NEW: Worcester Awarded Innovative Grant to Promote Health
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
The funding is designated to go to nine different partnerships within the state, with the goal of improving health at the community level while shaving health care costs. The partners involved in the Worcester initiative include public and private groups such as Worcester Public Schools, UMASS Memorial Medical Center, the MA Audobon Society, in addition many other educational, legal, and health-based organizations.
“This is a significant opportunity for the City of Worcester,” said Mayor Joseph Petty. “This partnership did an extraordinary job representing the needs of this community. In addition, WDPH played a key role in bringing the different organizations to the table, and in ensuring that the proposal that was ultimately submitted would meet the needs of the communities we serve.”
Based on research conducted by the city's Division of Public Health, the Worcester community initiative will focus on fighting hypertension, pediatric asthma and falls prevention.
For the first phase of their work, each of the nine partnerships that have been awarded funding with receive up to $250,000, with an additional funding over the next three years to rise to between $900,000 and $1.5 million annually.
Related Slideshow: New England’s Healthiest States
The United Health Foundation recently released its 2013 annual reoprt: America's Health Rankings, which provides a comparative state by state analysis of several health measures to provide a comprehensive perspective of our nation's health issues. See how the New England states rank in the slides below.
Definitions
All Outcomes Rank: Outcomes represent what has already occurred, either through death, disease or missed days due to illness. In America's Health Rankings, outcomes include prevalence of diabetes, number of poor mental or physical health days in last 30 days, health disparity, infant mortality rate, cardiovascular death rate, cancer death rate and premature death. Outcomes account for 25% of the final ranking.
Determinants Rank: Determinants represent those actions that can affect the future health of the population. For clarity, determinants are divided into four groups: Behaviors, Community and Environment, Public and Health Policies, and Clinical Care. These four groups of measures influence the health outcomes of the population in a state, and improving these inputs will improve outcomes over time. Most measures are actually a combination of activities in all four groups.
Diabetes Rank: Based on percent of adults who responded yes to the question "Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have diabetes?" Does not include pre-diabetes or diabetes during pregnancy.
Smoking Rank: Based on percentage of adults who are current smokers (self-report smoking at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and currently smoke).
Obesity Rank: Based on percentage of adults who are obese, with a body mass index (BMI) of 30.0 or higher.
Source: http://www.americashealthrankings.org/
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