A snapshot of the National Health Museum kiosk project

A Project Of The Georgia Department Of Community Health
A SNAPSHOT OF THE

National Health Museum Kiosk Project

Project Summary
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) and the National Health Museum are collaborating on a project to bring new technology to communities struggling with poor health outcomes. Since 2004, the Museum has developed and conducted nationwide testing of customized digital communication devices (or kiosks). The kiosk program has been tested in science museum and hospital environments across the country. The testing of the technology is expanding to new environments, ranging from high traffic public consumer venues to more private locations, such as patient clinics and community centers.
DCH's commitment to improving health care delivery systems, health outcomes and empowering health care consumers to make informed decisions about their health care and lifestyle habits is consistent with the Museum's mission and program objectives. The kiosk system offers providers an innovative tool with which to address patient health issues and gives local citizens an opportunity to use promising technology to learn about healthier lifestyle choices and conditions that disproportionately impact them.

Pilot Area Early County
The pilot project is in Early County in southwest Georgia. While there are various health conditions impacting the citizens of Early County, two of the most pressing issues for this community are heart health and infant mortality. Some of the conditions that can be addressed by focusing on these topics include obesity and weight control, diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, healthy nutrition, physical activity, pre-and post-natal care, childhood immunizations, newborn care and general wellness.
Key considerations in the selection of Early County as the first community to pilot the kiosk program were its combination of community resources and service-delivery environment. Representatives from all major segments of the community - health care, business, education, civic and faithbased organizations - are involved in the effort. In addition to its wealth of community resources, Early County offers well-coordinated and comprehensive health care services in one central location. The developing Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) shares space with and coordinates services provided by the DCH's Public Health county health departments. This environment creates an ideal venue for pilot testing of a kiosk because residents receive primary health care and public health services in one location.

Early County, Georgia

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Catoosa

Murray Walker Whit eld

Fannin Gilmer

Towns Union

Rabun

White Habersham

Chattooga

Gordon

Pickens

Lumpkin

Stephens

Floyd

Bartow

Dawson Cherokee Forsyth

Hall Banks Franklin Hart

Jackson Madison Elbert

Polk

Cobb

Paulding

Gwinnett

Barrow Clarke Oglethorpe Oconee

Haralson

Douglas

Walton Fulton DeKalb Rock-

Wilkes

Lincoln

Carroll Heard

Coweta

Clayton

dale Newton

Morgan

Greene Taliaferro

Columbia McDu e

Fayette

Henry

Warren

Spalding

Butts Jasper Putnam

Hancock

Glascock

Richmond

Early

Troup

Meriwether

Pike

Lamar Monroe

Jones

Baldwin

Je erson Washington

Burke

Harris

Upson

Talbot

Crawford

Bibb

Wilkinson

Twiggs

Johnson

Jenkins Screven

Muscogee

Taylor

Peach

Emanuel

Chatta- Marion hoochee

Macon

Schley

Stewart Webster Sumter

Houston Bleckley

Laurens

Treutlen

Candler Bulloch

Dooly

Pulaski

Dodge

Montgomery

Wheeler

Toombs

Evans

Tattnall

E ngham Bryan Chatham

Crisp

Wilcox

Telfair

Quitman

Terrell

Lee

Randolph

Turner

Ben Hill

Je Davis

Appling

Liberty Long

Clay Calhoun

Dougherty

Early Baker
Miller

Mitchell

Worth

Irwin

Tift

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Colquitt

Berrien Cook

Atkinson

Seminole Decatur

Grady Thomas Brooks

Lanier Lowndes

Clinch

Bacon

Wayne

McIntosh

Pierce

Ware

Brantley

Glynn

Charlton

Camden

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A Snapshot of National Health Museum Kiosk Project
Project Goals The overall goal of Phase 1 of the Community Kiosk Pilot Program was to create a successful kiosk prototype that can be scaled for statewide replication. The flexible kiosk project design allows for easy replication in other counties across Georgia, while its content, images and user experiences will incorporate the language, values and cultural context of Early County and future counties where it is implemented.
The project goal was achieved by accomplishing the following specific pilot project objectives:
Create a kiosk that delivers engaging and accessible information about the most pressing health issues in Early County. Through its emphasis on the key theme of prevention, the community will be provided with information on the following topics: H1N1 and Immunizations (adults and children) Diabetes Obesity Hypertension Sexual and reproductive health
Establish best practices for program replication in other communities across the state of Georgia.
Project Outcomes Database of professional experts, community champions, local citizens and health care providers Technical and training blueprint (hardware, software and procedures) for implementing health kiosks in
additional rural Georgia communities Communications and outreach toolkit for providing public health education tools and information Documentation of the project outcomes, lessons learned and test results Recommended next steps for executing Phase 2, implementing health kiosks in additional rural
Georgia communities Improved awareness of healthier lifestyle choices for the health care consumers using the FQHC and public
health services
Summary The fully implemented National Health Museum Community Kiosk Pilot Project provides a convenient vehicle for promoting healthy living in Early County and, ultimately, throughout the state of Georgia. From formative research and coalition building to summative evaluation and recommendations for future action the project's emphasis is on collaboration and coalition building. Continual engagement at the local level through site visits, stakeholder discussions, key informant interviews, focus groups and community observations is a critical success factor. DCH lends overall guidance to all aspects of the project by serving as a source of content expertise, document assessment and product planning.
For more information about this project, contact Barry Shepard at bshepard@dch.ga.gov.