AAMC Medicine in the Community Grant Program
June 2006 Grant Recipients Sponsored by Pfizer Inc.
Dartmouth Medical School: Mascoma
Valley Free Health Clinic
There are few doctors and health care facilities in Mascoma Valley.
Funds from this grant will expand the scope of the Mascoma Valley
Free Health Clinic to include primary care services, more essential
pharmaceutical resources, and additional health education programs.
Emory University School of Medicine: POWERPLAY-Teen Nutritional
and Exercise Program
POWERPLAY (Preventing Obesity through
Wellness Education and Recreation: Providing Leisure Alternatives
for Youth) encourages minority children and teens to take responsibility
for their health. Medical students and other volunteers host weekly
sessions at a local medical clinic to teach children about nutrition
and healthy eating behaviors, and provide a structured setting for
physical activity.
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College
of Medicine: SUNY Downstate Community Outreach Vaccination Program
Medical students will establish vaccination sites at local churches
and community centers in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn,
where they will educate residents on the importance of influenza
and pneumococcal vaccines and provide the vaccinations free of charge.
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine: Project
SEED: Screening, Education, and Empowerment for Diabetes
Medical
students will create a new diabetes screening, education, and monitoring
program within an existing student-run free health clinic that primarily
serves homeless, undocumented, and uninsured residents of Bell County.
University of Colorado School of Medicine: Healthy Beginnings
Clinic at Warren Village
Medical students plan to expand the
services of the Healthy Beginnings Clinic-a free pediatric clinic
for children living in Warren Village, a community of low-income,
single parents-by improving existing medical equipment, increasing
the stock of supplies and pharmaceuticals, and upgrading electronic
records capabilities. The clinic will also provide a "healthcare
kit" to each child that includes first-aid supplies and health education
advice for parents.
University of Mississippi School of Medicine: The
Jackson Free Clinic
The Jackson Free Clinic is the only completely free
medical clinic in its county. This grant will ensure the continuation
of existing services despite unique challenges the clinic has faced
over the past year: decreased state funding, significant Medicaid
cuts, and a decrease in private donations, as well as an increase
in patients who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina, and a surge
in undocumented immigrants.
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health:
Reaching Out for Health and Wellness on Allied Drive
Medical
students and other volunteers will use door-to-door interviews,
neighborhood programs, community dinners, health fairs, and festivals
to conduct needs assessments and provide health education to residents
in Madison's low-income Allied Drive neighborhood.
Weill Medical College of Cornell University: Weill
Cornell Community Clinic
This new free clinic will provide critically needed
primary care services to uninsured residents of New York City and
will give medical student volunteers valuable experience in the
administrative responsibilities of running a health clinic.
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