Chronic Disease Prevention
Proactive Community Services is tackling community health and economic issues among minority populations in a climate where African Americans are twice as likely as non-Hispanic Whites to die from diabetes and 30 percent more likely to die from heart disease.
Program Objectives
To provide an integrated, seamless model of chronic disease prevention care services, and health promotions by increasing greater collaborations between health care and community settings
To improve chronic disease self-management outcomes through providing the evidence-based Stanford Chronic Disease Program for individuals with one or more chronic diseases
To reduce avoidable hospital admissions and emergency room visits through self-management education
To increase awareness of chronic disease through outreach and preventive education and screenings by hosting or participating in health fairs, workshops, and forums
Community Health Promotion
The goal of community health promotion is to link with public health services, business, social services organizations, including establishing partnerships with hospitals and health care providers to promote healthcare events and activities by making them widely available in disadvantaged communities. A comprehensive mix of initiatives is offered to positively influence individual healthy lifestyle decisions. These initiates information about cancer screenings, the ABCS of heart disease and stroke prevention, blood pressure and cholesterol control, smoking cessation, measures of diabetes control‚ hemoglobin AIC, and obesity‚ body mass index, tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke, physical inactivity, excessive alcohol use, diets low in fruits and vegetables, and diets high in sodium and saturated fats.
Health Education and Risk Reduction
The goal of health education adn risk reduction is to achieve and sustain healthy people and communities throughout south suburban Cook County. Chronic disease prevention interventions and initiatives are provided to promote healthy lifestyles, increase chronic disease education, and reduce instances of chronic diseases such as heart disease, hypertension, cancers, diabetes, asthma, HIV/AIDS/Sexually transmitted infections, Hepatitis C, and other chronic diseases associated with widespread premature death.
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Proactive Community Services is committed to providing these and other much needed services to our community. Please help us with your donation.
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This site contains HIV prevention messages that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Since HIV infection is spread primarily through sexual practices or by sharing needles, prevention messages and programs may address these topics.