GREENE COUNTY COMBINED HEALTH DISTRICT
RECEIVES A MARCH OF DIMES CHAPTER COMMUNITY GRANT
(Xenia,
Ohio) Greene County Combined Health District (GCCHD) received an $8,862.78 grant
from the March of Dimes to implement the Your Link to Personal Health project.
The grant
award will be used to provide Greene County university students access to a
comprehensive GCCHD website educational program regarding sexually transmitted
diseases (STD’s). Information available includes: risk factors; risky sexual
behavior; signs and symptoms of STD’s; lack of symptoms of STD’s; a
self-test; and area clinics for testing and treatment.
The overall
goal of the program is to improve the health of women by increasing education,
screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, especially
chlamydia. It is estimated that this program will reach over 10,000 female
students.
The March of
Dimes Ohio Chapter community grants program is designed to invest in priority
projects that support three important foundation strategies: increasing
availability of services related to prematurity; improving access to and quality
of health care for women and infants; and increasing availability of prevention
services. The chapter community grants fund for 2003 is approximately
$225,000.00. For additional
information regarding the March of Dimes grant program, please call the March of
Dimes at (937) 429-2826.
For
additional information regarding the Your Link to Personal Health project.
Contact Greene County Combined Health District, Director of Community Health
Services, Vicky Costello at (937) 374-5600 or 1-886-858-3588.
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