Running head: GRANT PROPOSAL 1
GRANT PROPOSAL 2
ASSIGNMENT COVER PAGE
Grant Proposal: Helping Poor Communities to Fight Diseases for Everyday Health Education
Modupe O Sarratt
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GRANT PROPOSAL COVER PAGE
Grant Proposal: Helping Poor Communities to Fight Diseases for Everyday Health Education
Submitted By: Modupe O Sarratt
Project Manager
Organization: MARIA FOR VIRTUAL MEDICAL & TELEHEALTH ASSISTANT
(MVM&TA)
EIN: 47-5027872 Nonprofits 501(c3)
1414 Catlyn Place Annapolis, MD 21401
Email: mosarratt@gmail.com
443-534-3843
Submitted To: Grant F. Grantsmanship
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ANNEARUNDEL COUNTY (CFAAC)
CFAAC awards more than $140,000 to local nonprofits that are making a difference in Anne
Arundel County
914 Bay Ridge Road, Suite 220 | Annapolis, MD 21403 Phone: 410.280.1102 | Fax:
410.280.1104 | Email: contact@cfaac.org
Date: May 7, 2017
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GRANT COVER LETTER
MARIA FOR VIRTUAL MEDICAL & TELEHEALTH ASSISTANT (MVM&TA)
Contact: 443-534-3843 Email:mosarratt@gmail.com
6/7/2017
Grant Grantsmanship
Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County (CFAAC)
Dear Grant Draftsmanship & Members:
I petition to you to award my organization Maria for Virtual Medical & Telehealth
Assistant $100,000 to buy a place for a location on behalf of the suffering poor communities in
the City of Annapolis, the impoverished low-income families in Glen Burnie and the homeless in
the shelter to help with using health information technology to prevent diseases and fight
diseases for their everyday wellness. That includes providing First-aid/CPR training to the poor
communities and Health Screening for preventative measure free of charge, as well to teach the
basic of human anatomy and physiology of body in health and in sickness for medical advisory
of symptoms to make referral for medical services. To get individuals involve with preventing
illnesses and making recommendation for medical evaluation. I believe this request fits under
your giving area of Community Health Innovation Fund. The vision is to create a community of
health for fighting diseases. Communities fighting disease education will help the communities
come together and learn the skills that will help improve the health of individuals as well as the
health of the communities.
Sincerely,
ModupSarratt
Modupe Sarratt
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ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND & DESCRIPTION
Maria for Executive Assistant initiated in 2012 for a grant in conjunction to help
community action agency, instituted in 2014 to include health information technology as Maria
for Executive Assistant & Telehealth, changed in 2016 to online media business as Maria for
Virtual Medical & Telehealth Assistant.
Organization Current Name: Maria for Virtual Medical & Telehealth Assistant (MVM&TA).
Organization Purpose: The purpose of the organization is to contribute to the technology of
Telemedicine for Telehealth.
Organization Goal: The organization wishes to expand from online media social health to
traditional media business for community health.
Organization Website: http://mosarrattvirtualmedical.webstarts.com/
Organization Project Manager: Modupe Sarratt & Contact Number: 443-534-3843
Organization Email Address: mosarratt@gmail.com
Organization Social Media: Maria for Executive Assistant & Telehealth
Organization Presentations: https://prezi.com/1i_50q7pr5il/marias-executive-for-home-med/
Organization Dashboard: Prezi Dashboard
Organization Video: YouTube
Organization Association: LinkedIn
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GRANT PROPOSAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
Needs Statement ……………………………………. 7
Potential Funding Sources ………………………… 8
100 Word Summary…………………………………. 9
The narrative for Grant Request ………………………… 10-13
Why should MVM&TA Receive the Grant …. 14
Justification (narrative) for Budget request …. 15
Action Plan 16
Budget request (Table) 17
References 18
Appendix
Form Approved Through 10/31/2018 OMB No. 0925-0001
Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Services
Grant Application
Do not exceed character length restrictions indicated.
LEAVE BLANK—FOR PHS USE ONLY.
Type Activity Number
Review Group Formerly
Council/Board (Month, Year) Date Received
1. TITLE OF PROJECT (Do not exceed 81 characters, including spacesand punctuation.)
Helping Poor Communities Fighting Diseases for Everyday Health Education
2. RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS OR PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT OR SOLICITATION X NO YES
(If “Yes,” state number and title)
N
umber:
T
itle:3. PROGRAM DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
3a. NAME (Last, first, middle) b.
DEGREE(S)
3h Commons User Name
Sarratt, Modupe, Olayinka AAS BS MS Maria
3c. POSITION TITLE
Project Manager
3d. MAILING ADDRESS (Street, city, state, zip
code)
1414 Catlyn Place
Annapolis, MD 21401
3e. SERVICE OR EQUIVALENT
MARIA FOR VIRTUAL MEDICAL & TELEHEALTH ASSISTANT (MVM&TA)
3f. MAJOR SUBDIVISION
AAS: Clinical Medical Assistant, BS: Psychology, MS: Healthcare Administration
3g. TELEPHONE AND FAX (Area code, number and extension) E-MAIL ADDRESS:
TEL: 443-534-3843 FAX: 410-956-6679 mosarratt@gmail.com
4. HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH 4a. Research Exempt If “Yes,” Exemption No.
No X Yes X No Yes
4b. Federal-Wide AssuranceNo. 4c. Clinical Trial 4d. NIH-defined Phase III Clinical Trial
