Organizaciones locales reciben el premio BUILD Health Challenge® de $250,000 para mejorar la salud de las personas mayores
19 de noviembre de 2019
Truckee Meadows Healthy Communities (TMHC), Renown Health y el Distrito de Salud del Condado de Washoe recibieron el premio BUILD Health Challenge®, una subvención de $250,000 para apoyar el programa Caring For Reno’s Elders (C.A.R.E.). El premio es el resultado colaborativo de más de 30 organizaciones locales que presentan una propuesta para el financiamiento. Renown Health anunció que la organización igualará la subvención junto con otros fondos comprometidos de la comunidad; con esto, el apoyo actual al programa C.A.R.E. asciende a $580,000.
Together the entities will focus on senior loneliness and the health issues it creates. Los socios tienen el honor de que Truckee Meadows fue seleccionada como una de 18 comunidades para recibir financiación de BUILD en el período 2019-2021.
“C.A.R.E will be a community approach to enhance life quality for elders by reducing social isolation and loneliness, issues that seriously impact senior health,” said co-team leader Kindle Craig, Sr. Director Renown Institutes. “Loneliness is the root cause of many issues including suicide1, chronic disease2 and a reduction in lifespan3. Las tasas de suicidio de personas mayores del condado de Washoe son de entre dos y cuatro veces la tasa nacional para las personas de entre 65 y 85 años, respectivamente4. That is unacceptable.
”Sharon Zadra, TMHC executive director and co-team leader, said this project will tackle barriers to socialization such as access to affordable housing, transportation and healthcare.
“We’ll bring the entire community on-board, long-term, to increase social connectedness and reduce health and mortality issues associated with loneliness by starting a cross generational ‘Kindness Epidemic,’” Zadra said.
The BUILD Health Challenge is a national program focused on bold, upstream, integrated, local and data driven projects that can improve community health. The award provides funding, capacity building support and access to a national peer-learning network to enhance collaborative partnerships locally to address our community’s most pressing health challenges. The C.A.R.E team expresses special thanks to the BUILD Health Challenge for its support of this initiative.
“Loneliness and isolation in our senior population leads to declines in both mental and physical health, and increased mortality,” said Kevin Dick, Washoe County District Health Officer. “We are incredibly honored to join the BUILD cohort, teaming with TMHC and Renown Health to bring long-term solutions by building a cohesive social network to improve the health of our elders.”
The BUILD Health Challenge® is made possible with the support of: BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation, Blue Shield of California Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas, de Beaumont Foundation, Episcopal Health Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc., New Jersey Health Initiatives, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation. TMHC, Renown Health and WCHD have worked united for the last five years, rallying diverse partners and community leaders to influence and advocate for the region’s capacity to ensure a healthy community.
Truckee Meadows Healthy Community
Truckee Meadows Healthy Communities is a collaborative of thought leaders and influencers who seek to make an impact on the health of their community. The collaborative seeks to build a model where all community members strive toward a culture of health in the Truckee Meadows. This model will include the intersection of the health, education and community development sectors in our region. Truckee Meadows Healthy Communities seeks to create a healthier community through a collective impact project.
Renown Health
Renown Health is a locally governed and locally owned, not-for-profit integrated healthcare network serving Nevada, Lake Tahoe and northeast California. Renown es uno de los mayores empleadores privados de la región y cuenta con una fuerza laboral de más de 7,000. It comprises three acute care hospitals, a rehabilitation hospital, the area’s most comprehensive medical group and urgent care network, and the region’s largest and only locally owned not-for-profit insurance company, Hometown Health. Renown has a long tradition and commitment to continually improve the care and the health of our community. Visite renown.org para obtener más información.
The Washoe County Health District has jurisdiction over all public health matters in Reno, Sparks, and Washoe County through the policy-making Washoe County District Board of Health. The District consists of five divisions: Administrative Health Services, Air Quality Management, Community and Clinical Health Services, Environmental Health Services and Epidemiology & Public Health Preparedness.
Sources:
1. Ariel Stravynski, Richard Boyer, (2001). Loneliness in Relation to Suicide Ideation and Parasuicide: A Population-Wide Study. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior: Vol. 31, n.º 1, págs. 32-40.
2. Hannah Schulze, Sean Wilson, (2018). Harvard University Blog. Loneliness: An Epidemic?
3. Resurgence & Ecologist, (2018). Compassion is the Best Medicine. Issue 307
4. Perfil de salud conductual de la región de Washoe, (2018). Figura 54: Muerte debido a suicidio/autodaño intencional por grupo etario, condado de Washoe, Nevada y Estados Unidos, 2012-2016. Datos globales: pp. 42.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Underlying Cause of Death 1999-2016 (Causa subyacente de muerte -), en la base de datos en línea de CDC WONDER, publicada en diciembre de 2017. Los datos provienen de los Multiple Cause of Death Files (Archivos de causa múltiple de muerte) ,1999-2016, según lo compilado a partir de los datos proporcionados por las 57 jurisdicciones de estadísticas vitales a través del Programa cooperativo de estadísticas vitales. Consultado en http://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html.