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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. Timmy Global Health | 22 E 22nd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202 | Tel: (317) 920-1822 | Fax: (317) 920-1821 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: 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. Timmy Global Health | 22 E 22nd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202 | Tel: (317) 920-1822 | Fax: (317) 920-1821 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