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X No Yes X No Yes
5. VERTEBRATE ANIMALS X No Yes 5a. Animal Welfare Assurance No.
6. DATES OF PROPOSED PERIOD OF
SUPPORT (month, day, year—MM/DD/YY)
7. COSTS REQUESTED FOR INITIAL
BUDGET PERIOD
8. COSTS REQUESTED FOR PROPOSED
PERIOD OF SUPPORT
From Through 7a. Direct Costs ($) 7b. Total Costs ($) 8a. Direct Costs ($) 8b. Total Costs ($)
6/28/2017 6/28/2020 $50,000.00 $50,000.00 $85,000.00 $100,000.00
9. APPLICANT ORGANIZATION 10. TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
Name Maria for Virtual Medical & Telehealth Assistant Local
Address
(MVM&TA)
1414 Catlyn Place
Annapolis MD 21401
Website: http://mosarrattvirtualmedical.webstarts.com
Private Nonprofit
Woman-ow ned Socially and Economically
Disadvantaged
11. ENTITY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
EIN:47-5027872
12. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL TO BE NOTIFIED IF AWARDIS MADE 13. OFFICIAL SIGNING FOR APPLICANT ORGANIZATION
Name Modupe Sarratt Name Modupe Sarratt
Title Project Manager Title Project Manager
Address
1414 Catlyn Place Address
1414 Catlyn Place
Annapolis, MD 21401
Tel: 443-534-3843 FAX: 410-956-6679 Tel: 443-534-3843 FAX: 410-956-6679
E-Mail: mosarratt@gmail.com E-Mail: mosarratt@gmail.com
14. APPLICANT ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATION AND ACCEPTANCE: I certif y that the
statements herein are true, complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge, and accept
the obligation to comply with Public Health Serv ices terms and conditions if a grant is
awarded as a result of this application. I am aware that any f alse, f ictitious, or f raudulent
statements or claims may subject me to criminal, civ il, or administrativ e penalties.
SIGNATURE OF OFFICIAL NAMED IN 13.
(In ink. “Per” signature not acceptable.)
DATE
05/07/2017
PHS 398 (Rev. 03/16) Face Page Form Page 1
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Helping Poor Communities to Fight Diseases for Everyday Health Education
NEEDS STATEMENT
The need for grant is the current health issues in the low-income poor communities for
“do-it-yourself medical care” (Buckley, 2009). The news in the mainstreams according to Kevin
Crowe and Allan Vestal (2014), “hospitals and family doctors, who are the mainstays of health
care, are pulling out of poor city neighborhoods, where the sickest populations live” left the poor
low-income neighborhoods with no safety-net when the hospitals closed down. The physician’s
shortage in the U.S. Health Resources and Services impacted the poor communities with one or
two physicians to 3,500 patients (Crowe & Vestal 2014). Numerous studies confirm that one in
four youths from poor communities and low-income families become homeless. Homelessness is
a barrier for unwelcomeness in healthcare arena to indicate homeless people face many barriers
to obtaining health care “homeless perceived their experiences of unwelcomeness by healthcare
professional as acts of discrimination for low social class” unworthy for treatment (Wen, Hudak
& Hwang 2007). The unbiased of Maria for Virtual Medical & Telehealth Assistant (MVM&TA)
petition for $100,000 is to help educate the poor communities how to fight diseases for their
everyday health with recruiting retiree of healthcare workers including doctors and nurses to help
the poor communities in the City of Annapolis and in the impoverished low-income residence in
Glen Burnie to provide a community training in First-Aid/CPR and to educate the communities
about the human body in health and in disease. The purpose is to empower the communities to
learn how to fight preventable diseases to improve individuals’ health and the health of the
community. Having a grant of $100,000 would be very helpful and appreciated for providing
first aid safety knowledge to the poor communities and helping with creating awareness on how
to fight diseases with knowledge of medical conditions.
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10 POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES
1. Affinity Groups & RAG, Grantmakers for education at www.edfunders.com
2. Community foundation of Anne Arundel County. The Grantsmanship Center at
www.tgci.com
3. Grant Watch, Medical Grants & Health Grants at
www.grantwatch.com/cat/14/health-and-medical-grants.html
4. Health conversion foundation, Grantmakers in health knowledge base at
http://grantspace.org
5. Philanthropy foundation, Grantmakers in Health at www.gih.org
6. PHS 398 US Department of Health & Human Services, Public Health Services.
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html
7. RFA-HL-17-028 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human Services.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RHA-HL-17-028.html
8. National Network of Grantmakers (NNG) national foundation center at
foundationcenter.org
9. Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), Community Service Grants.
www.cpb.org/stations
10. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Health & Safety. Protecting Public Health & Preventing
Foodborne illness (E.coli). https://www.usda.gov
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ONE HUNDRED WORDS SUMMARY
MVM&TA requesting a grant for $100,000 to teach in the poor communities about the human
body in health and in disease, and to offer First-aid/CPR course. The poor communities are
struggling with preventable diseases. The grant will be used to educate the poor and the illiterate
to be smart about diseases.
SMART for fighting diseases for everyday health that:
Specific for medical conditions
Measurable for understanding a condition for a disease
Attainable for preventing an illness and for explaining a disease
Realistic for seeking professional help for a treatment
Time sensitive for healing and restoring of health
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NARRATIVE FOR GRANT REQUEST
SITUATION ANALYSIS
The Great Recession or the economic downturn for past 10 years with the loss of income
to many families in the America and with tight budgets and shortfalls of the Affordable Care Acts
created intense suffering to the poor communities who were greatly affected by unemployment.
The United States Census Bureau from 2011-2015 reported the poverty rate for the city of
Annapolis is 13.5 %, person without health insurance under age 65 years is 13.9%; in Glen
Burnie 8.8% for poverty rate, 10.8% persons under age 65 without health insurance, and 20.5%
of the population with bachelor’s degree or higher (U.S. Census 2015).
To suggest unemployment among the youth is about 70% for those with high school
degree, and about 30% of our youth are high school dropout living with their parent. Many of
our “uninsured young adults have either rely on their youth to fight diseases for do-it-yourself
medical care to borrow leftover prescriptions drug from friends and relatives to attempt to treat
for self-diagnose ailments” (Buckley, 2009) reported by the New York Times.
