Download 2012 – 2013 Application – Project Proposal Form Timmy Global

2012 – 2013 Application – Project Proposal Form
Timmy Global Health High Impact Volunteer
An initiative of THE HANK BENJAMIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Name:
Dates desired:
Location of Project in TGH’s network of medical brigades in developing countries:
Dominican Republic: Monte Cristi
Ecuador:
Quito
Tena
No preference
Area of interest and intended volunteer contributions: please select one of the
following three areas of interest.
1. Research to advance Timmy Global Health programming. Possible thematic areas
for high impact research projects include:
Dominican Republic:
1. Malnutrition research in children – Timmy’s partner organization in the Dominican
Republic have identified malnutrition as one of the most difficult problems in some
Timmy supported communities in the DR, particularly those with a large percentage
of Haitian Migrants. Research proposals could look at effective ways of addressing
malnutrition, educational tools to help improve community awareness, etc.
2. Chronic disease prevention research (hypertension and diabetes) – The incidence
and prevalence of chronic diseases has increased drastically in the developing world
during the last decade, including in the Dominican Republic. Research could focus on
educational strategies for addressing chronic disease prevention, improve strategies
for dealing with specific chronic conditions, improved use of technology to monitor
chronic patients, etc.
3. Water and Sanitation research – In some of the Timmy supported “Bateys” in the
Dominican Republic, water and sanitation are major public health problems that
affect the overall health of the communities. Research could focus on new strategies
for addressing community water needs, individual household water needs, etc.
Tena, Ecuador:
1. Community situational assessment – In the Amazon Basin of Ecuador, many of our
communities are located in rural areas. Research projects could focus on the major
health needs of these communities, overall demographics, specific health conditions
present in each, and possible strategies to effectively address the most prevalent
health challenges.
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Quito, Ecuador:
1. Community Health Promoter – Timmy’s Community Health Workers in Ecuador are
an important piece of Timmy’s overall community outreach. Projects could include
working closely with Community Health Promoters to improve knowledge of health
conditions, designing educational resources for health promoters, improving patient
follow up through improved use of communications technology, etc.
2. Public Health training needs – Projects could include designing or modifying training
materials on the most important public health conditions to be used to improve
health literacy in Timmy Quito communities.
3. Women’s Health – Projects could focus on researching current women’s’ health
practices in the Quito community and developing improved strategies for enhancing
women’s’ health programming in Timmy clinics.
TO APPLY: To apply for financial support for a high impact research project, please: select
a site and topic from the list (or add your own research idea) and provide a narrative
description (500 words maximum), detailing your proposal. In addition to the narrative,
please provide a brief outline of expected expenses. In your narrative, please discuss:
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Purpose of project, including how this project will advance global health equity
Description of project, including stakeholders, methodology, etc.
Measureable goals within measurable timeframe
Description of permissions, licenses, or other approvals required (if applicable)
Description of overall project costs
Description of data collection, analysis, and monitoring and evaluation (if applicable)
Plan for communicating end results of project, including deadline, submission to
Timmy Global Health, and format for communicating results
2. Shadowing at Timmy Global Health’s international partner organizations –
Timmy’s partner organizations work tirelessly to expand access to healthcare 365 days a
year. These partner organizations vary in their approach, and include: direct medical service
provision, community health outreach, social work, advanced surgical services, etc. Timmy
volunteers may choose to “shadow” at Timmy partner, working closely with partner
organization staff to learn about the most important health disparities that exist within
Timmy communities, and experience public health and medicine in the developing world
first hand.
TO APPLY: To apply, please describe your personal goals with this volunteer contribution
and explain how your personal experiences, professional background, or personal
characteristics will help you achieve these goals (maximum length, 500 words).
3. Assisting Timmy Global Health international staff with programmatic initiatives
including Timmy’s ongoing indicator tracking including referral system,
communication/translators, medication, community health workers, chronic care
management as explained below. Applicants must be willing to work on any/all
indicators as directed by Timmy staff.
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Referral system – we are investigating the success of our referral processes from Timmy
clinics to and through our referral partners including getting patients to our referral
partners, getting them through the hospital system, subsidizing their care correctly so they
access it, completing their procedures / treatments
Communication / Translators – we are assessing the general quality of our translators to
ultimately make sure that the descriptions and instructions that the medical providers
intend to relay to their patients are actually being delivered in a culturally and linguistically
meaningful way to the patients.
Short Term Medical Clinics: Medication – we are investigating Timmy’s overall transfer and
supply of medication to Timmy service trips – to get the right medications into country, to
have sufficient amounts of the right medications on the first and the last day of the Timmy
clinics
Short-term medical clinics: Patient Satisfaction – we are investigating our patients’ level of
satisfaction with their Timmy care experience including access, time, care and correlation of
services offered with the needs of the community.
Community Health Workers – we are assessing the level of outreach engagement of our
community health workers, their training, content of training, chronic care follow up by
CHWs
Chronic Care Management – we are researching our identification tools used in chronic care
patient tracking, the degree to which chronic care patients return for follow up and
assessing the need for incentivized programs to increase their rate of compliance. We are
also investigating their patterns of medication usage.
TO APPLY: To apply, please describe how your personal experiences, professional
background, or personal characteristics will help you achieve the project goals outlined
above (maximum length, 500 words).
Timmy Global Health | 22 E 22nd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202 | Tel: (317) 920-1822 | Fax: (317) 920-1821