Coming Soon!! Please go the "Handouts" Folder under "Women Health" for Pregnancy specific lifestyle, high blood pressure, and gestational diabetes information and blood sugar and pressure logs. 

Community Health Access and Navigation in TN (CHANT)

Please list Meharry as the Referral Agency when you fill out the referral form (click here)

CHANT is an integrated model of care coordination provided through the local health departments. The program provides enhanced patient-centered engagement, assistance with navigating complex systems, and care coordination of medical and social service needs. Families and individuals are connected to available resources which may include reimbursement for medical services and assistance with co-pays, deductibles, and co-insurance for children and youth with physical disabilities. 

Goals for the CHANT program include increasing EPSDT rates, medical and dental home access, pregnancy, birth, maternal and child outcomes, and positively impact overall outcomes related to social determinants of health. 

Who is eligible?

Individuals eligible for CHANT include:

• Pregnant and postpartum adolescents and women

• Children (Birth - 21 years)

• Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs (Birth - 21 years)

Findhelp.org is a search platform for finding and applying for social services in the United States. People in need, case managers, and social workers can find and apply for government and charitable services in seconds. 

This social service resource can help you find your needs in:

• Housing 

• Food  

• Transportation 

• Legal support 

• and much more

Prediabetes is a serious health condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough yet to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes. Approximately 96 million American adults—more than 1 in 3—have prediabetes. Of those with prediabetes, more than 80% don’t know they have it. Prediabetes puts you at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.

The good news is that if you have prediabetes, the CDC-led National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) can help you make lifestyle changes to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes and other serious health problems.

Take Pre-Diabetes Risk Test Quiz (click here) if you are positive speak to the doctor about a referral into the DPP classes at Meharry!

To find the nears DPP classes: (click here)

• In-Person

• Online

• Distance Learning

• Combination

• English, Spanish, Chinese

Diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) provides an evidence-based foundation to empower people with diabetes to navigate self-management decisions and activities. DSMES is a cost-effective tool proven to help improve health behaviors and health outcomes for people with diabetes. Ask your doctor when you see them about enrolling into a DSMES program near you. 

Take the Sodium Quiz for people with High Blood Pressue. Ask your doctor about DASH diet nutritional referral!

When following the DASH eating plan, it is important to choose foods that are:

• Low in saturated and trans fats

• Rich in potassium, calcium, magnesium, fiber, and protein

• Lower in sodium (*1,500 milligrams (mg) sodium lowers blood pressure even further than 2,300 mg sodium daily.)

Lifestyle Resource for chronic conditions:

• Metabolic Syndrome 

• Obesity

• Diabetes 

• High blood pressure.

Please talk to the second flood Meharry Pediatric department on your next appoint about:

1. Dr. Cummings is a Pediatric Cardiologist that can give dietary counseling for high blood pressure

2. Dr. Wyche-Etheridge (Dr.Kim) has the lifestyle gym for children in need of lifestyle modifications

When indicated referrals outside could be at Tristar Centennial Pediatric Endocrinology for Diabetes lifestyle modification support &Vanderbilt Peds Carell Clinic for Nutrition referral support.

1. Tennessee REDLINE is a referral telephone service to treatment for any kind of addiction (eg., alcohol, illicit drugs, tobacco, gambling). Visit Tennessee REDLINE  for further information.

   • You can call or text 1-800-889-9789 to seek help .

2. Substance Abuse and mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Can help with tobacco, alcohol, addiction to other drugs and/or mental health resources. 

   • SAMHSA national line at tel:1-800-662-4357  

   • Also visit the online treatment locator, or send your zip code via text message: 435748 (HELP4U) to find help near you. Read more about the HELP4U text messaging service.

3. Suicide Crisis Line 988lifeline resource website 

   • Free and confidential support for people in distress, 24/7.

   • Call or Text 988

1. Child Vaccination Schedule and Programs  you can go to our Interactive Vaccine Finder below 

   • Redirect you the CDC Pediatric vaccine schedule Click here!

2. Vaccine in Pregnancy (CDC): facts or safety during pregnancy is important.

   • Getting vaccinated while pregnant helps create protective antibodies you can pass on to your baby.

   • Vaccine Recommendations

   • Vaccines for Family and Caregivers

   • Vaccine Safety for Moms-To-Be

3. Annual Vaccination for Flu and COVID  you can go to our Interactive Vaccine Finder below 

   • Redirect you the CDC Vaccine FInder Click here!

Go to our Interactive Vaccination Finder!