Researchers have proven that some diseases are preventable and there are alternative and
home remedies for diseases including healthy habits and activities are the means to prevent
diseases. Such as a community for no smoking can prevent their people from not prone to having
oral or throat cancer. Likewise, a community for no drugs can prevent disease causation by
violence. Such as, a gangrene is an infection associated with gunshot wound can be prevented
with a safe environment. However, addiction is hard to prevent because it is complicated for an
influence. Just like in every action there is always an alternative. MVM&TA thinks it is possible
to change people and the poor communities for healthy living with the knowledge about the
causes that lead to diseases. But, when it comes to diseases, what is missing is the knowledge.
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Having the correct information for medical condition can help with making the right
decisions. The concept that knowledge is power can be applied to medical information about
disease can be the power to avoid the cause of disease. Some causation for diseases can be trace
chemical exposure such carbon monoxide in the cigarette and smoking habits. Furthermore,
teaching about habits for diseases can influence behaviors for health. Although bad habits are not
diseases but bad habits can be the causation that leads to diseases. There is a strong debate in our
society about the effectiveness of healthcare to seek for a long-lasting solution to improve
healthcare services to all citizens. The CDC program “Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System / Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion” for most states, but not yet in
Maryland. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) “is the nation’s premier
system of telephone surveys that collect state data about health risk behaviors, chronic health
conditions, and the use of preventative services among US residents” if initiated in Maryland,
BRFSS would serve as a resource for policymakers and organizations seeking information on
health care for low-income population (CDC 2016).
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The tools for the project is teaching the communities about the benefits of the First-Aid/CPR for
“most injuries or cardiac arrests happen at home” (EMS 2017). Also providing educational
information about habits known to associate diseases. Having a monthly convention to talk about
the human body in health and in disease, how to recognize medical conditions for diseases, how
to fight a disease at its core, when it is appropriate to seek healthcare professional and how to
communicate medical condition with healthcare providers. How to estimate the cost for
development plan for starting a nonprofit business, “in 2009, the Kauffman foundation estimated
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average start-up cost of any business is $30,000 as costs incur before any income” (Beesley
2011) to create these outline budget for project development
Item Description cost
Project manager On staff Portion of salary & benefits
$6,500
Research Assistant On staff Portion of salary & benefits
$4,500
Consultants/Reviewers Paid on per-diem
basis
Consulting fee $10,000
Writer/Editorial consultant Paid on flat-fee basis Fee & Expenses $20,000
Graphic Design & Layout Paid on-flat-fee basis Fees $15,000
MULTIYEAR PLAN OFACTION
STRUCTURE: Medical and health convention would be structure for a monthly meeting
in the community Town hall to learn about body in health and in disease, with the basic topic
how disease get started with healthy body. To embrace GOS for health with Goal, Objective, and
Subjective.
GOAL: To create a community for health. The process is to empower poor communities
to help improve their wellbeing with the medical knowledge about preventable diseases.
OBJECTIVE: To educate the community about how to recognize diseases to fight
diseases at its core or primary to promote community health.
SUBJECTIVE: To research sources for inexpensive healthcare providers that will
examine patients with unpreventable diseases for treatments. To direct patient to online health
resources. According to Ventola, “Social media such as Facebook, YouTube are part of the tools
where an individual or a professional can learn about medical and health information.”
STAFFS & SUPPLIES:
(1) Medical information broadcasting for outreach to assist low-income families, the
uninsured persons in poor communities to become informed for partnership for health will
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require schedule community get together for a monthly convention for a total of 12 months per
year.
(2) Training and mentoring to help individual, families, and communities become active
partners in decision-making for a partner for health will require community activist to promote
learning about the diseases affecting families, and to take the initiative to reduce the spread of
diseases. One of the means is teaching the communities to recognize the causes for diseases is
how to prevent them. The second method is teaching the nature of diseases for professional
intervention. The third is teaching how to heal from being diagnosed with a disease and the
fourth is learn how to manage with having a disease.
(3) MVM&TA serves as professional partnership building for a non-adversarial approach
to advocate for a well-informed medical condition and medical care to the uneducated as a
partner for the medical education program. Including health care professionals or providers in
training opportunities that would allow the communities to create relationships for medical care
and health care services for an understanding of diseases and treatments.
(4) Information and training for those who cannot read or write and those who English is
a Second Language. Most of the poor communities comprise of a minority with limited
education to GED or high school level for illiterate as untrained about health and others are
migrant farm workers for underserved in information and training about health. Partnerships with
an existing special education will be included and implemented for the diversity of health and
medical knowledge.
WHY SHOULD MVM&TA RECEIVE THE GRANT?
To recruit the retiree of healthcare professionals and experienced nurses to participate in
MVM&TA for the human body in health and in disease to fight preventable diseases for
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everyday health. The project manager is a certified State of Maryland First Responder, she is
current in her BLS/CPR for a nursing program, and she is forever nationally registered as a
Clinical Certified Medical Assistant with an Associate of Applied Science Degree.
The project manager was selected in her program for Anatomy and Physiology to teach
the challenged student in nursing program Anatomy and Psychology. As a psychology student,
she excels in her research about mental illness and the effect of behavior, substance abuse, and
social activities associated with diseases. She had a BS degree in Psychology. She is in good
standing with Healthcare Administration. She is expecting to pursue her doctorate in the
healthcare field. Her passion includes wanting to be a physician where she can assist with the
clinical trials. Her career in the health field is a tremendous asset that she can use to help the
community to do better.
To help improve health through technology, the project manager created a nonprofit
online health media to teach about the medical procedure, health assessment, surgical and
nursing procedures. Maria for Virtual Medical & Telehealth Assistant blog (when to see a doctor)
was referenced to be helpful in the social media for medical conditions for diseases. The online
media community can be transfer to traditional media for the communities’ health conventions.
