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Betty Monroe Kennedy, PhD Community Outreach Specialist

Betty Monroe Kennedy, PhD Community Outreach Specialist. Administrative Core planning , evaluation and tracking of the LSU ICON enterprise facilitation of communication across the other four Cores

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Betty Monroe Kennedy, PhD Community Outreach Specialist

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  1. Betty Monroe Kennedy, PhDCommunity Outreach Specialist

  2. Administrative Core • planning, evaluation and tracking of the LSU ICON enterprise • facilitation of communication across the other four Cores • coordinates the Steering Committee, Health Literacy and CommunityOutreach components and Pilot Projects • tracking and compliance staff monitor adherence to Good Clinical Practice guidelines, Human Subjects Protection, HIPAA and privacy rules across all LSU ICON Cores

  3. Community Engagement & OutreachCommunity engagement is the ingredient for harmonizing efforts of members of the lay community, community non-profit organizations, health practitioners and medical and public health professionals to improve health. True community engagement is a repetitive process where all parties negotiate continuously.

  4. Community Outreach SpecialistGoal: To establish community partnerships with Health System Leadership (Physicians, Healthcare Administrators, Medical Directors), Patients, and Clinical Staff to implement and sustain improvements in health care.

  5. Community Outreach Specialist “ACTS” Accountable, Committed, Trustworthy = Success

  6. Community Outreach Specialist Goal for the Year: 1. Engage in collaboration & establish equitable partnerships (i.e., evaluate a program offering questionnaires to determine eligibility for diabetes screening to patients receiving annual flu shots). 2. Build on the resources and goals already present (i.e., improve patient care coordination, implement an electronic health record, improve eye screenings). 3. Create an Invest in Sustainable and Robust partnerships….i.e. culturally appropriate diabetes messages in all languages.

  7. Examples of Community Outreach Services1.Communicating the appropriate message 2. Orientations/presentations/trainings 3. Focus groups, mini seminars & workshops 4. Marketing (coordinating, facilitating, monitoring) 5. Patient education (Prevention strategies) 6. Quarterly Newsletters/Community Board 7. List serve of patients/community members 8. Manuscript preparation/publications

  8. Our Website www.LSUICON.org Or Betty.Kennedy@pbrc.edu (225) 763-2809 Phone (225) 763-3009 FAX

  9. QUESTIONS?

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