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Rochester’s longstanding excellence in health care has been challenged by the economy and other changes. The Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency has reported on the health status of our region’s uninsured, Hispanic and African American populations. The Community Foundation helped provide funding for this work.
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House calls are not a thing of the past. Ask parents of children who attend one of the seven Health-e-Access child care centers in Rochester. Health-e-Access, a University of Rochester Medical Center program, uses sophisticated computers with medical equipment in child care centers to transmit live images and sounds to doctors at a remote location. Doctors make diagnosis and recommend a treatment. Now many childhood illnesses, like ear infections, can be diagnosed and treated without interrupting child care and parents' work schedules. Further, a child's illness can be treated more quickly and can prevent unnecessary doctor and emergency room visits.
This pilot project is funded by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with matching grants from the Community Foundation, our donors, and the generosity of many local foundations.
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Lead poisoning is a serious issue in Monroe County with 1,200 children poisoned each year almost entirely from lead paint in older homes. Poisoning causes reduced intelligence and learning disabilities. An initial grant to the Enterprise Foundation from the Community Foundation had supported the Home-Based Child Care Lead Safety Program which makes child care homes in the City of Rochester safe from exposure to lead paint.
In addition, The Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning is fighting lead poisoning on many fronts community-wide.
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