The Institute for Public Health and Education Research Inc. has been awarded the Texas Department of State Health Services, Transforming Texas: Healthy People in Healthy Communities Grant. The five year, $1.75 million grant was awarded to fund the Central Texas Community Health Consortium (CTCHC), which was created to implement health initiatives aimed at improving quality of life in Central Texas counties, including Comal and Guadalupe counties. This will assist Resolute Health and Comal ISD in our mission to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in Comal and Guadalupe counties
The Healthy People in Healthy Communities grant outlines three separate goals, specifically: Health Care Delivery Systems Improvement through Implementation of Chronic Diseases Self Management Programs for high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes control as part of usual care.
- Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use (including Reducing Danger of Secondhand Smoke)
- Prevent and Reduce Obesity, Increase Physical Activity; Improve Nutrition in Accordance with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010
- Increase control of high blood pressure and high cholesterol; increase access to and demand for high impact quality preventive services
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