impact report 2021
It is my privilege to greet you with our 6th annual report! 2021 was a busy year and brought significant changes to the clinic. The most visible change was our end to using the colorful Wellness on Wheels RV after being invited by Dorcas Ministries to share space inside Suite 191. We are now enjoying a larger area to see visitors and can collaborate more readily with Ministries staff.
Another change on a personal level was my decision to retire from my faculty position in the School of Nursing. In doing so, I now share the leadership of the clinic with Dr. Jean Davison, one of our family nurse practitioners, as a volunteer co-director. Together we navigated the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic making sure our services were provided in a safe environment and advocating for the health of our community by offering vaccines and guidance on testing.
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Throughout the year, we upheld our mission to promote the health and well-being of the community by providing health screenings, education, and resources. I am grateful that we continue to have the support of many community partners to offer these services and our base of dedicated volunteers is strong.
Thanks you for your continued support!
Marianne Cockroft, Phd, rn
Co-Director
A message from Jean
After working with Dr. Marianne Cockroft at the School of Nursing and on Service-Learning Hurricane Recovery Health Outreaches in North Carolina, I was very excited to join the UNC SON Mobile Health Clinic in August 2020 as a lead FNP provider and stepped forward to become the Co-Director in July 2021, when Marianne retired. We both share a passion for providing high quality, compassionate care to all and leading/mentoring RNs and Advanced Practice RNs. It is an honor to work with and learn from Dr. Cockroft, the founder of the SON Mobile Health Clinic.
As president of Compassion Med International, I understand the needs globally and locally of providing leadership in healthcare to improve health equity for our community and mentor the next generation of nurses. Throughout the COVID Pandemic, our clinic remained open and was able to provide wholistic care, at a time when many clients were feeling hopelessness.
Because of the support from so many, we are now stronger and ready for expanding our services. We thank you for supporting us, so we can support clients in their walk to wellness!
Thanks you for your believing in and supporting our mission!
Jean Davison, DNP, FNP
Co-Director
Values
We value:
Community
Diversity
Outreach
Collaboration
Responsiveness
Helping participants
Live life to the fullest
By combining health education, screenings, and connection to resources, we ensure that our participants have the tools needed to live healthier lives.
Educate
When patients come to the clinic, we provide personalized health education about the chronic health conditions that are affecting their quality of life and producing unwanted and unnecessary stress.
Our Approach
assess
Participants may undergo health assessments/screenings including glucose, A1c, diabetes, cholesterol, and blood pressure checks.
connect
Before they leave the clinic, our patients are connected to area resources that assist with a variety of needs, including food, social services and health care.
MEET
EMERICA
Emerica stopped by the clinic for health information, was connected to resources and was placed on a path to a healthier lifestyle. She returned to tell us how grateful she was for the care that she received.
2021
accomplishments
Transitions
The year 2021 was marked by a full year of Covid-19 responses. We transitioned from primarily telehealth or open-air encounters to a return to in-person visits in enclosed spaces. We focused more heavily on educating the public on the importance of vaccines to accompany the 3 Ws of washing hands, wearing a mask, and watching distance of six feet apart in preventing illness from the virus. We shared our available resources by supplying our clients and community partners with masks and hand sanitizer as well as information on testing and vaccine sites.
Looking Up Cohorts II & III
The Looking Up program, a chronic disease self-management education program enrolled nine participants in the spring and 16 participants in the fall cohort. We continued to collaborate with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension service who provided the tools and education focusing on nutrition and physical activity while nursing students conducted the sessions specifically related to diabetes and hypertension. Many clients reached goals related to losing weight, improving cholesterol, and lowering blood pressure.
Awards
Jean Davison was awarded $12,000 from Compassion Med International and $700 from the UNC School of Nursing Alumni Association for SON Mobile Health Clinic’s funding.
Rachel McInerney was awarded $10,000 from the North Carolina Area Health Education Center to continue the work of the mobile clinic by expanding services to clients at the White Oak Foundation.
Marianne Cockroft was awarded $4,000 from Bill and Audrey Booth, who offered funding for the UNC School of Nursing faculty to support service initiatives that improve the health and welfare of patients in need in North Carolina.
COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic
In an effort to assist government efforts to distribute the COVID vaccine to as many individuals as possible and as quickly as possible, we partnered with the UNC Physician's Network to make the vaccine available to our program participants and their families. The effort was a success as we were able to vaccinate more than 100 individuals within a four-hour period. In addition to the vaccine distribution, we disseminated information, answered questions, and provided support in what was a time of uncertainty and skepticism for many.
Partner highlight
rEAL
aPPEAL
We began our partnership with Real Appeal, a personalized weight loss program completely free to eligible members as part of their covered health insurance plan. The organization provided Real Appeal kits to the Looking Up Program. The kits were used as program rewards to participants who excelled in weight loss, physical activity, medication adherence and record keeping.
impact
358
individuals stopped by the mobile health clinic searching for health information, education, screenings, or solutions to chronic illnesses.
184
people, comprising parents, children, and students received from our Wake County Partner hygienist education related to oral health.
142
Johnson & Johnson's Jensen COVID-19 vaccines were administered in partnership with the UNC Physician's Network.
68
adult retina screenings were conducted by Prevent Blindness North Carolina to diagnose eye disease including cancer, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy.
120+ NURSING students
have served at the clinic to date!
I was able to learn a lot about the needs of the community and the program/services held at the mobile clinic. I also was able to develop skills related to drawing up vaccines, taking vital signs, and using a glucometer for the first time. Patient education was also a skill that I was able to practice, especially when it came to following the pathways for elevated blood pressure, glucose, etc.
