Statistics & Demographic Info
Goals of the Family Van
To create healthy communities, reduce health disparities and save money through
- Serving the neighborhoods with the largest prevalence of preventable disease
- Enabling individuals to prevent and manage disease through providing screening, counseling and onward referral
- Training the next generation of culturally competent and diverse health professionals
- SERVING NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE LARGEST PREVALENCE OF PREVENTABLE DISEASE
- Last year we served 6 communities with amongst the poorest health outcomes and highest hospitalization and ED utilization rates in Boston.
- Most of our sites are in HRSA designated medically underserved areas.
Demographics of those we serve:
- Last year, we served 2,322 clients and 1,375 new clients
- Almost 1 in 2 clients were men!
- 87% were minorities and 37% did not speak English as their primary language
- Only 24% worked full time, with 31% unemployed, 22% retired, 16% part-time and 6% disabled.
- Clients included both the uninsured (8%) and the insured (66% public, 26% private)
- ENABLING INDIVIDUALS TO PREVENT AND MANAGE DISEASE, THROUGH PROVIDING SCREENING, COUNSELING AND ONWARD REFERRAL.
Holistic support to help our clients address complex needs
- 2 clinical screenings/monitoring (eg blood glucose and blood pressure);
- Screenings for 2 barriers to health (eg insurance status and food service requirements)
- Educational counseling on 3 topics (eg nutrition, health insurance, diabetes).
Case finding:
- Last year, one in three clients found out through screening that they were at high risk for serious chronic conditions including Hypertensions, Diabetes, Hypercholesterolemia and Glaucoma.
- Last year, one in four clients required improvements in their access to health services
- These clients are provided education, health coaching, referrals and navigational support
Improvements in health:
- Last year, more than one in two regular clients who had high blood pressure at the first visit, had it under control at the most recent visit
- Average Decline in Blood Pressure: Systolic Blood Pressure - 11 mmHg, Diastolic Blood Pressure - 5 mmHg.
Return on Investment (Value: Cost) is $23:$1!
- Total value of program: $11,411,207 (Value of Emergency Department visits avoided ($1,322,918) + quality life years saved ($10,088,289))
- Total cost of program: $499,845
- TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CULTURALLY COMPETENT AND DIVERSE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
- In fiscal year 2011, 75 students were trained.
- Of those evaluated, more than 1/3 were under-represented minorities.
- 90% demonstrated to have learnt about health disparities and cultural competency
