Community-Based Wellness and Prevention
Together we can change health outcomes
in our communities. The Wellmark Foundation seeks to support communities
in developing,
implementing,
and enhancing a broad spectrum of wellness and prevention
programs, including:
- Health promotion
- Health education
- Disease prevention
- Injury prevention
Successful proposals will focus on prevention rather than treatment
and reflect the priority health needs of the community:
- Programs
should be population-based, i.e., work with a non-patient population
vs. targeting
patients already in a clinical setting.
- Potential indicators
of priority community health needs may be found
through a community health needs assessment
or state epidemiological health data.
Tools like The
Community Guide or U.S.
Preventive Services Task Force may help grant applicants justify
project plan choices and make stronger funding requests.
Below are
potential project ideas that would be appropriate for this funding
priority:
- Support of various cancer screenings, especially promoting
the use of or access to screenings.
- Maternal and child health initiatives, especially programs that encourage
participation of high-risk mothers in prenatal care.
- Community-based initiatives to promote wellness in the elderly population,
including exercise, diet, and regular medical visits.
- Injury prevention.
- Community-based initiatives to encourage establishment of a medical
home for children.
- Social marketing programs that encourage healthy behaviors or address
specific risk behaviors (substance abuse, youth risk behaviors).
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