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Programs & Services

Current Projects

Health Awareness and Careers Presentations with pre-college students

  • Dental Health Awareness education for pre-K & elementary school youth

  • Nursing Lab and hospital simulations at IPFW

  • Health careers counseling

  • Health Careers Day of Exploration, Job Shadowing, etc with Parkview Health Systems

Insight Youth Corps

  • Insight = Indiana’s Network of Students Inspiring Good Health Today
  • Collaboration with Indiana State Dept of Health, developed out of InShape Indiana, Governor Mitch Daniels statewide health initiative
  • Pilot will include a minimum of 20 Indiana high schools (6 in NEI-AHEC counties) for 2006-07 school year
  • High school students are trained as mentors and leaders to become health advocates in their schools and community

PROMISE (Partners Recruiting Opportunities for Minority Student Education)

  • Five Year Collaboration with Indiana State Department of Health Office of Minority Health (SOMH), the Indiana Area Health Education Center (IN-AHEC), the Indiana Minority Health Coalition (IMHC), as well as other state and regional partners.
  • Expose ninth grade students to opportunities in health careers and track their progress toward career choices (specifically for those who choose health careers) through college

Health Careers Summer Day Camp

  • Collaboration with IFPW School of Health Sciences and Parkview Health Systems
  • Four day intensive and interactive learning environment at IPFW
    and Parkview hospitals provided comprehensive information on
    health careers

Continuing Education

  • IPFW Classes offered in Fall 2006 at IPFW NEI-AHEC location
    BIOL 100 - Introduction to Biological World
    COM 114 - Fundamentals of Speech
    SPAN 105 - Communication & Culture Spanish I for Healthcare
  • IPFW Classes offered in Spring 2007 at IPFW NEI-AHEC location
    SOC 161 Principles of Sociology
    NUR 106 Medical Terminology
    SPAN 105 - Communication & Culture Spanish I for Healthcare
    NUR 309 Transcultural Healthcare
  • Partnering with IPFW, Chi Eta Phi Nursing Sorority, Park Center, and others to present Cultural Competency Conference for Healthcare Professionals on Friday, February, February 23, 2007 at IPFW Walb Union

Service Learning for Health Career Students in MUA

  • Includes Medical, Physician Assistant, Nursing, and other health career students from local universities (i.e. IFPW, University of Saint Francis, Ivy Tech, etc.)
  • IPFW Dental Clinic for student learning at NEI-AHEC location
  • Prevention Clinic in Lafayette Medical Center

Community Collaborations & Partnerships

  • Allen County Health Disparity Coalition (ACHDC)
    • IPFW NEI-AHEC is a member with 50+ organizations addressing health disparity issues in Allen County
    • Prevention Clinic is ACHDC Program, providing free and low cost health screenings on Third Wednesdays, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Lafayette Medical Center
    • IPFW NEI-AHEC provides space for Prevention Clinic
    • Member of Coordinating Committee with HealthVisions of Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne African American Cancer Alliance (FWAACA), and Dr. Jeff Towles Health Initiative