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