Core Values
TheCore Values and Strengths that create the foundation on which this organization is built include:
- A strong desire to help people;
- The ability to be open and honest;
- An understanding of the African American history in McDowell County.
The strengths in our community and our coalition are:
- The residents are educated;
- We have a friendly community;
- The seniors from the various townships are passionate about the county and its history;
- The targeted African American townships are close in proximity;
- The community has a strongaccess to careenvironment.
Through the Community Action Planning Committee in September, 2008, two social determinants were identified as priority based on need and capacity and translated into three goals:
SOCIAL DETERMINANT FOCUS AREAS:
- Access to Care
- Social Support Networks
THREE GOALS FROM THESE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS ARE:
- Develop partnerships with clinics and primary care physicians to devise a comprehensive prevention and intervention strategy to eliminate diabetes among African Americans in local townships.
- Develop an approach for establishing support around social determinants of health and health related disparities.
- To conduct a community assessment specific to African Americans in McDowell County.