Joined CHF’s National Network: January 1992
Home Institution/Affiliation: Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, Huntington, WV
Medical Director: Isabel Pino, MD
Program Director: Sherrie Fulton, LPN
Sampling of Services:
CHF's Special Initiatives:
Areas Served: Rural communities in southwestern West Virginia.
The West Virginia Children's Health Project (WVCHP) serves permanently housed Appalachian families living in the extremely isolated southwestern region of the state.
Many of these families struggle with chronic disease, poor nutrition, high rates of infant mortality and environmentally-based health conditions. Yet, due to extreme isolation and harsh terrain, they also face considerable difficulties accessing health care. Cardiovascular disease at all ages, obesity and asthma are persistent health challenges in the area.
The most pressing barriers to health care for patients served by the project are lack of transportation and lack of financial resources. The West Virginia Children's Health Project overcomes these barriers by bringing high quality, comprehensive primary care to remote communities and providing care without regard to ability to pay.