MVM&TA would provide First-aid/CPR drill to poor residents. Provide education about
the human body in health and in disease to fighting preventable disease for everyday health. The
goal is to build a network of healthy communities and individuals. To educate the uneducated to
be well informed about health, preventable diseases, medical conditions, and medical treatments.
JUSTIFICATION FOR BUDGET REQUEST
Research showed that CPR courses to teach families and friends the lifesaving skills
of young and adults are about $10,000, this total includes the manikins and the supplies needed
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to teach (EMS 2017). To ensure the delivery of comprehensive training program for the body in
health and in disease require hiring the professionals will be negotiated for $10,000. The hiring
of retiree healthcare professionals to teach about medical conditions including doctors and nurses
is estimated for $50,000. Hiring community activists to cater for the need of the community
negotiated for $20,000 and the project manager salary is $10,000. MVM&TA thinks educating
the community in the layman terms for medical conditions that can be related to habits or
activities can help to reduce the causes for diseases. MVM&TA would promote the CDC Health
Education for identified diseases by conditions, and how to prevent diseases. Diseases will be
related to activities including harsh environment can be the cause of a disease, how domestic
abuse leads to disease, how smoking lead to cancer, how too much consumption of alcohol leads
to cirrhosis of the liver, or how unhealthy environment correspond with diseases.
The goal is creating awareness for how we get sick is how to fight disease at its core.
Knowing what can cause a disease or an injury is how to prevent it, avoid it, and care for self.
Teaching how to correlates bad habits to diseases for avoidance and practicing hygiene are the
basic for preventing diseases. Teaching the communities to recognized unavoidable sickness for
an infection require professional intervention and how to communicate infection is knowing the
events that lead to a sickness. Illiterate or uneducated is the ignorant for disease and
miscommunication is the reason for misdiagnosing. Recent evidence indicated "ineffective
communication remains a potent barrier in healthcare" (Chant et al, 2002) to suggest teaching the
community about human body in health and in disease will help to improve communication.
ACTION PLAN
Recruiting staffs & connecting for partnerships
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Staffs include social workers, community volunteers, retired doctors and retiree of healthcare
professionals, health innovation engineers, the affluent and the youths for sharing the knowledge
about health and disease, emergencies for first-aid/CPR. Giving back to the communities the
tools to help fight diseases at their core.
DesignedProject Activities
The project activities include community advocate for social change, promotion for healthy
habits, community against violence, promoting nonsmoking environment, generating health
brochures and developing easy to read health and disease literature.
Pamphlets/brochures I.
Designer to produce layman terminology and pictures of the human body in diseases, in health,
hygiene for preventing diseases, bad habits for disease, and daily activities for improving health
that address the need of the community.
Target audience: young adults, the elderly, family, parents, bilingual, the homeless, people
living in the shelter, people without health insurance or uninsured in low-income residences and
poor communities.
Public Speaking/Convention
Initiated a monthly convention for 12 months per year to educate the communities about human
body in health & in disease to include domestic violence and crimes related to diseases, and the
alternative for the uninsured and ways to communicate medical conditions to healthcare
professionals (in layman language for medical treatment) and type of health coverage for
payment.
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TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET ESTIMATED FOR FIVE YEARS PLAN
Item Description MVM&TA
fund request
Funds from
sources
Total Potential funder
Project manager On staff for salary
& benefit
$10,000 $5,000 $15,000 Grantmakers
Start-up funds
Research Assistant On staff for salary
& benefit
$6,000 $4,000 $10,000 Kauffman
Foundation
Educator
Consultant/Reviewers
Paid on flat-fee-
basis per year
$25,000 $15,000 $40,000 Corporate
foundation
Graphic design &
publications
Paid on flat-fee-
basis for designed
$10,000 $6,000 $16,000 Regional Affinity
(RAG)
Administrative
Personnel
On staff for salary
& benefit
$8,000 $5,000 $13,000 Community
foundation
Operating expenses By budget per
year
$3,000 $3,000 $6,000 Operating
foundation
Travel/Training By budget per
year or $200 per
month for 12
months
$2,400 $3,000 $5,400 Venture
philanthropy
Contracted facility for
Rent/mortgage
town hall monthly
meeting expenses
$1000 per month
for 12 months
$12,000 $6,000 $18,000 Private
Foundation
Equipment & Supply For teaching &
presentation
$3,000 $1,500 $4,500 Health conversion
foundation
Other/volunteers accommodation $2,000 $1,000 $3,000 Family
foundation
Grand total $81,400 $49,500 $130,900
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Beesley, C. (2011). How to Estimate the Cost of Starting a Business from Scratch. Retrieved
from https://www,sba.gov/blogs/how-estimate-cost starting-business-scratch.
Buckley, C. (2009). For Uninsured Young Adults, Do-It-Yourself Medical Care. Retrieved from
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9504EFD61638F93BA25751C0A96F9C
8B63&scp=4&sq=Community+Healthcare+Network&st=nyt
CDC (2016). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/
Chant, S., Jenkinson, T. I. M., Randle, J., & Russell, G. (2002). Communication Skills:
some problems in nursing education and practice. Journal of clinical nursing, 11(1), 12
Crowe K, & Vestal A. (2014). Poor Health: Barriers to Health Care for Low-Income America.
Retrieved from http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/longform/stories/poorhealth/1/
EMS Safety Services. (2017). First Aid Facts and Statistics.
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practices. Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 39(7), 491.
U.S. Census Bureau Report. (2015). QuickFacts Annapolis City & Glen Burnie CDP, Maryland.
