Peninsula Community Heath Collaborative
Our Partners
CHARTER STATEMENT: We will create a sustainable collaboration among Peninsula health care providers to coordinate and leverage community resources to positively impact issues identified through regular assessments of our community’s health.
PURPOSE:
- Collaboration on our Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs)
- Identification of shared community health needs and strategies to address those needs
Current Project
Healthy Food
The PCHC is currently focused on a Healthy Food Initiative. We will be screening select patients with diabetes for food insecurity and working with our community partners to connect these clients to healthy food. We are partnering with the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank and the Virginia Department of Health.
The Problem
Chronic diseases are the most common causes of death in the United States and among the most costly yet preventable of all health conditions. In order to improve the health of the communities served, hospitals and health systems are increasingly recognizing the need to address the behavioral, social, economic, and environmental factors that significantly impact health. Such key factors for chronic diseases are the related issues of nutrition and food insecurity.