Abstract Guidelines for Nominating
Aim ONE "Best Practices"
It is important that all CCHF members have a chance to identify
and nominate existing exemplary programs. We use the term "program"
broadly to include any methods, ideas, activities, services or
outreach operations within a health center or other ministry that
address issues of providing care for the underserved. Your nomination
could be anything from a simple and effective method of providing
transportation to a description of how your health ministry began.
Examples of Best Practices include:
- a church and parish nurse program
- a unique health promotion poster
- a description of the significance of longevity among providers
in a rural practice
- a prenatal outreach program
- a home-bound elderly care program
- a model of how to integrate faith into health care
We would like to identify effective faith-based programs that
meet these criteria:
1. The program should have its roots/genesis in and draw on the
vision and values of a clear Christian approach to health care.
2. The program should be designed as a part of wholistic health
care in an underserved poor community.
3. The program should address needs that are widely present in
underserved poor communities, i.e., it should be potentially replicable
in numerous other communities.
4. The program should make evident the effect of integrating faith
within the health care context.
5. The program should improve access to health care, demonstrate
progress toward reducing disparities in health status between
minority populations and the total population, or otherwise demonstrate
measurable improvements in significant health indicators.
Are there particular programs in your health care ministry that
meet these criteria? Programs that you would like other CCHF ministries
to know about and perhaps duplicate in their communities? It may
be helpful for you to consider broad areas of your ministry such
as: a) things you did in starting a health care ministry; b) activities/programs
which are a part of operating your ministry; c) things you are
doing to improve health care activities and health outcomes; and
d) programs addressing the needs of specific sub-groups of your
population.
Guidelines for a brief (1 -
2 page) abstract:
Take into consideration all of the above criteria please provide
the following:
1. Background and description of the issue or need to which the
program is a response.
2. Brief program outline -- what you are doing. Include how faith
is a dimension of the program.
3. Any information about outcomes/results.
Best Practices Program
CCHF
PO Box 23429
Chicago, IL 60623-0429
Email: cchf@cchf.org
