Congregational Health and Educational Network

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Nashville General Hospital (NGH) established the Congregational Health and Educational Network (CHEN) to create resources for the underserved in our community addressing health equity by focusing on further educational attainment. CHEN represents a community-focused collaborative that bridges the gap between education and health, via local congregations. Additionally, CHEN encourages ongoing opportunities to provide unique education and/or health programming to the underserved.

Through CHEN benefits for member faith-based organizations, parishioners access no-cost health screening, CHEN Wellness Academy classes on chronic disease, health literacy and more, faith-based leaders access CU sessions to improve their interaction with congregant health challenges, all members have access to educational toolkits to assist parents for children k-13 and more. Staffing support is 2.2 FTE and resources are currently provided by the hospital until grants are initiated.

The no-cost screening will be managed by a NGH Nurse Navigator who also serves as a consistent conduit for all congregants and faith-based leaders wishing to access NGH healthcare. The members and HBCUs are stepping up to provide access to their own congregational programming by extending to CHEN members. Additional identification of assets to reach out to CHEN members is still being developed.

CHEN is truthfully too new to offer outcomes at the present time. However, all program offerings will sustain pre and post assessment and results will be available upon request.
for information – see www.nashgenfoundation.org/CHEN