Current Events of HV Fort Wayne
Food Justice In Local Low-Income Neighborhoods
Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:26
Upping the access to healthy foods in low-income areas, that's LaDonna Redmond's challenge to all.
"Health disparities impact the community at higher rates and generally those chronic diet-related diseases are hypertension and some forms of cancer" says Redmond, Senior Program Associate for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
Genesis Outreach of Fort Wayne
Wednesday, 10 November 2010 18:00
Over the past quarter, Genesis Outreach of Fort Wayne has been working aggressively to acquire 40 properties to initiate the Promising Partnerships permanent supportive housing project. To date, 33 properties have been identified. The last 7 properties will be acquired and rehabilitated through the use of local Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds. The first phase of properties (13) will be ready for occupancy by February 1. Currently, two families are temporarily occupying two units on an emergency shelter basis.
Self-Managing Diabetes
Monday, 08 November 2010 18:00
Diabetes can lead to serious complications, such as blindness, kidney damage, cardiovascular disease, and lower -limb amputations, but people with diabetes can lower the occurrence of these and other diabetes complications by controlling blood glucose, blood pressure, and blood lipids. HealthVisions program, "Empowering Fort Wayne Communities to Self-Manage Diabetes" is doing just that for the Black community through a grant from the Saint Joseph Community Health Foundation. The goal is to increase awareness, provide education on how to manage diabetes, and pilot data collection tools. The long term goal is to reduce diabetes related complications, and improve the quality of life of medically underserved African Americans living with diabetes in Allen County. Diabetes disproportionately affects the African American community.
Many Hoosiers still lack health coverage
Monday, 02 August 2010 18:00
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The number of Hoosiers without health insurance changed little leading up to the economic collapse, but local officials have little doubt those numbers have climbed in the past two years.
Indiana ranked 15th in the nation in 2007 for residents with health insurance, according to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau figures. An estimated 13 percent of Indiana’s population younger than 65 had no health insurance, down from about 14 percent in previous years.
The lowest uninsured rate was 7.8 percent in Massachusetts; Texas was highest at 26.8 percent, according to the data.
Fort Wayne Volunteers
Sunday, 20 June 2010 18:00
HealthVisions Fort Wayne volunteers are the lifeline to several programs and services offered to the poor and underserved in the community. We have approximately one hundred volunteers that provide services for all our programs.
No Answers Yet For High Infant Mortality Rate In Allen County
Saturday, 19 June 2010 18:00
Story by John W Davis
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - Organizers say the goal of a special town hall meeting held Tuesday Night was to increase community awareness, so fewer minority infants die each year in Allen County.
It has been studied by researchers as far away as Wisconsin.
African-American infants are dying at alarming rates in Allen County.
Being a kid … tougher than it used to be
Saturday, 26 September 2009 18:00
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It’s a bad time to be a child in Allen County.
Statistics compiled by the Indiana Youth Institute show the percentage of children facing problems from poverty to violence is up, while the percentage of children with advantages such as quality day care and two-parent families is down.
And those statistics only date to 2007, before the recession began. As the national economy collapsed, officials say, the problems facing many children became even worse.
“I think all people are suffering regardless of age,” said Bill Stanczykiewicz, president and chief executive officer of the Indiana Youth Institute. “If Dad loses his job, it’s excruciatingly difficult for him and his entire family, including the children.”