Building Youth Resiliency through Peer Assistance and Leadership
February 25, 2013Background: PAL began in 1980, combining peer assistance and peer leadership strategies originally developed in the late 1970s. Over the past 15 years, these basic prevention strategies have been expanded, evolving the peer helping program from an informal, extracurricular activity in a single school district to a formally structured, curriculum-based program that has been adopted by […]
Project Brotherhood: Improving the Health and Wellbeing of Black Men
February 22, 2013Objective: To provide the medical and social services necessary to improve the overall health and well being of the black men in the community, as well as lay a foundation for black youth to maintain control over their own health. Description: Project Brotherhood (PB) offers services that address a wide range of issues, such as […]
Christians in Recovery: Peer Support Program
Objective: To link those in recovery with their peers, while providing a Christian foundation. Description: Christians in Recovery, offered through the Second Baptist Church of Atlantic City, works to assist individuals struggling with addiction to better access health insurance and formal outpatient and inpatient drug and alcohol programs. Because it is a peer model, the lived […]
Aslan Youth Ministries Third World Extreme: Community Service Program for At-Risk Youth
Objective: To provide relationship-driven programs that permanently impact the bodies, minds and spirits of at-risk urban children. Description: Aslan Youth Ministries is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Red Bank, New Jersey. For the past 37 years, they have provided community outreach programs to impoverished areas in Monmouth County. Aslan’s programs include one-on-one mentoring and tutoring, character […]
Oregon Health Plan/ Healthy Native Kids Outreach Program
February 19, 2013Objective: To reach underserved individuals, provide community education regarding health care options, and make strides to create a healthier American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) community. Description: The Oregon Health Plan/Healthy Native Kids (OHP/HNK) Outreach program provides outreach and support to clients and providers through education on access and follow-up phone calls, consistent contact with staff through informational presentations, […]
Primary Care Behavioral Health Consultation Reduces Depression Levels Among Mood Disordered Patients
February 7, 2013History of intervention: Kirk Strosahl, PhD developed a primary care behavioral health consultative model of care with solid and grounded integrative care research. Issues addressed: An organized approach to intervening utilizing a multi-disciplinary approach—medical providers (PCP), nursing support staff, behavioral health consultants (BHC), health educators, pharmacy, and dental services. The area of focus is the relationship […]
CONTINUE YOUR QUICK SEARCH