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National Community Centers of Excellence in Women's Health

$9,244,185

Total Assistance, FY 2008 to Present
Agency: IMMED OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Assistance Type: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
Popular Name: Coalition for a Healthier Community (CHC)
Assistance Listing Number
93.290

Objectives: Phase 1 1.Provide 1 year of financial and technical support to an existing wellness coalition to develop a strategic action plan and implementation plan to reduce gender based health disparities in targeted communities. 2. Enhance collaborative working partnerships among health organizations, community based and faith based organizations, public and private academic institutions, hospitals, medical groups and practices. 3. Enhance consumer and provider awareness of gender-based health issues in the community; 4. Increase the capacity and strengthen infrastructure among local public health organizations to increase the coordination of services to better serve women and girls Phase II 5. Provide up to 5 years of financial and technical support for implementation of the strategic action health plan. 6. To develop and implement a health intervention plan which will be sustained after OWH funding ends. 7. To use a public health systems approach to improve on two or more identified health issues affecting women and/or girls. 8. Improve surveillance/information systems that allow tracking of program progress on gender based morbidity/ mortality objectives at the grantee level. 9. Reduce the incidence and prevalence of adverse health outcomes among women girls in local communities.

 
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