Fiona Docherty, Spring 2021
Student Work
A total of 75 students contributed to the work of the mobile clinic in 2021 (26 assigned undergrads, one assigned grad, 48 volunteers). Graduate level projects were started by three students in the nurse practitioner program. Their topics were related to strategies to promote healthy living, understanding Covid vaccine confidence or barriers to immunization, and the development of a clinical pathway for cholesterol screening.
These year-long projects will be completed in 2022. One undergraduate honor’s project was developed related to the impact of Covid on stress management strategies used among clients. Through these projects, clients will be able to learn skills to improve their health and clinic nurses will better understand barriers to care. In addition, new tools will allow the nurses to assess risks for cardiac disease resulting in more comprehensive client education aimed at disease prevention.
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financial HEALTH
OUR SPONSORS, GRANTORS AND DONORS
The following organizations supported the Mobile Health Clinic with generous grants, gifts in-kind donations and other contributions in 2021
$10,000 - $14,999
FIGS of Wake County,
NC Area Health Education Centers
$5,000 - $9,999
Compassion Med International
$1,000 - $4,999
Bill and Mary Lou Booth
$500 - $999
Jean Hix McDonald
Church of the Holy Family
UNC School of Nursing Alumni Association
$100 - $499
Dr. Leslie Sharpe
$1- $99
Heather Fund Lachiewicz
Christae Anyta Smith
Emily Hubbard
IN-KIND:
American Diabetes Association
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dorcas Ministries
Rally Health
SpectraCorp
Wake County Health Department
Paul Chelminski, MD
Madhavi Reddy, MD
Faculty | students | volunteers
UNC SON Clinical Leadership Team
Marianne Cockroft, PhD, RN | Associate Professor Emerita
Jean Davison, DNP, RN, FNP | Associate Professor
Johanne Laboy, PhD, MBA | Adjunct Assistant Professor
Leigh Mullen, MSN, FNP | Clinical Instructor
Leslie Sharpe, DNP, FNP-BC | Assistant Professor
Rachel McInerney, DNP, FNP, Assistant Professor
Nilda Peragallo Montano, DrPH, RN, FAAN | Dean
Clinical Volunteer Faculty
Jean Hanson, MSN, RN | Adjunct Faculty
Sara Hubbell, DNP, FNP, RN | Adjunct Faculty
Shielda Rodgers, PhD, RN | Associate Professor
Joan Shiley, MSN, RN | Adjunct Faculty
Maria Orsini, EdD, RN
Sandra Hoffman, EdD, RN
Carol Baker, PhD, RN
Sally Williford, MSN RN
Faculty Consultants
Victoria-Soltis Jarrett, PhD, PMHNP | Professor
Clinical Volunteers
Mary Susan Moss, RN
Melody Alexander, RN
Pierce Do, RN
Karen Shin, RN
UNC Community Partners
Thava Mahadevan, MS | Director of CECMH
Semester-Assigned Nursing Students
Spring 2021
John Belcher
Lauren Beyer
Calli Brown
Dania Fadhli
Aubrie Gore
Stephanie Hall
Travis Jones
Geobana Lobos
Lucy Lockamy
Madison Spencer
Fall 2021
Shilpa Bhattarai
Dillon Bryant
Shannon Cusick
Crystal Honeycutt
Sarah Impellizeri
Hannah Knight
Lauren Larison
Lizbeth Melgar-Alberto
Tyreke Michael
Jill Nawrocki
Eliana Newkirk
Braxton Nowell
Jenna Smith
Davis Raynor
Gabriela Vinar
Ashley Zucker
Volunteer Nursing Students
Spring 2021
Hallie Barksdal
Erin Bartlett
Jasmin Carey
Fiona Docherty
Ariana Gales
Natalia Ghan
Anne Gostling
Rollins Johnson
Brooke Kovach
Megan Kuykendall
Shirley Lu
Kristen MacClennan
Betty Martinez
Ramuel Jack Miro
Mallory Royster
Alexandria Soros
Maria Thompson
Katie Tomasi
Jennifer Warnasch
Lea Yorke
Summer 2021
Fiona Docherty
Ariana Gales
Natalia Ghan
Travis Jones
Megan Kuykendall
Kristen MacClennan
Betty Martinez
Ramuel Jack Miro
Jeanette Ward
Chloe Winebarger
Fall 2021
Nancy Bonilla
Leah Bullock
Maria Dixon
Kimberly Grimestad
Jacquelyn Hedric
Annabel Hinkle
Anne Klar
Brooke Kovach
Megan Kuykendall
Victoria Lewis
Sarah Loving
Tarena Scott
Dana Suleima
Desiree Thomas
Maria Thompson
Katherine Walsh
Jeanette Ward
Community at Large Volunteers
Bob Wilke
Roger Thompson
Milixys Martinez-Marrugo
Advisory Board
Beth Bordeux, Partners for Impact
Inés Freile, Taylor Family YMCA
Kathleen Herndon-Lee, White Oak Foundation
Mercedes Ortiz, Wake County Human Services
Shannon Hood Smith, UNC Development
Jill Straight, Dorcas Ministries
Partner Organizations
Advance Community Health
Catholic Diocese of Raleigh
Dorcas Ministries
EFNEP/NC Cooperative Extension
FIGS of Wake County
Hayes Barton Pharmacy
Hispanic Family Center
National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics
Prevent Blindness North Carolina
Rural Forward NC |
NC Inclusive Disaster Recovery Network
UNC Physicians Health Network
Wake County Human Services
Western Wake Crisis Ministries
White Oak Foundation
UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing
Carrington Hall | Campus Box 7460
120 N. Medical Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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