OUTREACH
Community Outreach
Service to the people of West Virginia
The mission of the Land Grant University
Elaine Bowen, Ed.D. and Barb Howe, Ph.D.
Anne Williams, State Women’s Health Coordinator
Gail Bossart, Social Work Intern
Community Outreach
Goal: to develop and implement a comprehensive plan
for community outreach in women’s health
Consumer Advisory Board
Working Groups
WVU Outreach
Committee
Women’s Voices
Community Perspectives
Guide Priorities
Find Program Gaps
Improve Outreach
Consumer Advisory Board (CAB)27 members representing :
• WVU Center of Excellence in Disabilities• WV Dietetics Association• Preston County Outreach• Coalition for WV Women• Family Nutrition Program (Extension)• Mountains of Hope Cancer Network• Rape and Domestic Violence
Information Center• West Virginia Women’s Commission• Kanawha Pastoral Counseling Center• CEOS (Community Educational
Outreach Service)• West Virginia Library Commission• Sisters of St. Joseph
• American Heart Association• Women, Infants, and Children
Program• WV Lymphedema Network• West Virginia Developmental
Disabilities Council• West Virginia Office of Healthy
Lifestyles• WV Coalition Against Domestic
Violence• WV Medical Institute• National Ovarian Cancer Coalition• American Heart Assn• YWCA• WV STD/HIV/AIDS Program• WVU Carruth Student Services Center
• CAB members come from 14 geographically dispersed counties• CAB is co-chaired by outreach co-chairs and Anne Williams, WVDHHR Women’s Health Coordinator
CAB Quarterly Meetings
July 2005 videoconference Charleston, Morgantown, Wheeling October 2005 videoconference Charleston, Morgantown, Wheeling, Beckley January 2006 videoconference Charleston, Morgantown, Wheeling, Beckley in conjunction with Women’s Health Policy Conference May 2006 upcoming meeting Morgantown, in conjunction with State Health Education Council Conference WVU Public Service grant to fund FY 2007 CAB meetings
CAB Members Advocate for the CoEWH and their Communities
• Community Events
• Women’s Health Week/Month
Working Groups Focus Outreach Efforts
• Women’s Health Month
• Fairs & Festivals
• Women’s Health Resources
• Health Screenings
• Conferences & Seminars
• Healthy Lifestyles
Partnerships Broaden Outreach Efforts
• Governor’s Office of Healthy Lifestyles
• State Conferences
- Rural Health Conference
- Women’s Health Policy Conference
- State Health Education Conference
- Governor’s Wellness Conference
• National Women’s Health Week
• Walking Campaigns & Breast Cancer Walks
• Women’s Day at the Legislature
• Organizational Newsletters
Strategies Reach West Virginia Women Where They Live & Work
• Web site
• Community events, fairs and festivals
• Speaker’s bureau
• Women’s health resources
WVU Outreach Committee Links WVU Resources to CoEWH Outreach
WVU faculty/staff with expertise in outreach, women’s issues, and health
• Become involved in outreach activities• Develop collaborative partnerships
with existing WVU initiatives• Help improve outreach strategies
• Contribute talent, time, resources
WVU Student Projects Where Classroom Learning Meets
“The Real World”
• Health procedures for low-literacy women
• Health issues for college-age women
• Initiative for new honors class
• Manual for ob nurses working
with special needs mothers
Expanding Media Use for Women’s Health Messages
• Doctors on Call • MD-TV• Weekly radio show on WAJR-FM• Public presentations • COEWH web site• HSC marketing office• 1-800-4CANCER hotline• Drug Information Center
Community Outreach
Working to improve the health status
of 950,000 West Virginia women