title: Parish nurse-initiated interdisciplinary mobile health care delivery project.
abstract: Parish nurses and a school of pharmacy faculty collaborated on a mobile health project to bring screening and preventive services to low-income neighborhoods. Outcome measures indicated that older women were most likely to use these services. This project fostered a positive, trusting client-provider relationship that formed the basis of clients' motivation to make lifestyle changes. Future direction includes collaboration with an academic nursing center to expand services in chronic care management.
authors.affiliation: Parish Nurse and Health Ministry Program, Pittsburgh Mercy Health System, 1515 Locust Street, Suite 705, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA. dmayernik@mercy.pmhs.org
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mayernik
authors.forename: Lenore K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Resick
authors.forename: Monica L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Skomo
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mandock
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005178:Faculty / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008952:Mobile Health Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011204:Poverty Areas; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration