Community Impact Hub

Health and Wellbeing

How do we work together to create healthy communities?


Navigate to:

  • The Hub
  • About
  • Impact Teams
  • Projects
  • Make an Impact
  • Contact

    • Impact Team Scope

    Projects within this Impact Team will include initiatives that improve and/or explore public health, health policy, and all physical, emotional, and mental health programs as well as initiatives that encourage outdoor recreation, increased movement, activity, and societal engagement.

    Contact

    Search Projects

    Impact Team


    Type


    Status



    Crawford County Food Alliance (CCFA) Food Access Marketing Project


    Learn More
    IMPACT TEAM
    Health and Wellbeing

    TYPE
    Community Project Grants (CPG)

    STATUS
    Ongoing

    YMCA Community Needs Assessment

    In order to aid the Meadville YMCA in its partnership with PennWest to access Pre-K Counts funding, Hema and Eva conducted a needs assessment survey to gather data for programmatic direction.
    Learn More
    IMPACT TEAM
    Health and Wellbeing

    TYPE
    Community Based Research (CBR)
    Direct Service and/or Social Action Project (SAP)
    Economic Development and Workforce Development Stories

    STATUS
    Ongoing

    Mercer County Trails Association Database Design

    Analysis of data needs completed; design and recommendations for new software system will occur in the spring
    Learn More
    IMPACT TEAM
    Health and Wellbeing

    TYPE

    STATUS
    Open

    Quality Assurance in Pulmonary Rehab Lab

    Olivia worked with the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Laboratory at the Meadville Medical Center to lay the framework for quality assurance of their medical equipment, lung function testing machines, and standard of technician care when assessing and treating patients.
    Learn More
    IMPACT TEAM
    Health and Wellbeing

    TYPE
    Community Based Research (CBR)

    STATUS
    Ongoing

    Pulmonary Rehab Continuing Education

    The pulmonology department at Meadville Medical Center focuses on diseases of the respiratory tract.
    Learn More
    IMPACT TEAM
    Health and Wellbeing

    TYPE
    Community Based Research (CBR)

    STATUS
    Open

    Food Resources Website Design

    Food insecurity has increasingly been recognized as a common problem amongst residents of Crawford County.
    Learn More
    IMPACT TEAM
    Health and Wellbeing

    TYPE
    Community Engaged Learning (CEL)
    Community Based Research (CBR)
    Direct Service and/or Social Action Project (SAP)

    STATUS
    Ongoing

    Autism Nature Trail

    In the summer of 2022 a project entitled “Feasibility and Design of an Autism Nature Trail at Pymatuning State Park,” was carried out by four Allegheny students (Emma Anderson ’23, Ela Williams ’23, Kelsey Anderson ’23, and Haley Pageotte ’24), Dr. Monali Chowdhury, Loren Lamy Penman ’74 of Pymatuning State Park and the Autism Nature Trail at Letchworth State Park (New York).
    Learn More
    IMPACT TEAM
    Health and Wellbeing

    TYPE
    Community Engaged Learning (CEL)
    Community Based Research (CBR)
    Economic Development and Workforce Development Stories

    STATUS
    Ongoing

    Immunity is Community Health Fair

    On April 1, 2023, two Allegheny College professors (Dr. Ishita Sinha Roy and Dr. Becky Dawson) and various community partners (Crawford Health Improvement Coalition, Meadville Rotary, Meadville Medical Center and its affiliates) hosted the “Immunity is Community” health fair.
    Learn More
    IMPACT TEAM
    Health and Wellbeing

    TYPE
    Community Project Grants (CPG)
    Direct Service and/or Social Action Project (SAP)
    Volunteerism

    STATUS
    Completed