Stories tagged with: OHIO Alliance for Population Health

Applications open for fall Community Health Worker training

Ohio University is accepting applications for the Community Health Worker Program for fall 2024. The free program will begin in September with a hybrid model including online and in-person classes.

The Ohio Alliance for Population Health received a $1.5 million grant that will establish a behavioral health corridor across southern Ohio

OHIO Alliance for Population Health creating a southern Ohio behavioral health corridor

To expand the state's behavioral health workforce, the Ohio Alliance for Population Health (OAPH) received part of a $1 million grant to establish a behavioral health corridor across southern Ohio.

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Community Health

'You're a bridge. You are the community.'

How OHIO-trained community health workers connect with and care for the people in their region.

Diabetes

Revolutionizing diabetes care: Ohio University's impact on the Appalachian Diabetes Belt

Diabetes, a national crisis, hits close to home in the heart of Appalachia. While the infamous "Diabetes Belt" traditionally encompasses southern states like Georgia and Alabama, the Appalachian region grapples with similarly alarming rates of diabetes-related mortality.

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Applications now being accepted for Community Health Worker Program

A free Community Health Worker Program is now available at OHIO Lancaster. The deadline for application submission is Friday, Dec. 29, 2023.

Kim Jones is shown teaching a class at Ohio University Chillicothe

OHIO Chillicothe helps support improved community health through Community Health Worker training

Vanessa Escamilla, Bailey Herzog and Jared Robertson come from different backgrounds, but they all share a strong desire to help serve their communities.

Applications open for summer Community Health Worker training

Ohio University is accepting applications for the Community Health Worker Program for summer 2023.

A photo of people at an Age-Friendly Athens County community meeting

How Ohio University is improving the health of Ohio’s aging population

With leading research, technology development, infrastructure changes and community support, Ohio University is taking significant strides in improving the health of the state’s older residents.

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OHIO and Genesis HealthCare survey community needs

Genesis HealthCare System and Ohio University surveyed Genesis staff involved in with patients to determine the depth and scope of needs for staff, patients, and patient’s families.

Academic Health Departments bring people and expertise together

Universities, health departments, providers and health advocates are embracing the emerging concept of Academic Health Departments to combine their resources and better serve their constituencies.

OHIO fights cancer through the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention Project

Ohio University has been working with the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention Project over the past few years to improve the health of the people of this region.

Ohio’s State Health Assessment and State Improvement Plan

The Ohio Department of Health selected Ohio University and its partners to facilitate development of the next State Health Assessment and State Health Improvement Plan.

Appalachian Children Coalition hold second annual symposium

The second annual symposium with the Ohio University College of Health Sciences and Professions and the Appalachian Children Coalition was held Monday, Nov. 7, 2022.

OneOhio Recovery Foundation ensures fair distribution of more than $400M to fight the opioid crisis in local communities

Ohio leaders secured $808 million in a settlement that gives Ohio new resources to help undo the damage and strengthen our state’s fight against substance abuse.

The OHIO Alliance for Population Health in Ukraine

The OHIO Alliance for Population Health partner organizations are rising to the occasion to support Ukraine as war rages.

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