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Kituo cha Wright kilitoa ruzuku tatu kutoka kwa jiji la Scranton kwa shughuli zinazohusiana na janga la afya na ustawi.
Kituo cha Wright cha Afya ya Jamii hivi majuzi kilipokea tuzo tatu za ruzuku kutoka jiji la Scranton kama sehemu ya mgawanyo wa fedha za serikali ili kukuza uokoaji wa wakaazi kutokana na janga la COVID-19.
Scranton ilitoa jumla ya takriban $1 milioni katika ruzuku za ustawi kwa takriban mashirika dazeni mawili yasiyo ya faida ya eneo hilo. Maafisa wa jiji walilenga awamu hii ya utoaji ruzuku kwenye aina tatu: kuzuia utumiaji wa dawa za kulevya, afya ya kitabia na kuzuia vurugu, na ustawi.
Kituo cha Wright - mtoa huduma wa afya ya msingi na kinga anayeishi Scranton - kinatumika katika kategoria zote tatu zilizolengwa na kilichaguliwa kupokea msaada wa ruzuku ya $145,000. Shirika litaingiza rasilimali hizo za umma katika programu tatu zinazoendelea ili kunufaisha wagonjwa, watoa huduma za afya na jamii kubwa zaidi.
The first award, to be used for overdose and prevention programs, will enable The Wright Center for Community Health to further engage community partners and patients in the services of its state-designated Opioid Use Disorder Center of Excellence. A portion of the $50,000 grant will provide community training on the topics of substance use disorder, medication-assisted treatment, and stigma surrounding addiction. Among the intended recipients of the educational sessions are law enforcement professionals, first responders, and government officials. This grant also will assist with long-term recovery support services in the region, which aim to reduce fatal overdoses.
Tuzo ya pili ya $50,000 itatumika kuboresha uthabiti na programu za ustawi wa Kituo cha Wright cha Afya ya Jamii. Mstari wake wa huduma ya Tiba kwa Mtindo wa Maisha utaunganishwa kikamilifu zaidi katika huduma za afya ya msingi, kwa nia ya kuwashirikisha wagonjwa walio katika hatari kubwa zaidi katika mipango iliyoundwa kuwasaidia kurekebisha tabia zao. Lengo kuu litakuwa katika kutibu unene kama ugonjwa sugu unaochangia ugonjwa wa kisukari, ugonjwa wa moyo na mishipa, ugonjwa wa kukosa usingizi, saratani na kifo cha mapema.
The third award, in the amount of $45,000, will underwrite The Wright Center’s participation in a training program conducted by the New York-based Sanctuary Institute to promote employee wellness and create a supportive environment for the benefit of the organization’s workforce, patients, and the broader community. The institute’s training model is seen by many as a needed antidote to the intensified pressure on health care workers and others brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meya wa Scranton alitangaza ugawaji wa ruzuku ya ustawi katika mkutano wa wanahabari mnamo Novemba 22. Pesa hizo ni sehemu ya dola milioni 68.7 ambazo Scranton alikuwa amepokea kupitia Sheria ya Mpango wa Uokoaji wa Marekani ya 2021 ili kushughulikia matatizo ya kiuchumi na kiafya yanayohusiana na janga hili kwa wakazi wa jiji.
Dk. Linda Thomas-Hemak
Maombi yote yalikaguliwa na jiji, ikiwa ni pamoja na mratibu wake wa afya ya umma, Dk. Rachna Saxena, na washauri wa utiifu kutoka Anser Advisory ili kuhakikisha kuwa mashirika hayakuwa yakipokea manufaa ya shirikisho, kulingana na miongozo iliyowekwa na Idara ya Hazina ya Marekani. Maombi pia yalikaguliwa kwa uendelevu wa mradi, huduma kwa wakazi wa jiji, na zaidi.
"Mgao wa busara na wa ukarimu wa fedha za Sheria ya Mpango wa Uokoaji wa Amerika na Halmashauri ya Jiji la Scranton utasaidia juhudi zetu zinazoendeshwa na misheni kuboresha afya na ustawi wa wagonjwa na jamii tunazohudumia kwa unyenyekevu," Dk Linda Thomas-Hemak, rais. na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education.
“Thanks to our local and federal officials,” she said, “these resources will help us to expand and augment our ongoing efforts to address the opioid epidemic and empower recovery, and our resiliency and wellness programming for our governing board, executive management, health care providers, interprofessional learners, and patients.”
Kituo cha Wright cha Afya ya Jamii kinaendesha mtandao wa mazoea ya utunzaji wa kimsingi huko Kaskazini-mashariki mwa Pennsylvania, tatu ziko jijini, kutoa ufikiaji wa huduma za bei nafuu, zisizo na ubaguzi, za ubora wa juu ikiwa ni pamoja na matibabu, meno na afya ya kitabia. Biashara isiyo ya faida pia hudumisha kitovu cha utawala na elimu katika mtaa wa Scranton's South Side.
Kwa habari zaidi, tembelea TheWrightCenter.org.
