QueensCare Health and Faith Partnership (QHFP)
QueensCare is a public charity with a mission to provide, directly and with others, accessible healthcare for uninsured and low-income working individuals and families residing in Los Angeles County. QueensCare Health and Faith Partnership (QHFP) is a division of QueensCare focused on health outreach and preventive health services delivered by registered nurses and community health workers. QHFP provides a healthcare safety net for the poor, and uninsured, through an interfaith parish nursing program that delivers health promotion and disease-prevention activities in churches, temples, and mosques and other community-based organizations. Specific services include case management, health education and consultations, screening for major disease (i.e. heart disease, diabetes, cancer), and basic nursing care. QHFP currently partners with more than 60 organizations in the Greater Los Angeles area and reports approximately 60,000 client contacts each year.
For many, QueensCare Health and Faith Partnership is the entry point into the health care system. Operating out of places that people trust, faith and community-based organizations, these partnering sites become the access bridge to primary care. With each partnering organization, QHFP engages in a participatory relationship in the form of health cabinet composed of community members and organizational leaders whose role is to identify the healthcare needs of the organization and surrounding neighborhoods. QHFP nurses and health promoters then work with the health cabinet to collaboratively provide health education, health screenings, resources, and case management services.
QueensCare is a longstanding partner of RAND and UCLA through a variety of projects, including the UCLA/RAND/USC NIMH Advanced Services and Intervention Research Center, and the CPIC study. For more information about QHFP go to www.queenscare.org/qhfp.
Representative on CPIC from QueensCare: Elizabeth Dixon