HHS Region 10
Washington
Spokane Special Pathogens Unit Support Team
Spokane, WA
Cohort 5 - 2016
NLAPH
Overview
As a part of the Ebola Leadership Academy for the Public's Health (ELAPH), this team supports the Washington State Department of Health in partnership with Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital in Spokane, Washington. The team seeks to improve public messaging during Ebola outbreaks/threats, as in the past, there have been communication breakdowns resulting in fear responses.
Team members
Brian Coddington
City of Spokane
Liz DeRuyter
Providence Health & Services
Michael Lopez
City of Spokane Fire Dept./EMS
Joel McCullough
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Spokane Regional Health District
Kimberlee Papich
Spokane Regional Health District
King County Partnership to Improve Community Health (PICH) Place-Based Team
King County, WA
Cohort 4 - 2015
NLAPH
Overview
The purpose of the Placed-Based project is to obtain a bigger, more sustainable impact from PICH by having a larger investment and coordinated efforts in two cities with some of King County’s largest opportunities to create healthier environments. A city was selected and included in the grant submission, and the Place-Based team is charged with providing technical assistance, utilizing a community engagement approach, and developing a process for selecting and partnering with a second city.
Team members
Blishda Lacet
Public Health Seattle and King County
Seth Schromen-Wawrin
Washington Bikes
Yalonda Speaks
Seattle Children's Hospital
Val Thomas-Matson
Healthy King County Coalition
Healthy Living Collaborative
Clark, Cowlitz & Wahkiakum Counties, WA
Cohort 3 - 2014
NLAPH
Overview
The Healthy Living Collaborative aims to recruit and support teams of community health workers in specifically targeted neighborhoods. They plan to form a regional network of members who practice the Community Health Workforce (CHW) skill set and provide backbone support in order to:
Increase individual participation in managing health and wellness
Develop stronger systemic connections
Reduce emergency room usage and 'no show' rates at doctors’ visits
Increase neighborhood opportunities for physical activity, healthy eating, and substance-free living
Increase healthy behavior
Decrease unhealthy behavior among community health workers
Team members
Robbi Norman
Uncommon Solutions
Andy Silver
Council for the Homeless
Molly Haynes
Kaiser Permanente
Kachina Inman
Healthy Living Collaborative of Southwest Washington
Cyndie Meyer
Clark County Public Health
Partners for a Healthy Spokane
Spokane, WA
Cohort 2 - 2013
NLAPH
Overview
The proposed intervention is to create a collective impact framework that seeks to better understand and address the social determinants that lead to and result from a lack of attendance in middle school students. The team will track children after their fourth absence to better understand contributing factors and other determinants of missing school. The team will also work with the community to develop an understanding of the consequences of children missing school.
Team members
Alisa May
Priority Spokane
Alisha Benson
Greater Spokane Inc.
Lyndia Wilson
Spokane Regional Health District
Sally Pritchard
Spokane County United Way