RHENSOM

The mission of the Rural Health Education Network of Schoharie, Otsego, and Montgomery Counties (RHENSOM) is to improve the health of rural communities through collaborative innovation, by implementing and facilitating evidence-based programming and best practices.

Current Goals & Objectives:

• Distributing Chronic Disease Self-Management Toolkits
• Facilitating the National Diabetes Prevention Program
• Facilitating the CDC’s Eat Healthy, Be Active 6-week program
• Organizing Hospital-based Farmer’s Market
• Coordinating Worksite Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs
• Collaborating to provide Mental Health First Aid trainings
• Funding Community-based Nutrition Classes offered by Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE)
• Increase access to evidence-based programming for older adults by providing Schoharie County Council of Senior Citizens, Inc. and Otsego County Council of Senior Citizens Inc. with scholarships.

Partner Organizations Supported by RHENSOM:

• Cornell Cooperative Extension Schoharie and Otsego Counties
• Otsego County Council of Senior Citizens
• Schoharie County Council of Senior Citizens

Additional Partners:

• Bassett Health Network
• Madison County Rural Health Council
• Herkimer County Healthnet
• Chenango Health Network
• Offices for the Aging in the Bassett Service Region: Chenango, Delaware, Herkimer, Otsego, Madison, Montgomery, and Schoharie Counties, and New York State
• Departments of Health in the Bassett Service Region: Chenango, Delaware, Herkimer, Otsego, Madison, Montgomery, and Schoharie Counties, and New York State
• Health and Human Service Associations in Otsego and Schoharie Counties
• Self-Management Resource Center

RHENSOM Advisory Board Members:

• Lynae Wyckoff, Project Supervisor, RHENSOM
• Nelta Miller, Nutrition Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension
• Liz Callahan, Director, Cornell Cooperative Extension
• Michelle Leveski, EFNEP Nutrition Educator
• Heidi Bond, Director of Public Health and Patient Services, Otsego County Health Department
• Sara Boerenko, Director of Public and Mental Health, Montgomery County Public Health
• Tamie Reed, Director, Otsego County Office for the Aging
• Nicole Blanchard, Director, Schoharie County Health Department
• Jennifer Goch, Assistant Director, Montgomery County Health Department