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Press Release - FAITH COMMUNITY NURSING: SCOPE AND STANDARDS OF PRACTICE

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Supporting Rural Family Caregivers

PURPOSE: The purpose of this satellite broadcast is to conduct a discussion of
the difficulties faced by rural family caregivers and how to support them in
areas with limited provider agencies, manpower shortages, and
transportation challenges. With assistance from USDA/CREES and other
organizations, this session will highlight creative responses to rural
family caregiving such as consumer directed care. This broadcast will
feature family caregivers who have applied innovative means to be
effective caregivers in rural areas. A segment of this broadcast will be devoted
to taking questions from the audience that would be answered by panelists.

OBJECTIVES: The objective of these broadcasts is to increase awareness and
sensitivity to challenges and opportunities in caregiving in rural areas, and
improve the coordination of resources and services for family providers,
caregivers..

* Present core messages about caregiving.
* Foster greater collaboration Network and exchange information.
* Increase awareness of caregiver support activities and resources
in rural areas.

More info & Registration at: http://registration.casals.com/cms/

The Health Mission on the Move mobile health education unit provides health
education resources and congregational program models and arranges for the
involvement of local health services and health-related providers.

http://www.pcusa.org/nationalhealth/news/missiononmove.htm

HMA Conference Review - A Review of HMA's Building Bridges conference by Rev. Jennifer Rund-Scott, Chaplain, Carle Foundation Hospital.

• Family Strengthening Project
  
  Did you know that "According to the Council on Crime and Justice, about 85
  percent of marriages that have one spouse incarcerated for a year or more
  end in divorce."
  
  Sixty families are participating in The Family Strengthening Project, a
  program that provides incarcerated fathers and their families access to
  parenting and relationship classes, as well as counseling. Additionally,
  both inmates and their partners receive job training. The project was
  established by the Minnesota Council on Crime and Justice through a
  five-year grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
  
  Full story at: http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/news/76651.html?p=1
  
  
• Church-Relatd Groups Will Be Vital Partners in Getting Ready for Influenza Pandemic
  by Scott Santibanez, M.D.
  
  Health Progress, November-December 2007
  
  
  
• Good medicine; Christian clinics reach out to the city's poorest neighborhoods
  Publisher: The Commercial Appeal (Tennessee)
  By: Morgan Bernal
  First published: August 29, 2007
  http://www.religionandsocialpolicy.org/newsletters/article.cfm?id=7007
  
  
• The Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) is pleased to present Child Health USA 2006, the 17th annual report on the health status and service needs of America's children. http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/chusa_06/
  
  
  
• Women's Health is providing an opportunity to increase physical activity and improve our health with a WOMAN Challenge on a virtual walk across the country. Join our Health Ministries (HMA) Faith Community Team as we carry the baton from California to Delaware starting Mother's Day, May 13 on this eight week challenge. I am asking all Chapters, their ministries and all supporters of HMA to raise awareness of our organization through this fitness challenge. Log on to the web site for the Office on Women's Health at www.womenshealth.gov/woman or call 1-800-994-9662, TDD 1-888-220-5446 to register. Information to join a team is at the sidebar; I will be notified when you join and will be able to track our progress across the country. Thank you in advance for your participation and effort to publicize our organization. Contact your local newspaper when you link your congregations to the Cross Country Route.
  
  La Vaida Owens-White, Team Captain Faith Community Nurse
  
  
• Helping America's Youth (HAY) is a nationwide effort of nine federal agencies and the White House to raise awareness about the challenges facing our youth, particularly at-risk boys, and to motivate caring adults to connect with youth in three key areas: family, school, and community. HAY has a new website at: http://www.helpingamericasyouth.gov/
  
  The Community Guide to Helping America's Youth is an Internet resource designed to connect caring adults within communities and help them work together to make a difference in the lives of youth. http://www.helpingamericasyouth.gov/guide.cfm
  
  
• An additional article by the Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy
  
  "Study to Assess Faith-Based Health Care Services"
  
  The Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy
  By: Claire Hughes, Roundtable Correspondent
  First published: June 20, 2006
  
  http://www.religionandsocialpolicy.org/newsletters/article.cfm?id=4437