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Linda M. Kaufman, MSN, RN, CS, Environmental Health & Wellness Center, San Antonio Metroplitan Health District, 911 Castroville Rd., San Antonio, TX 78237, 210-434-1079, lkaufman@sanantonio.gov and M. Susan Grinslade, PhD, APRN, BC, Dept. of Chronic Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Mail Code 7950, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX 78229-3900.
Together for Better Senior Health, an innovative community partnership program, provides comprehensive health screening and education to vulnerable seniors in San Antonio. The partnership is among the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (SAMHD), University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing (UTHSCSA-SON), Good Samaritan Center of San Antonio and Community Initiatives of San Antonio. The program combines strengths and resources of each of the partners to promote the health of vulnerable seniors. Through program implementation, SAMHD moves toward the Healthy People 2010 goal “to eliminate health disparities among different segments of the population”, a clinical learning experience is provided for UTHSCSA-SON baccalaureate students, and senior citizens are provided with multi-faceted health screenings and interventions. Together for Better Senior Health is implemented in senior nutrition sites in San Antonio that represent largely Hispanic seniors who are impoverished with low education and limited access to health services. The program consists of three parts: screening, intervention, and rescreening. The initial program implementation consists of health screening for lipids, hemoglobin, glucose, height, weight, body fat analysis, and depression. These screenings are combined with a computer generated individual health risk appraisal and health education. Other interventions include “brown bag” medicine review and home visits to assess for safety risks. An aggregate report is generated from the screening activity and used to develop a targeted intervention for the specific aggregate. Following the targeted intervention, rescreening occurs. These combined activities provide an indicator of program success and improvements in health status indicators.
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Keywords: Community-Based Health Promotion, Elderly
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
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The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA