Our Mission: The mission of our Centre County Partnership for Community Health is to support an inclusive, caring community that promotes healthy people and enhances quality of life through collaborative relationships.
Our Guiding Objective: To assess the health needs of Centre County residents and to develop data-driven outreach and partnering efforts that will bridge gaps in service and eliminate barriers to holistic health.
Health Care Access Overview
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Centre County/Pennsylvania Specific Data |
Organization/Agency providing information |
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Pennsylvania Department of Health site offering state level school
health statistics |
The Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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Pennsylvania Department of Health site showing links to many state level health agencies | The Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Site showing a statistical report for 1999-2000 with figures on medical assistance programs, fee-for-service programs, primary care case management and managed care programs. Most information is broken down by county. | The Department of Public Welfare can be found at www.dpw.state.pa.us |
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Pennsylvania Department of Insurance site showing the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility requirements. Figures are the number of family members and how much the maximum household income can be to be eligible to enroll in CHIP. | The Pennsylvania Insurance Department can be fond at www.ins.state.pa.us |
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Pennsylvania Department of Insurance site showing CHIP enrollment data broken down by month and by county. | The Pennsylvania Insurance Department can be fond at www.ins.state.pa.us |
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Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council site showing the quality of Pa commercial HMOs | The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) can be found at www.phc4.org |
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The Institute for Healthy Communities site containing violence and injury issues and the community partnerships involved with each issue. This site is mostly qualitative but does contain some statistical data. | The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania can be found at www.haponline.org |
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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion site showing health behavior data. Data is from 2002, and shows metropolitan areas across the country. The four from Pennsylvania are Philadelphia , Pittsburgh , Lancaster , and Chambersburg . From these areas the user selects 1 of 25 health related categories. The information from these categories is generated from surveys and the responses are put in numeric and statistical formatting. | The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion can be found at www.cdc.gov |
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services showing enrollment data available at county and state levels. | The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) can be found at www.cms.hhs.gov |
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Children's Dental Health Project offers a .PDF formatted article on dental care for children of low-income families. The report contains demographic, family, and geographical characteristics. | Children's Dental Health Project can be found at www.cdhp.org |
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation site (above) but specific to Pennsylvania . | The Annie E. Casey Foundation can be found at www.aecf.org |
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation site is a comprehensive site offering qualitative information regarding health care. While this site is mostly qualitative, some data is available via links in pages and reports. | The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation can be found at www.kff.org |