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Retrieved https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606- 007-0183-7

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    GRANT PROPOSAL 2 ASSIGNMENTCOVER PAGE Grant Proposal: Helping Poor Communities to Fight Diseases for Everyday Health Education Modupe O Sarratt
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    GRANT PROPOSAL 3 GRANTPROPOSAL COVER PAGE Grant Proposal: Helping Poor Communities to Fight Diseases for Everyday Health Education Submitted By: Modupe O Sarratt Project Manager Organization: MARIA FOR VIRTUAL MEDICAL & TELEHEALTH ASSISTANT (MVM&TA) EIN: 47-5027872 Nonprofits 501(c3) 1414 Catlyn Place Annapolis, MD 21401 Email: mosarratt@gmail.com 443-534-3843 Submitted To: Grant F. Grantsmanship COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ANNEARUNDEL COUNTY (CFAAC) CFAAC awards more than $140,000 to local nonprofits that are making a difference in Anne Arundel County 914 Bay Ridge Road, Suite 220 | Annapolis, MD 21403 Phone: 410.280.1102 | Fax: 410.280.1104 | Email: contact@cfaac.org Date: May 7, 2017
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    GRANT PROPOSAL 4 GRANTCOVER LETTER MARIA FOR VIRTUAL MEDICAL & TELEHEALTH ASSISTANT (MVM&TA) Contact: 443-534-3843 Email:mosarratt@gmail.com 6/7/2017 Grant Grantsmanship Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County (CFAAC) Dear Grant Draftsmanship & Members: I petition to you to award my organization Maria for Virtual Medical & Telehealth Assistant $100,000 to buy a place for a location on behalf of the suffering poor communities in the City of Annapolis, the impoverished low-income families in Glen Burnie and the homeless in the shelter to help with using health information technology to prevent diseases and fight diseases for their everyday wellness. That includes providing First-aid/CPR training to the poor communities and Health Screening for preventative measure free of charge, as well to teach the basic of human anatomy and physiology of body in health and in sickness for medical advisory of symptoms to make referral for medical services. To get individuals involve with preventing illnesses and making recommendation for medical evaluation. I believe this request fits under your giving area of Community Health Innovation Fund. The vision is to create a community of health for fighting diseases. Communities fighting disease education will help the communities come together and learn the skills that will help improve the health of individuals as well as the health of the communities. Sincerely, ModupSarratt Modupe Sarratt
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    GRANT PROPOSAL 5 ORGANIZATIONBACKGROUND & DESCRIPTION Maria for Executive Assistant initiated in 2012 for a grant in conjunction to help community action agency, instituted in 2014 to include health information technology as Maria for Executive Assistant & Telehealth, changed in 2016 to online media business as Maria for Virtual Medical & Telehealth Assistant. Organization Current Name: Maria for Virtual Medical & Telehealth Assistant (MVM&TA). Organization Purpose: The purpose of the organization is to contribute to the technology of Telemedicine for Telehealth. Organization Goal: The organization wishes to expand from online media social health to traditional media business for community health. Organization Website: http://mosarrattvirtualmedical.webstarts.com/ Organization Project Manager: Modupe Sarratt & Contact Number: 443-534-3843 Organization Email Address: mosarratt@gmail.com Organization Social Media: Maria for Executive Assistant & Telehealth Organization Presentations: https://prezi.com/1i_50q7pr5il/marias-executive-for-home-med/ Organization Dashboard: Prezi Dashboard Organization Video: YouTube Organization Association: LinkedIn
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    GRANT PROPOSAL 6 GRANTPROPOSAL TABLE OF CONTENTS Needs Statement ……………………………………. 7 Potential Funding Sources ………………………… 8 100 Word Summary…………………………………. 9 The narrative for Grant Request ………………………… 10-13 Why should MVM&TA Receive the Grant …. 14 Justification (narrative) for Budget request …. 15 Action Plan 16 Budget request (Table) 17 References 18 Appendix Form Approved Through 10/31/2018 OMB No. 0925-0001 Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Services Grant Application Do not exceed character length restrictions indicated. LEAVE BLANK—FOR PHS USE ONLY. Type Activity Number Review Group Formerly Council/Board (Month, Year) Date Received 1. TITLE OF PROJECT (Do not exceed 81 characters, including spacesand punctuation.) Helping Poor Communities Fighting Diseases for Everyday Health Education 2. RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS OR PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT OR SOLICITATION X NO YES (If “Yes,” state number and title) N umber: T itle:3. PROGRAM DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR 3a. NAME (Last, first, middle) b. DEGREE(S) 3h Commons User Name Sarratt, Modupe, Olayinka AAS BS MS Maria 3c. POSITION TITLE Project Manager 3d. MAILING ADDRESS (Street, city, state, zip code) 1414 Catlyn Place Annapolis, MD 21401 3e. SERVICE OR EQUIVALENT MARIA FOR VIRTUAL MEDICAL & TELEHEALTH ASSISTANT (MVM&TA) 3f. MAJOR SUBDIVISION AAS: Clinical Medical Assistant, BS: Psychology, MS: Healthcare Administration 3g. TELEPHONE AND FAX (Area code, number and extension) E-MAIL ADDRESS: TEL: 443-534-3843 FAX: 410-956-6679 mosarratt@gmail.com 4. HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH 4a. Research Exempt If “Yes,” Exemption No. No X Yes X No Yes 4b. Federal-Wide AssuranceNo. 4c. Clinical Trial 4d. NIH-defined Phase III Clinical Trial
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    GRANT PROPOSAL 7 XNo Yes X No Yes 5. VERTEBRATE ANIMALS X No Yes 5a. Animal Welfare Assurance No. 6. DATES OF PROPOSED PERIOD OF SUPPORT (month, day, year—MM/DD/YY) 7. COSTS REQUESTED FOR INITIAL BUDGET PERIOD 8. COSTS REQUESTED FOR PROPOSED PERIOD OF SUPPORT From Through 7a. Direct Costs ($) 7b. Total Costs ($) 8a. Direct Costs ($) 8b. Total Costs ($) 6/28/2017 6/28/2020 $50,000.00 $50,000.00 $85,000.00 $100,000.00 9. APPLICANT ORGANIZATION 10. TYPE OF ORGANIZATION Name Maria for Virtual Medical & Telehealth Assistant Local Address (MVM&TA) 1414 Catlyn Place Annapolis MD 21401 Website: http://mosarrattvirtualmedical.webstarts.com Private Nonprofit Woman-ow ned Socially and Economically Disadvantaged 11. ENTITY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER EIN:47-5027872 12. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL TO BE NOTIFIED IF AWARDIS MADE 13. OFFICIAL SIGNING FOR APPLICANT ORGANIZATION Name Modupe Sarratt Name Modupe Sarratt Title Project Manager Title Project Manager Address 1414 Catlyn Place Address 1414 Catlyn Place Annapolis, MD 21401 Tel: 443-534-3843 FAX: 410-956-6679 Tel: 443-534-3843 FAX: 410-956-6679 E-Mail: mosarratt@gmail.com E-Mail: mosarratt@gmail.com 14. APPLICANT ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATION AND ACCEPTANCE: I certif y that the statements herein are true, complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge, and accept the obligation to comply with Public Health Serv ices terms and conditions if a grant is awarded as a result of this application. I am aware that any f alse, f ictitious, or f raudulent statements or claims may subject me to criminal, civ il, or administrativ e penalties. SIGNATURE OF OFFICIAL NAMED IN 13. (In ink. “Per” signature not acceptable.) DATE 05/07/2017 PHS 398 (Rev. 03/16) Face Page Form Page 1
