Health Care Access Expansion
A model for innovation in public health, the mission for health care access expansion is to build on the Lee Primary Care Plus (LPCP) program and adapt the concept in other counties within the South Central Partnership. LPCP is a grassroots effort to provide affordable basic primary and preventative care and workplace health promotion plans to low wage employees of small businesses within the region. Based on marketing research recommendations and additional primary care clinic pilot testing, a new site will be established at the Anson County health department.
 SC Partnership Primary Care & Worksite Wellness Task Force |
To complement this project, a Primary Care Access and Worksite Wellness Expansion Task Force comprised of South Central Partnership health department staff will hold a forum to highlight examples of successful county employee based primary care clinics.
The forum, to be held in the South Central region in June, 2008, will include health directors, county commissioners, county managers, and others who will benefit from hearing what works and what challenges exist in offering a primary care clinic for county employees.
After the forum, a report outlining the findings from the region will be compiled and presented at a November statewide worksite wellness symposium at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill. After November, the task force will focus on implementing what works best in both primary care access and worksite wellness for county employees.
Resources
Health Care Access Initiative Partners & Resources
- Lee
Primary Care Plus: Affordable family practice medicine to both employees
and small businesses of Lee County
Information about Lee Primary Care Plus from the Lee County Health Department including mission statement and list of services provided. - Eat Smart, Move More Worksite Wellness Toolkit
Free resources available to professionals and community members to establish their own worksite wellness program.
SC Employee Clinic & Worksite Wellness Task Force Information
Employee Clinic & Worksite Wellness Regional Forum
The regional forum is scheduled to be held at the Stedman Education Center at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro on Thursday, June 5, 2008 from 10:00 am to 3:00pm and health directors and interested staff, elected officials, and city and county employees are encouraged to attend to learn more about implementing an employee care clinic and worksite wellness in their county.
Tools Developed
Health Care Access Initiative
- Lee Primary Care Plus (LPCP) Summary (pdf)
Summary of Lee Primary Care Plus initiative including program vision, mission, summary and background information.LPCP Information Brochure
Printable brochure in PDF format for interested health departments.
- Front of LPCP Brochure (pdf)
- Back of LPCP Brochure (pdf)
SC Employee Clinic & Worksite Wellness Task Force
Inventory of worksite wellness and employee clinic initiatives (pdf)
Collected at the first Task Force meeting, this document includes the Task Force mission and an inventory of what partnership counties are doing in worksite wellness and primary care for county employees.