| Arkansas
Safe Kids Coalition |
FAQs |
Contact |
| An
injury prevention program for children ages 0 -14 years.
Information is available to children, parents, and caregivers
on traffic safety, child passenger safety, bicycle safety,
scald and burn prevention, drowning prevention, playground
safety, poison prevention, and home safety. |
| Virginia
Lancaster |
| 501-661-2278 |
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| Arthritis Program |
FAQs |
Contact |
| Development
of a State Arthritis Plan to reduce the impact of
arthritis and other rheumatic conditions; strengthening
partnerships with state Arthritis Foundation chapters and
others to increase public awareness, improve the ability
to monitor the burden of arthritis, and coordinate
activities and test interventions. The central aim is to
lessen the effects of arthritis and to increase the number
of people who participate in arthritis self-help programs. |
| Debbie
Campbell |
| 501-661-2797 |
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| BreastCare |
Web
Site |
Contact |
| BreastCare provides free breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment services to women forty and over who are uninsured and underinsured residents of Arkansas. The programs focus is on low-income, medically underserved and minority women. BreastCare’s goal is to expand community-based breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic service to underserved women. |
| Barbara Hager |
| Toll
Free |
| 1-877-670-CARE |
| Little
Rock |
| 501-661-2942 |
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| Breastfeeding |
FAQs |
Contact |
| Promotion
and support of breastfeeding through public education, education
of health professionals and individual counseling. Telephone
counseling is available by calling 1-800-445-6175. Breastfeeding
information resource for the general public and health professionals. |
| Sandra Jones |
| 501-661-2905 |
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Toll-Free:
1-800-445-6175
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| Cancer Screening and Follow-up |
FAQs |
Contact |
| Performance of Pap smears and health teaching. Follow-up of abnormal Pap smears and referrals for Colposcopy and Cryosurgery. |
| Becky May or Dianne Campbell |
| 501-661-2480 |
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| Cardiovascular
Health |
Web
Site |
Contact |
| Development
of the capacity to address Arkansas’ leading causes of
death – cardiovascular disease and stroke; collaboration
with the state task force to define the burden of disease,
inventory existing policy and environment supports for
health behaviors impacting cardiovascular disease, and
develop a state plan with recommendations to help reduce
this disease. |
| Linda
Faulkner |
| 501-661-2728 |
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| Communicable Disease |
FAQs |
Contact |
| Surveillance,
epidemiology, and control of outbreaks of communicable diseases;
provision of information to private and public health care
providers and to the public regarding communicable diseases. |
| Karen Fowler |
| 501-661-2793 |
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| Community Based Case Management Services for
the Elderly |
FAQs |
Contact |
| Most people who become frail or ill still want to live at home as long as they can. Case Management services help individuals access and coordinate the variety of services they need to remain at home. Our trained Case Managers work with community groups, volunteers and public service programs to help plan and organize unique services for unique people. http://www.adhhomecare.org/servcoord.htm |
| Dawn
Graziani |
| 501-661-2154 |
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| Connect-Care |
FAQs |
Contact |
| Provision
of Medicaid participant outreach and education to
facilitate Medicaid enrollment, primary care physician
selection, and use of preventive services. Services are
provided through the media, printed materials and 24-hour
telephone access. A
toll-free help line is available at 1-800-275-1131. |
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| Diabetes Control Program |
Web
Site |
Contact |
| Provision
of diabetes control activities including diabetes
surveillance; development of a statewide plan through an
advisory council; public awareness campaigns; and outreach
programs for minority populations. |
| Mitchell Simpson |
| 501-280-4187 |
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| Family Planning |
FAQs |
Contact |
| Provision
of medical care, counseling and contraceptive supplies to
general clients; including pap-smear results notification.
Specialized services may be offered to adolescent clients. |
| Dianne Campbell |
| 501-661-2480 |
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| Fire Burn Prevention |
FAQs |
Contact |
| Fire
safety presentations and free smoke alarms for
targeted populations focusing on children five years of
age and younger, senior citizens aged 65 years and older,
In-Home Services recipients, and members of Self Help for
Hard of Hearing Persons (SHHH). |
| Bettye
Watts |
| 501-280-4776 |
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