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    GRANT PROPOSAL 8 HelpingPoor Communities to Fight Diseases for Everyday Health Education NEEDS STATEMENT The need for grant is the current health issues in the low-income poor communities for “do-it-yourself medical care” (Buckley, 2009). The news in the mainstreams according to Kevin Crowe and Allan Vestal (2014), “hospitals and family doctors, who are the mainstays of health care, are pulling out of poor city neighborhoods, where the sickest populations live” left the poor low-income neighborhoods with no safety-net when the hospitals closed down. The physician’s shortage in the U.S. Health Resources and Services impacted the poor communities with one or two physicians to 3,500 patients (Crowe & Vestal 2014). Numerous studies confirm that one in four youths from poor communities and low-income families become homeless. Homelessness is a barrier for unwelcomeness in healthcare arena to indicate homeless people face many barriers to obtaining health care “homeless perceived their experiences of unwelcomeness by healthcare professional as acts of discrimination for low social class” unworthy for treatment (Wen, Hudak & Hwang 2007). The unbiased of Maria for Virtual Medical & Telehealth Assistant (MVM&TA) petition for $100,000 is to help educate the poor communities how to fight diseases for their everyday health with recruiting retiree of healthcare workers including doctors and nurses to help the poor communities in the City of Annapolis and in the impoverished low-income residence in Glen Burnie to provide a community training in First-Aid/CPR and to educate the communities about the human body in health and in disease. The purpose is to empower the communities to learn how to fight preventable diseases to improve individuals’ health and the health of the community. Having a grant of $100,000 would be very helpful and appreciated for providing first aid safety knowledge to the poor communities and helping with creating awareness on how to fight diseases with knowledge of medical conditions.
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    GRANT PROPOSAL 9 10POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES 1. Affinity Groups & RAG, Grantmakers for education at www.edfunders.com 2. Community foundation of Anne Arundel County. The Grantsmanship Center at www.tgci.com 3. Grant Watch, Medical Grants & Health Grants at www.grantwatch.com/cat/14/health-and-medical-grants.html 4. Health conversion foundation, Grantmakers in health knowledge base at http://grantspace.org 5. Philanthropy foundation, Grantmakers in Health at www.gih.org 6. PHS 398 US Department of Health & Human Services, Public Health Services. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html 7. RFA-HL-17-028 National Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human Services. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RHA-HL-17-028.html 8. National Network of Grantmakers (NNG) national foundation center at foundationcenter.org 9. Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), Community Service Grants. www.cpb.org/stations 10. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Health & Safety. Protecting Public Health & Preventing Foodborne illness (E.coli). https://www.usda.gov
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    GRANT PROPOSAL 10 ONEHUNDRED WORDS SUMMARY MVM&TA requesting a grant for $100,000 to teach in the poor communities about the human body in health and in disease, and to offer First-aid/CPR course. The poor communities are struggling with preventable diseases. The grant will be used to educate the poor and the illiterate to be smart about diseases. SMART for fighting diseases for everyday health that: Specific for medical conditions Measurable for understanding a condition for a disease Attainable for preventing an illness and for explaining a disease Realistic for seeking professional help for a treatment Time sensitive for healing and restoring of health
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    GRANT PROPOSAL 11 NARRATIVEFOR GRANT REQUEST SITUATION ANALYSIS The Great Recession or the economic downturn for past 10 years with the loss of income to many families in the America and with tight budgets and shortfalls of the Affordable Care Acts created intense suffering to the poor communities who were greatly affected by unemployment. The United States Census Bureau from 2011-2015 reported the poverty rate for the city of Annapolis is 13.5 %, person without health insurance under age 65 years is 13.9%; in Glen Burnie 8.8% for poverty rate, 10.8% persons under age 65 without health insurance, and 20.5% of the population with bachelor’s degree or higher (U.S. Census 2015). To suggest unemployment among the youth is about 70% for those with high school degree, and about 30% of our youth are high school dropout living with their parent. Many of our “uninsured young adults have either rely on their youth to fight diseases for do-it-yourself medical care to borrow leftover prescriptions drug from friends and relatives to attempt to treat for self-diagnose ailments” (Buckley, 2009) reported by the New York Times. Researchers have proven that some diseases are preventable and there are alternative and home remedies for diseases including healthy habits and activities are the means to prevent diseases. Such as a community for no smoking can prevent their people from not prone to having oral or throat cancer. Likewise, a community for no drugs can prevent disease causation by violence. Such as, a gangrene is an infection associated with gunshot wound can be prevented with a safe environment. However, addiction is hard to prevent because it is complicated for an influence. Just like in every action there is always an alternative. MVM&TA thinks it is possible to change people and the poor communities for healthy living with the knowledge about the causes that lead to diseases. But, when it comes to diseases, what is missing is the knowledge.
