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| Delta Community Partners in Care Project: A demonstration project developed to manage the care of hypertensive and diabetic patients in the Mississippi Delta.
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| Investigator (PI): | Keys, Lela |
| Performing Organization (PO): |
(Current): University of Mississippi, School of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Rural Health Research |
| Supporting Agency (SA): | W.K. Kellogg Foundation |
| Initial Year: | 1996 |
| Final Year: | 1998 |
| Award Type: | Grant |
| Number of Subjects: | Potentially 1000 (community base) patients |
| Population Base: | Five Mississippi Delta counties; Bolivar, Coahama, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica |
| Study Population: | Hypertensive and diabetics -- persons ages 21-64; income at or below 100% poverty |
| Abstract: | In 1995 W.K. Kellogg Foundation funded a community based health initiative in the Mississippi Delta designed to manage the care of chronic hypertensive and diabetic individuals in a rural setting. The project's mission is to provide case management and outreach to the uninsured and Medicaid population, identify the role of the primary care provider, decrease fragmentation in service delivery and empower people to improve the circumstance of their own health. Project model will provide for on-going health care management early in the stages of illness. |
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| Country: | United States |
| State: | Mississippi |
| Zip Code: | 38614 |
| UI: | 96201060 |
| Project Status: | Archived |