title: Neighborhood Helper Program gets back to the basics. Chesapeake General Hospital, Chesapeake Health Department forge partnership to promote neighbors helping neighbors.
abstract: Chesapeake General Hospital and Chesapeake Health Department have formed an alliance that gets back to the basics. Trained volunteers serve as a healthcare resource for their neighbors. It's called the Neighborhood Helper Program, and it's expanding neighborhood by neighborhood in Chesapeake, Va.
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006293:Health Promotion; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012944:Social Support; D014768:Virginia; D014838:Volunteers