A Powerful and Unique Partnership
Providing Community Health
Education & Services
Presented by

North Arkansas Partnership for
Health Education
A Partnership is Born

• Partners
• Mission
• Programs & Services
• Organization

Sustaining Partners

Affiliate Partners

Mission
To provide quality, dependable, convenient, and affordable healthcare education services and programs to the healthcare providers, healthcare professionals, and citizens of northwest
Arkansas.

Programs and Services
Programs
• Health Career Preparation & Promotion
• Health Career Training
• Senior Health Education
• Professional Continuing Education
Health & Wellness Support, Promotion and Services
• Community Health Resource Center
• Prevention Resource Center
• Healthy Kids & Healthy Ozarks
• Teen Parenting
• AmeriCorps VISTA

Health Career Preparation &
Promotion
• Health and Science Camps
• Med Pro-Ed
• Health Career Fairs

Health Career Preparation &
Promotion
2012-2013 Results:
• 17 Health and Science Camp students
• 101 Medical Professions Education participants
• 213 Health Career Fair attendees from area high schools

Health Career Training Programs
• Certified Nursing Assistant Training
• CPR Certification
• EMT Training / Paramedic Refresher / EMT Instructor Classes

Health Career Training Programs
2012-2013 Graduates:
• 302—CNA
• 173—CPR
• 97—EMT/Paramedic

Senior Health Education
• Caregiver and Aging Conference
• Adult Day Center / Art Classes
• Exercise Classes
• Elder Abuse / Elder Law Classes

Senior Health Education
2012-2013 Results:
• 2,550 seniors were involved in exercise and healthy lifestyle programs
September 2012:
• 364 participants attended the First Annual Caregiver and Aging Conference
October 2013:
• 250+ are registered to attend this year’s conference

Professional Continuing Education
Nurse Educator Institute
• Radiologic Technologist Conference
• Wound Care Institute
• Mental Health Education
• School Nurse Conference

Professional Continuing Education
2012-2013 Results:
1,122 Local and regional participants
1,872 National / International participants

Community Health Resource
Center
• Support Groups
• Susan G. Komen Cancer
Screening
• Prescription Drug Assistance
• Healthy Lifestyle Programs

Community Health Resource
Center
2012-2013 Results:
• 272 participants Diabetes & Parkinson’s Support Groups
• 2,800+ Susan G. Komen Educational Events & Screenings
• $1 million in annual Prescription Assistance savings -Approximately $5 million saved since 2003
• 3518 participants in Healthy Lifestyles Programs

Prevention Resource Center
• Substance Abuse Workshops
• Suicide Prevention Workshops
• Bullying Education

Prevention Resource Center
2012-2013 Results:
• 4,000 youth and 6,500 adults educated in substance abuse & prevention

Healthy Kids & Healthy Ozarks
Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice!
• Farmer’s Markets
• Hiking and Biking Trials
• Community Gardens
• Youth Hiking Clubs
• Walking School Bus

Healthy Kids & Healthy Ozarks
2012-2013 Results:
• 2,984 community members served

Circle of Life – Teen Parenting
• Home visits
• GED & Post Secondary Enrollment Services
• Incentive Closet
• Parenting Education/Baby Development

Circle of Life – Teen Parenting
2012-2013 Results:
37 Total clients
37 mothers under 25
12 prenatal

AmeriCorps VISTA Program
• Low Income Household
Surveys
• Community Sidewalk Survey
• Susan G. Komen Fundraising
• Neighborhood Clean-ups
• Moore, OK Tornado Relief

AmeriCorps VISTA Program
2012-2013 Results:
• Over 100,000 hours annually which equals more than 48 years from community members and VISTA volunteers

Partner Staffing Contributions
• NAPHE: 10 positions
College & Hospital: 3 positions
Grants: 7 positions
• UAMS: 1 position
• Corporation for National & Community
Service: 17 VISTAs
Total employees: 28

FY 2013 Revenue Sources
Source Amount
North Arkansas College
Hospital (North Arkansas Regional Medical Center)
NAPHE Programs (conferences, workshops, courses)
UAMS (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
North Arkansas Technical Center
Circle of Life (grant)
Susan G. Komen (grant)
Healthy Kids/Healthy Ozarks (grant)
Prevention Resource Center (grant)
AmeriCorps VISTA (grant)
Arkansas Department of Health Tobacco Prevention (grant)
TOTAL
$70,000
$70,000
$318,251
$29,524
$30,000
$137,784
$89,000
$97,155
$100,365
$529,136
$69,675
$1,510,920

EVERYONE WINS:
• Families, Community, Partners and Region
• Increase Capacity to reach common goals
• Pool Resources
• Enhance Image and Public Support
• Broaden Perspective
NAPHE Success Stories

Questions?
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