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    GRANT PROPOSAL 12 Havingthe correct information for medical condition can help with making the right decisions. The concept that knowledge is power can be applied to medical information about disease can be the power to avoid the cause of disease. Some causation for diseases can be trace chemical exposure such carbon monoxide in the cigarette and smoking habits. Furthermore, teaching about habits for diseases can influence behaviors for health. Although bad habits are not diseases but bad habits can be the causation that leads to diseases. There is a strong debate in our society about the effectiveness of healthcare to seek for a long-lasting solution to improve healthcare services to all citizens. The CDC program “Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System / Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion” for most states, but not yet in Maryland. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) “is the nation’s premier system of telephone surveys that collect state data about health risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and the use of preventative services among US residents” if initiated in Maryland, BRFSS would serve as a resource for policymakers and organizations seeking information on health care for low-income population (CDC 2016). PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PLAN The tools for the project is teaching the communities about the benefits of the First-Aid/CPR for “most injuries or cardiac arrests happen at home” (EMS 2017). Also providing educational information about habits known to associate diseases. Having a monthly convention to talk about the human body in health and in disease, how to recognize medical conditions for diseases, how to fight a disease at its core, when it is appropriate to seek healthcare professional and how to communicate medical condition with healthcare providers. How to estimate the cost for development plan for starting a nonprofit business, “in 2009, the Kauffman foundation estimated
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    GRANT PROPOSAL 13 averagestart-up cost of any business is $30,000 as costs incur before any income” (Beesley 2011) to create these outline budget for project development Item Description cost Project manager On staff Portion of salary & benefits $6,500 Research Assistant On staff Portion of salary & benefits $4,500 Consultants/Reviewers Paid on per-diem basis Consulting fee $10,000 Writer/Editorial consultant Paid on flat-fee basis Fee & Expenses $20,000 Graphic Design & Layout Paid on-flat-fee basis Fees $15,000 MULTIYEAR PLAN OFACTION STRUCTURE: Medical and health convention would be structure for a monthly meeting in the community Town hall to learn about body in health and in disease, with the basic topic how disease get started with healthy body. To embrace GOS for health with Goal, Objective, and Subjective. GOAL: To create a community for health. The process is to empower poor communities to help improve their wellbeing with the medical knowledge about preventable diseases. OBJECTIVE: To educate the community about how to recognize diseases to fight diseases at its core or primary to promote community health. SUBJECTIVE: To research sources for inexpensive healthcare providers that will examine patients with unpreventable diseases for treatments. To direct patient to online health resources. According to Ventola, “Social media such as Facebook, YouTube are part of the tools where an individual or a professional can learn about medical and health information.” STAFFS & SUPPLIES: (1) Medical information broadcasting for outreach to assist low-income families, the uninsured persons in poor communities to become informed for partnership for health will
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    GRANT PROPOSAL 14 requireschedule community get together for a monthly convention for a total of 12 months per year. (2) Training and mentoring to help individual, families, and communities become active partners in decision-making for a partner for health will require community activist to promote learning about the diseases affecting families, and to take the initiative to reduce the spread of diseases. One of the means is teaching the communities to recognize the causes for diseases is how to prevent them. The second method is teaching the nature of diseases for professional intervention. The third is teaching how to heal from being diagnosed with a disease and the fourth is learn how to manage with having a disease. (3) MVM&TA serves as professional partnership building for a non-adversarial approach to advocate for a well-informed medical condition and medical care to the uneducated as a partner for the medical education program. Including health care professionals or providers in training opportunities that would allow the communities to create relationships for medical care and health care services for an understanding of diseases and treatments. (4) Information and training for those who cannot read or write and those who English is a Second Language. Most of the poor communities comprise of a minority with limited education to GED or high school level for illiterate as untrained about health and others are migrant farm workers for underserved in information and training about health. Partnerships with an existing special education will be included and implemented for the diversity of health and medical knowledge. WHY SHOULD MVM&TA RECEIVE THE GRANT? To recruit the retiree of healthcare professionals and experienced nurses to participate in MVM&TA for the human body in health and in disease to fight preventable diseases for
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    GRANT PROPOSAL 15 everydayhealth. The project manager is a certified State of Maryland First Responder, she is current in her BLS/CPR for a nursing program, and she is forever nationally registered as a Clinical Certified Medical Assistant with an Associate of Applied Science Degree. The project manager was selected in her program for Anatomy and Physiology to teach the challenged student in nursing program Anatomy and Psychology. As a psychology student, she excels in her research about mental illness and the effect of behavior, substance abuse, and social activities associated with diseases. She had a BS degree in Psychology. She is in good standing with Healthcare Administration. She is expecting to pursue her doctorate in the healthcare field. Her passion includes wanting to be a physician where she can assist with the clinical trials. Her career in the health field is a tremendous asset that she can use to help the community to do better. To help improve health through technology, the project manager created a nonprofit online health media to teach about the medical procedure, health assessment, surgical and nursing procedures. Maria for Virtual Medical & Telehealth Assistant blog (when to see a doctor) was referenced to be helpful in the social media for medical conditions for diseases. The online media community can be transfer to traditional media for the communities’ health conventions. MVM&TA would provide First-aid/CPR drill to poor residents. Provide education about the human body in health and in disease to fighting preventable disease for everyday health. The goal is to build a network of healthy communities and individuals. To educate the uneducated to be well informed about health, preventable diseases, medical conditions, and medical treatments. JUSTIFICATION FOR BUDGET REQUEST Research showed that CPR courses to teach families and friends the lifesaving skills of young and adults are about $10,000, this total includes the manikins and the supplies needed
