“They’re a mighty team,” Teresa Cutts told The Mt. Airy News, speaking of some new Advocates of Health. “They’ve got the right spirit. We’re really hoping they can take that work to Surry County and expand that work across the county.”
She is speaking about Barbara Bullins, her son Andrew Bullins (both pictured at left) and her daughters Bobbi Pica and Hannah Bullins. The family members are part of a group that began training for the Supporters of Health program last October and will finish in mid-March.
They are part of an expansion of the FaithHealthNC program in which a grant from Northwest Area Health Education Centers funded 30 Supporters of Health over a six county area.
The article says the the family members are part of a larger group that will finish in mid-March with a community health advocate certificate.
Surry County patients discharged from the hospital will be given referrals to the new advocates, who will visit each patient for an assessment.
“We first need to see exactly what’s going on,” Barbara Bullins said. “They might be in need of food or someone to come out and prepare a meal or help with cleaning.”
If the patient is part of a church, “We’ll contact the church to tell them a member has a need to get them involved,” she said. “We will be bringing all the churches together, connecting them to help our community that’s in need.”
Photo: The Mt. Airy News.
