2012 Community Highlights
In 2012, we made a difference in the
community by hosting or sponsoring
a variety of events, including:
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Time Out for Health at Cowboys
Stadium
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Heart to Heart and Girl Talk women’s
health events
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Flex•Ability orthopedics event
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Oak Cliff Earth Day.
Take a
look!
These initiatives are making a difference in Dallas
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Golden Cross Congregational Health Ministry.
Through partnering churches,
Methodist provides health outreach and education.
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Life Shines Bright Pregnancy Program.
Embracing and building upon the
CenteringPregnancy
®
model, this program has successfully lowered the preterm
birth rate for its participants from 18 percent to only 5.6 percent.
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Lymphedema support.
Uninsured and underinsured Dallas County breast
cancer survivors can apply to receive risk reduction and treatment services
for lymphedema, a common side effect of cancer treatment, thanks to a
$600,000 grant from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Dallas.
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MedAssist.
Also offered through the Golden Cross Academic Clinic, this
program helps patients in financial need acquire vital medications through
pharmaceutical partnerships.
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Methodist Generations.
Formerly called Senior Access, this organization
adopted a new name in 2012 to more accurately reflect its broad range of
participants (ages 55 and older). The program offers a variety of wellness
activities, social events, and education outreach throughout the year.
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More convenient mammograms.
In partnership with Susan G. Komen for the
Cure, Methodist’s mobile mammography unit brought breast cancer screening
directly to 3,733 women this year. The hospital’s Monday Night Mammos events
offered after-hours mammograms in a spa-like atmosphere.
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Prostate Screening and Awareness Program.
This free service provided
3,047 prostate cancer screenings in the Methodist Dallas service area this year
and all in all provides more screenings than any other hospital-based program
in the nation.
Methodist Dallas employees offered
stroke education and blood pressure
screenings and distributed sunflower
seeds at Oak Cliff’s Earth Day celebration.
Our support of the March of Dimes March
for Babies raisedmore than $60,000 to
promote healthy pregnancies.
2012 Community
Highlights
To your
health
Juanita Cabrera gave birth to healthy daughter Katelyn Nicole,
thanks to guidance from the Life Shines Bright Pregnancy Program.
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