages
• Foster partnerships
• Increase outreach
• Patients/Community benefits
• Disadvantage
• Increase demand
• Staff

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Recruiting and Working with People from the
Community
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Conclusions

• A community oriented clinic and the will to
  initiate or be part of any collaborative
  activities is essential to maximizing saving
  lives and giving hope to the community that one
  serves.

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Other Resources

• A review of collaborative partnership as strategy
  for improving community health (Roussos
  ST, Fawcett SB, 2001)
• Hospital and community health going from
  stakeholder management to stakeholder
  collaboration ( Older PC, 2003)

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Contact Information

• Buhari Mohammed, MD
• Diabetes Collaborative Coordinator
• bmohammed_at_colnhc.org
• [phone] ext 4038

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