Community Education and Prevention 2007

$3,504,714

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
$939,206

• Healthy You programs focused on exercise and fitness, health prevention and awareness, nutrition and wellness. A total of 34,106 people attended free Healthy You programs, health fairs, educational programs and hospital tours this year.
• Free dental screenings and procedures at our dental medicine clinic.
• Heart Help for Women programs that educated more than 3,500 community members and physicians about a woman’s special heart-health needs.
• Healthy You magazine, distributed free to more than 272,000 community members.
• Publications and brochures to promote wellness, disease awareness (such as heart and cancer risk prevention) and community activities, such as quit-smoking and infant car seat safety programs.

Department of Community Health, Health Studies and Education
$761,476

• Develops new community-based initiatives through grant acquisition and management.
• In-kind community health programs and partnerships include:
  • The ALERT Partnership to raise awareness of teen issues such as drug and alcohol abuse prevention.
  • Emergency department screenings to prevent domestic violence and promote smoking cessation.
  • The Coalition for a Smoke-Free Valley, promoting advocacy and providing education, training and support services.
  • School-based dental sealant program to prevent cavities in school-age children.

Pastoral Care
$727,148

• Provides ministry to patients, family and staff inside the hospital.
• Provides education and training of ministers in pastoral work.
• Includes more than 17,500 hours spent with more than 47,000 patients and families.
• Includes a portion of salaries and benefits for pastoral care staff, and includes the cost of our pastoral care residency program after Medicare reimbursement.

School Health
$338,691

• Health awareness, education, prevention and immunizations for
  children at our School Health Center at Central Elementary School.
• Free health exams for children in the Allentown School District.
• Education, counseling and job training for at-risk students at
  Communities in Schools.

Lehigh Valley Hospital Cancer Center*
$210,019

• Provides free support services for men, women, teens and families who are living with cancer.
• Provides free classes and lectures, and education at health fairs on topics such as lymphoma, lung cancer, breast cancer and colon cancer.
• Maintains a patient education library.
• Provides nutritional counseling and an annual nutritional fair.
• Presents an annual Cancer Survivor Celebration.

Community Help Line
$186,906

• Provides free phone-based health care services to the community through 610-402-CARE.
• Enables community members to learn more about health care services, health information and free flu shots.
• Enables community members to schedule physician appointments, register for health and wellness classes, support groups, lectures and more.

Helwig Health and Diabetes Center Programs*
$184,148

• Provides inpatient management and schedules counseling or follow-up visits for people and families living with diabetes.
• Provides support groups for adults, children, and for people who use insulin pumps.
• Hosts Camp Red Jacket, an educational day camp for school-age children with diabetes.
• Conducts community programs and presentations, reaching more than 1,500 community members.
• Offers a free diabetes e-newsletter to raise diabetes awareness and prevention.

AIDS Activities Office*
$157,120

• Provides clinical and social services to children, adolescents and adults affected by HIV/AIDS.
• Offers free HIV testing and counseling.
• Offers initial and ongoing medical care, monitoring and coordination of treatments, nutritional assessments, counseling and case management.

* About community education and prevention: These amounts reflect the cost of providing the services listed, free of charge, to patients who cannot afford to pay.

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