DÉPARTEMENT DES SERVICES SOCIAUX ET DES PROGRAMMES SPÉCIAUX DE NEON

Les quatre travailleurs sociaux agréés de NEON offrent des services sociaux à l'ensemble des patients de NEON sur six sites. Ces services sont offerts sur recommandation des professionnels de la santé et du personnel de NEON. Ils comprennent des renseignements et des orientations vers les services communautaires, ainsi que du soutien et de la défense des droits des patients.

Ce programme du Département de la Santé de l'Ohio est conçu comme une initiative communautaire visant à éliminer les inégalités en matière de santé, à améliorer les résultats de naissance et à améliorer l'état de santé des femmes, des nourrissons et des enfants de l'Ohio. Le Conseil de Santé du comté de Cuyahoga administre ce programme dans le comté de Cuyahoga. NEON bénéficie de ces fonds pour desservir les villes d'East Cleveland et de Warrensville.

L'association Ohio Moms and Babies First œuvre pour améliorer les issues de grossesse et réduire la mortalité infantile. Elle s'adresse aux adolescentes et femmes afro-américaines enceintes à risque, résidant à East Cleveland et Warrensville. La famille bénéficie de ces services.

NEON’s MomsFirst program provides perinatal services to the high-risk Cleveland pregnant population. NEON serves pregnant women who are incarcerated, homeless and living in shelters and transitional housing up to the baby’s second birthday. Prenatal and health education topics as family planning, breastfeeding, child development/abuse, mental health, self-esteem, STD/HIV and healthy relationships are discussed. At the jail, the PEP (Practical Education for Parenting) curriculum is used. Inmates are quizzed and certificate for completion is given for this four-to-six week course. Incarcerated participants are seen twice a week until their release, after which ongoing community follow-up and social services are provided (i.e. advocacy within the criminal justice system and community re-entry). Other supportive services provided are health insurance assistance, bus tickets, infant layettes and other resources to take care of their immediate needs and the baby’s. NEON’s MomsFirst staff also provides quarterly consortia at the Hitchcock Center for Women on topics of interest such as substance abuse/smoking cessation, self-esteem, STD/HIV education, relationships (domestic violence) and mental health issues. Upon completion of the community-based program, participants are referred to Bright Beginnings a Help Me Grow program for children 2-5 years of age.

This great program will allow our expectant mothers to take charge of their prenatal care as never before. Making new friends who are experiencing the same things you are at the same time. NEON pregnant women are referred to the Centering Pregnancy program by their health care provider after their initial OB visit. Subsequent visits are in a group of their peers led by a credentialed health care provider and a cofacilitator. Centering Pregnancy group care promotes more provider and patient contact, patient empowerment and learning, self- care, support and friendships among group members and better birth outcomes. During these sessions you will support one another, recieve a physical checkup, recieve snacks/refreshments, have fun interactions/relaxation. All pregnant patients are eligible to participate. Group sessions are held at the Hough Health Center. Contact 216-231-7700 ext. 1010 for further information. NEON's VIP Centering Pregnancy Program "Its All About You: Your Pregnancy and Your Baby"

YAAP is a program funded by the city of Cleveland to provide risk reduction, prevention, counseling, education and protection to adolescents ages 12-25. The goal is to prevent STDs and unwanted pregnancies. The model used is the prevention intervention RESPECT which is a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) brief counseling intervention. Proposed outcome or benefit to patient is for a behavioral change (i.e. reduce high-risk behavior and use of condoms). Referrals are from NEON’s pediatric and adult providers. Services are provided by individual counseling. Even though the program targets adolescents, all NEON patients are eligible for the intervention. The program has become an asset to the community. Oftentimes, previously counseled patients refer family and friends to the program, leading to new patients for NEON. Contractually, the program is responsible to present minimally two group sessions for parents and community. However, staff is available for community presentations upon request.

The goals of the program are: 1) to increase NEON’s pregnant women and their male partners’ knowledge of the increasing incidence of STDs during pregnancy, thereby influencing their attitudes about having unprotected sex during pregnancy and 2) to provide the CDC-DEBI intervention-SISTA Project groups to NEON’s employees, patients and the general public through community collaborations. The SISTA groups are five-week sessions with topics which include ethnic and gender pride, HIV/AIDS awareness, assertiveness skills, coping skills and behavior self-management.

This program is funded through a grant from the Cleveland Clinic and the Kresge Foundation. It was developed to encourage the engagement and positive development of adolescents in the city of East Cleveland.

Le programme Mammogram Connection de NEON vise à donner aux femmes de 40 ans et plus les moyens d'accéder à l'information et aux services nécessaires pour se faire dépister du cancer du sein. Sensibilisation, éducation, dépistage et accompagnement des patientes constituent les composantes essentielles du programme, qui cible en priorité les femmes afro-américaines de l'est de Cleveland et de la ville d'East Cleveland, dans le comté de Cuyahoga. Le projet bénéficiera à plus de 600 femmes grâce à des ateliers et des événements communautaires visant à les informer sur les avantages du dépistage, l'examen des seins et les possibilités de dépistage accessible. NEON offrira 200 mammographies gratuites aux femmes répondant aux critères d'admissibilité. Le projet prévoit également d'étendre le réseau de plus de 30 salons de coiffure et églises afin d'en faire des points de sensibilisation à la santé pour les femmes. Pour plus d'informations, veuillez contacter [nom de l'entreprise ou de l'organisme]. 216-231-7700 poste 1148.

NEON'S Daddy Boot Camp is for new dads to join veteran dads (and their babies) to learn how they made it through the first months of parenthood and resurfaced as confident, on-the-job fathers. Here you learn how to handle a baby, find out about the issues you didnt know were important and how to blow off issues you thought were. Some issues that will be discussed include changes in new mom, finding work/home balances, safety issues, introducing pets to baby, feeding and changing, how to calm a crying baby, breastfeeding and many more. In this men-only environment, no question is stupid and no topic is off limits. 

NEON is a PrEP provider organization. PrEP stands for PRE-exposure prophylaxis which means you take a medication before you are exposed to the disease. PrEP is a relatively new HIV prevention strategy. NEON providers have been specially trained to manage your health care with the intentions of preventing HIV. NEON providers are knowledgeable, willing and ready to support individuals who have decided to be prescribed PrEP.