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    GRANT PROPOSAL 16 toteach (EMS 2017). To ensure the delivery of comprehensive training program for the body in health and in disease require hiring the professionals will be negotiated for $10,000. The hiring of retiree healthcare professionals to teach about medical conditions including doctors and nurses is estimated for $50,000. Hiring community activists to cater for the need of the community negotiated for $20,000 and the project manager salary is $10,000. MVM&TA thinks educating the community in the layman terms for medical conditions that can be related to habits or activities can help to reduce the causes for diseases. MVM&TA would promote the CDC Health Education for identified diseases by conditions, and how to prevent diseases. Diseases will be related to activities including harsh environment can be the cause of a disease, how domestic abuse leads to disease, how smoking lead to cancer, how too much consumption of alcohol leads to cirrhosis of the liver, or how unhealthy environment correspond with diseases. The goal is creating awareness for how we get sick is how to fight disease at its core. Knowing what can cause a disease or an injury is how to prevent it, avoid it, and care for self. Teaching how to correlates bad habits to diseases for avoidance and practicing hygiene are the basic for preventing diseases. Teaching the communities to recognized unavoidable sickness for an infection require professional intervention and how to communicate infection is knowing the events that lead to a sickness. Illiterate or uneducated is the ignorant for disease and miscommunication is the reason for misdiagnosing. Recent evidence indicated "ineffective communication remains a potent barrier in healthcare" (Chant et al, 2002) to suggest teaching the community about human body in health and in disease will help to improve communication. ACTION PLAN Recruiting staffs & connecting for partnerships
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    GRANT PROPOSAL 17 Staffsinclude social workers, community volunteers, retired doctors and retiree of healthcare professionals, health innovation engineers, the affluent and the youths for sharing the knowledge about health and disease, emergencies for first-aid/CPR. Giving back to the communities the tools to help fight diseases at their core. DesignedProject Activities The project activities include community advocate for social change, promotion for healthy habits, community against violence, promoting nonsmoking environment, generating health brochures and developing easy to read health and disease literature. Pamphlets/brochures I. Designer to produce layman terminology and pictures of the human body in diseases, in health, hygiene for preventing diseases, bad habits for disease, and daily activities for improving health that address the need of the community. Target audience: young adults, the elderly, family, parents, bilingual, the homeless, people living in the shelter, people without health insurance or uninsured in low-income residences and poor communities. Public Speaking/Convention Initiated a monthly convention for 12 months per year to educate the communities about human body in health & in disease to include domestic violence and crimes related to diseases, and the alternative for the uninsured and ways to communicate medical conditions to healthcare professionals (in layman language for medical treatment) and type of health coverage for payment.
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    GRANT PROPOSAL 18 TOTALPROJECT BUDGET ESTIMATED FOR FIVE YEARS PLAN Item Description MVM&TA fund request Funds from sources Total Potential funder Project manager On staff for salary & benefit $10,000 $5,000 $15,000 Grantmakers Start-up funds Research Assistant On staff for salary & benefit $6,000 $4,000 $10,000 Kauffman Foundation Educator Consultant/Reviewers Paid on flat-fee- basis per year $25,000 $15,000 $40,000 Corporate foundation Graphic design & publications Paid on flat-fee- basis for designed $10,000 $6,000 $16,000 Regional Affinity (RAG) Administrative Personnel On staff for salary & benefit $8,000 $5,000 $13,000 Community foundation Operating expenses By budget per year $3,000 $3,000 $6,000 Operating foundation Travel/Training By budget per year or $200 per month for 12 months $2,400 $3,000 $5,400 Venture philanthropy Contracted facility for Rent/mortgage town hall monthly meeting expenses $1000 per month for 12 months $12,000 $6,000 $18,000 Private Foundation Equipment & Supply For teaching & presentation $3,000 $1,500 $4,500 Health conversion foundation Other/volunteers accommodation $2,000 $1,000 $3,000 Family foundation Grand total $81,400 $49,500 $130,900
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    GRANT PROPOSAL 19 References Beesley,C. (2011). How to Estimate the Cost of Starting a Business from Scratch. Retrieved from https://www,sba.gov/blogs/how-estimate-cost starting-business-scratch. Buckley, C. (2009). For Uninsured Young Adults, Do-It-Yourself Medical Care. Retrieved from http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9504EFD61638F93BA25751C0A96F9C 8B63&scp=4&sq=Community+Healthcare+Network&st=nyt CDC (2016). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/ Chant, S., Jenkinson, T. I. M., Randle, J., & Russell, G. (2002). Communication Skills: some problems in nursing education and practice. Journal of clinical nursing, 11(1), 12 Crowe K, & Vestal A. (2014). Poor Health: Barriers to Health Care for Low-Income America. Retrieved from http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/longform/stories/poorhealth/1/ EMS Safety Services. (2017). First Aid Facts and Statistics. Retrieved from http://www.emssafetyservices.com/how-to/first-aid-101/#G Ventola, C. L. (2014). Social media and health care professionals: benefits, risks, and best practices. Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 39(7), 491. U.S. Census Bureau Report. (2015). QuickFacts Annapolis City & Glen Burnie CDP, Maryland. Retrieved from https://census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/2432650,2401600,00 Wen, C. k., Hudak, P. L., & Hwang, S. W. (2007). Homeless people’s perceptions of welcomeness and unwelcomeness in healthcare encounters. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22(7), 1011-1017. Retrieved https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606- 007-0183-7