Health Promotion

• Blood pressure screenings

• Write articles for the newsletter

• Display a health bulletin board and pamphlet rack

• Arrange screenings for diabetes, cancer, strokes, etc.

• Work with other community agencies to serve as sites for health services

• Private consultations regarding health issues

• Group education for various health issues, i.e. support groups: grief, cancer, weight loss

Referral and Advocacy

• Coordinate plan of care following discharge from hospital/nursing home

• Contact physician's office for individuals that need assistance

• Guide persons to use existing community services

• Act as a spokesperson when an individual cannot act on his/her own behalf

• Meet with families to plan care of individual or to counsel members

Visitation

• Make home, hospital, nursing home visits to monitor health status, provide emotional support, encourage compliance with medical treatment, and recommend community

• bereavement visits by self or with clergy

Facilitate Lay Ministries

• Coordinate volunteers to assist with various programs and needs of individuals

• Work with health cabinet to meet the needs of the congregation.

Interpret the relationship Between Faith and Health

• Assist families in time of crisis

• Stay with individual during surgery if family is not available

• Encourage the use of prayer, scripture, and devotional materials as aids to healing

• Incorporate spiritual values into health education

Communication and Documentation

• Communicate with clergy, church staff, health cabinet, and volunteers

• Communicate schedule and activities with church secretary

• Record pertinent information on the individual's record (Info will remain confidential)

• Record statistical information to be shared with Clergy, health , and program staff

• Participate in Health Cabinet meetings