Atlanta Doula Connect
GOAL: To provide opportunities and community support in maternal and child healthcare, empowerment, career development, and support for women, especially during the pregnancy and labor and delivery
Volunteer Needs: Team members for promotion, monitoring and evaluation
Upcoming Plans:
- Continue developing Atlanta Doula Connect a Volunteer Labor Support Program
- Partner with Georgia Tech App Development Team, the ObsTECHtrics for Atlanta Doula Connect App
Contact: Megna Reo
Dental Diversion
GOAL: To divert patients from using the Grady Emergency Department for dental-related concerns; To increase the number of Atlantans with a dental home by maximizing the presence of the HEALing Community Center’s highly skilled dental team in the community
Volunteer Needs: Hollis Innovation Academy Team Lead
Upcoming Plans:
- Outreach at Hollis Innovation, including content development for parents and teachers
- Train Grady Primary Care providers on conducting oral health screenings during primary care exams
Contact: Grace Buchloh
Emory Safety Manual
GOAL: To develop curriculum for an online course providing students, staff, faculty from Emory and other universities and community partners with helpful information on how to stay safe.
Volunteer Needs:
- IT Member- who likes IT and course development to update the Safety Manual course on Canvas, pilot test, and implement throughout Emory and other sites.
- Evaluator Member- must have skills and interest in continued evaluation to see how the Safety Manual is being received, understood, along with being able to make quality improvements, e.g., COVID-19, as they appear.
Contact: Chryston Jones
Food Access Programs
For detailed program information, click here.
Sprouting Readers©
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A garden-themed program for children primarily targeted toward children in K-2nd grade. Sprouting Readers© utilizes a multi-modal approach to fulfilling its mission to help children develop a love of learning, and knowledge about food and nutrition. We have selected a number of age-appropriate books with a theme of gardening and related topics (weather, insects, etc.). These books are read to the children (or we help them to read the books according to their ability). In coordination with local school teachers, we have developed lessons that expand upon the topic of the selected book and incorporate STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) that the children are being taught in the public school system. This is followed by a hands-on activity to further reinforce the learning from the book and the lesson. Each child gets a copy of the selected book to take home and keep, and is encouraged to read the book to their parents/siblings.
For more information, contact Joan Wilson
Ag Careers Academy
- Under Development
Health Careers Collaborative
GOAL: To engage students to graduate from high school through project-based learning with a focus on science and health care related issues by modeling a diverse range of health-related career pathways and empowering students to identify the most pressing health needs in their community and engage students in community-based health promotion activities.
Volunteers Needed: Students and Professionals in the following fields: Public Health, Medicine, Allied Health, and Physician Assistants.
Upcoming Plans:
- Develop virtual learning activities and tutoring sessions for our partner schools.
- Hold end of the year debriefs with volunteers and school leaders.
Contact: Brittany Prince
Maternal & Child Health Initiatives
GOAL: To partner and provide evidence-based programs that help reduce Georgia’s morbidity and mortality rates, focused on community needs and creating meaningful change.
Upcoming Plans:
- Maternal Blood Pressure Pilot
- Reproductive education and health literacy support
- Postpartum mental health projects
Street Medicine & Housing Insecurity
Emory’s Street Medicine program will provide health for those who are experiencing housing insecurity. Housing insecurity is the lack of security in an individual shelter and may include homelessness. This often impacts Individuals with low incomes, a history of eviction, or with a criminal record may be forced to rent and/or occupy substandard housing with:
- high housing costs relative to income (more than 50% of income);
- poor housing quality such as vermin, mold, water leaks, lack of air-conditioning or heating;
- unstable neighborhoods i.e. violence, criminal activity, prostitution;
- and overcrowding in available housing due to costs.
Housing insecurity has shown to have impacts on health and the ability to continue health care coverage creating gaps in medical care. Street Medicine is the first essential step in achieving higher levels of medical, mental health, and social care through coordinated, and collaborative care management.
Upcoming Plans:
- Medical services for Housing Insecurity for Transitional/ Motel Housing
- Baseline health support
- Rolling Suitcase Drive
Operations Team
GOAL: Maintain communication and coordinate across projects by scheduling/attending meetings, detect operational gaps and inconsistencies, propose operational improvements, develop tool to track programs progress and develop reports as needed.
Volunteers Needed: Marketing Assistant, Administrative Assistant (student or professional interested in gaining experience in management)
Upcoming Plans:
- Expand partnerships and sponsors
- Increase awareness of UHI and participate in outreach activities
- Recruit future volunteers
- Develop additional projects
Contact: Taqiyya Alford
RYSE: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
GOAL: Our program has been designed to facilitate mentorship and networking; and enhance academic and research agendas. This initiative specifically targets historically underrepresented minority healthcare professionals with a specific emphasis on faculty in academic health sciences. This program will enhance peer mentoring and sense of community among URM faculty members and learners; develop/enhance leadership and career development skills identified by participants; encourage meaningful discussions about the experience of navigating academic health sciences as a URM faculty members and learners; and contribute to efforts to create a more diverse and inclusive environment.
Volunteer Needs:
- TBD; Most of our programming has been postponed due to the unprecedented impact of COVID-19.
- Upcoming—On-site volunteering at GA-GEAR: Community Health Fair
Upcoming Plans:
- Professional Development and Networking Event: Physician Wellness
- GA-GEAR: Community Health Fair
Contact: John-Otis Blanding, Karastin Hughes
Tobacco Use Prevention & Cessation
GOAL: To provide Grady Hospital patients, employees, and Atlanta community members with information and advice about the dangers of smoking and vaping.
Volunteers Needed: Team members
Upcoming Plans:
- Collect and share information and strategies for tobacco use resistance.
- Promote success in quitting therapies via smoking cessation classes.
- Help evaluate success and needs for programs, ongoing.
Contact: Dr. Charles Moore
UHI Advocacy Core
GOAL: Learn to advocate for issues of equity.
Volunteer Needs:
- Project Coordinator- Assist in the development of a Laney Graduate School course on Interprofessional Education and Social Determinates of Health course
- Project Coordinator- Assist with Ethics and Advocacy webinar, Primary Care Advocacy Collaborations, Civility Discussions
Contact: Joan Wilson, Dr. Bill Sexson
Transportation Ministry: Community Supplemental Transportation Initiative (CSTI)
Walk with a Doc
GOAL: To provide a no cost walking program for anyone interested in living a healthier lifestyle. Talk with medical professionals outside the office.
Volunteers Needed: Project coordinator and team members
Upcoming Plans:
- Promote Walk with a Doc activities to healthcare professionals who are interested in physical activity while sharing healthy ideas.
- Promote events to community members who would like the opportunity to talk with health care professionals in a casual environment.
Contact: Dr. Charles Moore
Agriculture Careers Collaborative
GOAL: Agriculture Careers Collaborative mission is to provide experience in the various fields related to agriculture, offer mentorship, and teach a compelling curriculum to minorities in under-resourced schools.
Volunteers Needed: Mentors
Upcoming Plans:
- Ongoing Membership
Contact: Brittany Prince