Griffin Hospital - Community Health Needs Assessment Fiscal Year 2013 Griffin Hospital 130 Division Street Derby, CT 06418 TABLE OF CONTENTS [To use this Table of Contents, users should put their computer cursor on the section of the Community Health Needs Assessment desired, then depending on the type of the computer system either “Click” or “Control-click” to go directly to the content.] GRIFFIN HOSPITAL ............................................................................................................................. 24 O COMMUNITY SERVED BY GRIFFIN HOSPITAL AND HOW THE COMMUNITY WAS DETERMINED ........................................................................................................................................ 24 O HOW “COMMUNITY” WAS DETERMINED ............................................................................ 28 O GRIFFIN HOSPITAL MISSION, COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY .................................................................................................................................. 30 GRIFFIN HOSPITAL - VALUES .......................................................................................................... 30 O QUALITY AND SERVICE .............................................................................................................. 30 O RESPECT AND DIGNITY ............................................................................................................. 30 O COLLABORATION ........................................................................................................................ 30 O ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION ............................................................................ 31 O STEWARDSHIP ............................................................................................................................. 31 COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ............................................................ 31 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PARISH NURSING ................................. 31 THE MOBILE HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER ................................................................................. 32 COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES .............................................................................................. 32 GREATER NAUGATUCK VALLEY SAFE KIDS CHAPTER ........................................................... 33 1 CERTIFIED CPR TRAINING CENTER .............................................................................................. 34 GRIFFIN BREAST HEALTH INITIATIVE......................................................................................... 34 VALLEY WOMEN’S HEALTH INITIATIVE ...................................................................................... 35 AED PLACEMENT AT PUBLIC SITES ............................................................................................... 35 HOMELESS SHELTER FOOD BANK DONATIONS ........................................................................ 36 PATIENT AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT GROUPS AND EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS ......... 36 O BY YOUR SIDE - CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP ................................................................. 36 O BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP ......................................................................................... 37 O BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP FOR PARENTS ............................................................ 37 O THE WIDOW AND WIDOWER SUPPORT GROUP ............................................................... 37 O COPING WITH LOSS THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS ................................................................ 37 O CIRCLE OF FRIENDS BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP ............................................... 37 O GRIFFIN HOSPITAL DIABETES EDUCATION AND SUPPORT GROUP .......................... 38 O FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP ......................................................................................... 38 O H.U.G.S. (HELP UNLIMITED GRIFFIN SUPPORT) ............................................................... 38 O MOM 2 MOM .................................................................................................................................. 38 O NURSING MOMS ............................................................................................................................ 38 O SLEEP APNEA SUPPORT GROUP ............................................................................................. 39 O MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SUPPORT GROUP ............................................................................. 39 2 O GRIFFIN HOSPITAL ALZHEIMER'S CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP .............................. 39 O VALLEY HEART CLUB ................................................................................................................. 39 O SHARING HEARTS OF GRIFFIN HOSPITAL .......................................................................... 39 O LOOK GOOD…FEEL BETTER ..................................................................................................... 39 O ALL ABOUT BABY ........................................................................................................................ 40 O BABY & ME FOR SIBLINGS-TO-BE .......................................................................................... 40 O BABYSITTER TRAINING ............................................................................................................ 40 O BREASTFEEDING FOR BEGINNERS ........................................................................................ 40 O EARLY PREGNANCY ..................................................................................................................... 40 O GRANDPARENTING 101 ............................................................................................................ 40 O LAMAZE REFRESHER .................................................................................................................. 41 O PREPARED CHILDBIRTH ........................................................................................................... 41 O TOTSAVER INFANT SAFETY & CPR ........................................................................................ 41 O WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY SEMINARS ...................................................................................... 41 O MEDICATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ............................................................................. 41 O PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP ............................................................................................. 41 O SKILL TRAINING WORKSHOPS ............................................................................................... 42 O GRIFFIN HOSPITAL COMMUNITY HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER .................................. 42 O HEALTHY U PROGRAM/MINI-MED SCHOOL ....................................................................... 43 3 O YALE-GRIFFIN PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER ............................................................ 44 O YALE-GRIFFIN PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILE 44 O VALLEY CARES – COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT, RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOR SOLUTIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 45 O YALE – GRIFFIN PRC NUTRITION DETECTIVES PROGRAM ........................................... 46 O YALE – GRIFFIN PRC TO TEACH NUTRITION TO ROWING PROGRAM YOUTH........ 46 O NUVAL NUTRITIONAL FOOD SCORING SYSTEM ................................................................ 46 O NUVAL IN DERBY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ...................................................................................... 47 O SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER ......................................................................................... 47 O HEALTHY BEGINNINGS – RETURN VISIT PROGRAM ....................................................... 48 O GO GREEN INITIATIVE ............................................................................................................... 48 O VOLUNTEER SERVICES DEPARTMENT ................................................................................. 49 O GRIFFIN HOSPITAL SENIOR MEALS CHOICE PROGRAM ................................................. 49 O VITAHLS – THE VALLEY INITIATIVE TO ADVANCE HEALTH AND LEARNING IN SCHOOLS ................................................................................................................................................. 49 O HIM – THE HEALTH INITIATIVE FOR MEN .......................................................................... 50 O WOMEN AND HEART DISEASE PROGRAM ........................................................................... 51 O WOMEN’S DAY OF HEALTH ...................................................................................................... 51 O AARP DRIVER SAFETY PROGRAM .......................................................................................... 51 4 O FALL PREVENTION PROGRAM ................................................................................................ 51 O CANCER BASICS 101: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ............................................ 52 O PASTORAL CARE & EDUCATION ............................................................................................. 52 O JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT – DERBY HIGH SCHOOL ............................................................... 53 O TRANSPARENCY, PUBLIC REPORTING, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ....................... 53 GRIFFIN HOSPITAL