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Seven cities and neighborhoods pass wellness resolutions

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012, 9:58pm
Seven cities and neighborhoods pass wellness resolutions

 

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Seven Hamilton County communities have passed WeTHRIVE! Community Wellness Resolutions in an effort to adopt healthy lifestyle initiatives and create healthier communities.  Each community recently received a mini-grant award as part of Hamilton County Public Health’s WeTHRIVE! initiative.

Communities implementing the resolutions commit to completing community health assessments and based on the assessment results, communities then develop action plans.  The plans include community health initiatives such as: enhancing parks, walking trails and shared-use agreements for safe and available physical activity; developing healthy food options; and reducing tobacco use.

The communities that have already adopted resolutions are:

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Groups organize Martin Luther King Jr. Day blood drive

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Sunday, January 8th, 2012, 7:49am
Groups organize Martin Luther King Jr. Day blood drive

 

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati has partnered with Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Delta Gamma Lambda Alumni Chapter and the Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency to host a community blood drive on Monday, January 16 in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

The blood drive will be held at the Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency building located at 1740 Langdon Farm Road in Cincinnati between the hours of 10:00am and 4:00pm.  All donors will receive a free baseball cap.

All donors will be automatically registered to win roundtrip airfare for two, compliments of Ultimate Air Shuttle, and a one night hotel stay in Washington D.C. to view the MLK National Monument.

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TriHealth hospitals among top performers in healthcare group

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Thursday, January 5th, 2012, 10:28pm
TriHealth hospitals among top performers in healthcare group

 

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - TriHealth is among the 2011 Top Performing Hospitals in the Premier healthcare alliance’s national QUEST® collaborative, which is part of a healthcare improvement group with 2500 hospitals. This is the third year in a row for TriHealth’s Good Samaritan Hospital and Bethesda North Hospitals to win the award.

Based on year three of the QUEST: High Performing Hospitals collaborative, TriHealth will receive an award for top performance in:

Increasing delivery of recommended evidence-based care to every patient, every time, by 36% at Bethesda North and 17% at Good Samaritan.  (For example, providing flu vaccinations to all pneumonia patients, or prescribing a high blood pressure or chest pain medication to all heart attack patients prior to discharge.)

Safely reducing the cost of care for each patient's hospitalization by an average of $443 at Bethesda North and $677 at Good Samaritan.

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Hoxworth offering 2012 winter T-shirt to donors

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Thursday, January 5th, 2012, 7:49pm
Hoxworth offering 2012 winter T-shirt to donors

 

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Hoxworth Blood Center is celebrating National Volunteer Blood Donor Month by releasing a limited-edition 2012 winter T-shirt. These timeless editions are available once a year and only for blood donors as appreciation for their gift of life. All donors who give blood between Mon., January 9 and Sat., January 14, at a Neighborhood Donor Center will receive the shirt.

Since Hoxworth Winter T-shirts are extremely popular, appointments are highly recommended. Donations can be made at any of the eight Neighborhood Donation Centers, for more information visit www.hoxworth.org or call (513) 451-0910 to schedule an appointment.

Where to Donate:

Hoxworth Anderson
7715 Five Mile Road
Monday - Thursday Noon – 7:30pm
1st, 3rd & 5th Saturdays 8:30am – 4pm

Hoxworth Blue Ash
9708 Kenwood Road
Monday and Friday 10:30am – 6pm
Tuesday and Wednesday Noon – 7:30pm
2nd & 4th Saturday 8:30am- 4pm

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Madisonville area workshop focuses on managing symptoms of diabetes

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Thursday, January 5th, 2012, 1:00pm
Madisonville area workshop focuses on managing symptoms of diabetes

MADISONVILLE, OH (FOX19) - According to the Greater Cincinnati Community Health Status Survey, more than six in 10 adults in our region report they’ve been diagnosed with some kind of chronic condition. 

Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio (COA) supports the Healthy-U program because older adults are more likely to be living with more than one chronic illness.  In 2009, the Surgeon General estimated that 50% of older Americans were living with at least two chronic health conditions (at least 80% had one).  Additionally, COA’s Strategic Plan focuses on meeting seniors’ needs of the future, including increasing and improving access to evidence-based wellness programs.  

This program is an important step toward meeting that goal.

Healthy-U participants meet in small groups for six weeks. A group meeting is being held on Jan. 18 from 1-3:30pm at St.

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Fourteen Childcare Centers Adopt WeTHRIVE! Resolutions

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012, 10:59pm
Fourteen Childcare Centers Adopt WeTHRIVE! Resolutions

 

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Fourteen Hamilton County childcare facilities in 9 areas are resolving to implement healthy lifestyle initiatives for their students by adopting WeTHRIVE! Physical Activity and Nutrition Resolutions.   WeTHRIVE! is a healthy lifestyle program from Hamilton County Public Health.

Each childcare center agrees to: offer healthy foods and beverages; expand opportunities for children to engage in physical activity; integrate promotion of healthy eating and active living into program curricula; and implement policies to create indoor and outdoor tobacco-free areas.

The childcare facilities are:

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ODE reviews Sycamore’s special education program

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011, 1:47am
ODE reviews Sycamore’s special education program

MONTGOMERY, OH (FOX19) - Sycamore Community Schools has been selected by the Ohio Department of Education, Office for Exceptional Children, for an onsite review of its special education program.

As part of the review, on Jan. 24, OEC will hold a public meeting to provide parents, guardians and community members the opportunity to address OEC regarding the Sycamore special education program. This meeting will be held at Edwin H. Greene Intermediate School, 5200 Aldine Drive, from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m.

Information on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, procedural safeguards and the formal complaint process will also be provided at the meeting.  According to the OEC, meetings are not intended to resolve issues regarding an individual child or circumstance.

If the meeting is cancelled due to weather conditions, it will be moved to Jan.

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