Program areas at Premier Community Health
Premier Community Health (pch) offers the largest program with free breast and cervical cancer screenings for low-income, uninsured and underinsured women in the greater dayton region. Funding comes from the centers for disease control through the Ohio department of Health breast and cervical cancer project (bccp), foundation grants and donations. In 2023, the program completed 1080 breast services and provided case management services for 195 women who needed further diagnostic testing. 30 of these women were diagnosed with breast cancer, and we assisted with linking these women to additional resources for treatment. In addition, 297 women received cervical services during calendar year 2023 with 31 abnormal findings for which additional diagnostic testing and treatment was provided as needed.
Premier Community Health serves the Community by partnering with local organizations such as churches, Community centers, senior centers, municipalities and more. Pch offers a variety of services that include biometric screenings, flu vaccinations, wellbeing workshops and challenges, lifestyle coaching and lifestyle management programs such as: nicotine cessation, empower your lifestyle, sustainable wellness and check-control-connect. Additional preventative offerings include skin screenings and prostate specific antigen (psa) screenings. The biometric screenings encompass measures of total cholesterol, high-density or low-density lipoprotein (hdl or ldl cholesterol), blood glucose, hemoglobin a1c, blood pressure and body composition measurements. Additional screenings may include: cotinine levels and/or hearing and vision screenings. Events are held at Community partner sites or using our mobile clinic. In 2023, pch staff screened 3,169 individuals. Total screening numbers included 1,628 cholesterol/blood pressure screenings, 748 blood pressure only screenings, 567 blood glucose screenings, 1,582 a1c screenings, 210 body composition measurements, 40 hearing screenings, 8 vision screenings, 39 psa screenings, 599 flu shots and 0 covid vaccinations. The following participants were positively impacted through Health education initiatives and programming: 301 coaching sessions were logged, 302 attended a workshop (virtual and in-person), 24 participated in a challenge and 7 participated in a lifestyle management program. Ch attended many Health fair events in 2023 and engaged a total of 1,821 in Health education through look-n-learn booths. Due to unforseen circumstances, pch did not offer any free skin screenings to Community members in the 2023 calendar year. The skin screening schedule will resume in the 2024 calendar year. Pch piloted a new service and offered sports physicals. The sports physicals were offered to student athletes 12 years and older. A total of 79 sports physicals were conducted.