UMKC COVID PREVENTION

From COVID-19 to Diabetes Prevention

Health equity told as a living community story.

This page transforms the booklet into a modern nonprofit storytelling experience centered on trust, care, resilience, and measurable change across Kansas City faith communities.

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Faithful Response II participants

Participating churches

People tested for COVID-19

FIT4ALL participants

The narrative

A public health report that feels like people, not paperwork.

Instead of reading like a dense institutional summary, this version is designed to move like a nonprofit impact story. It places community trust, access barriers, and visible outcomes at the center.

The tone is warm, credible, and mission-forward, with breathing room, stronger pull-stat moments, and a chapter-like flow that feels more alive than a static report.

Trusted spaces, real access

Churches became places for testing, health education, and care navigation.

Virtual care with a human pulse

Telehealth support helped participants test at home and connect to treatment.

Beyond symptoms, into systems

Insurance, food access, transportation, and work realities shaped outcomes.

Chapter one

When health information arrives through trust, it lands differently.

Faithful Response II worked with African American churches to improve COVID-19 awareness, testing access, and telehealth-supported treatment navigation. The project shows that health interventions travel farther when they move through trusted relationships.

Key message

Trust was not decoration. It was delivery infrastructure.

Context that shaped outcomes

The numbers behind vulnerability

Infection risk and care access were entangled with insurance gaps, essential work, transportation barriers, and food insecurity. These figures help explain the conditions surrounding the project, not just the project itself.

No private health insurance

Essential workers

Hypertension reported

Diabetes reported

Food affordability challenges

Transportation challenges

Impact snapshot

Testing brought into community reach

Total people tested

Positive COVID-19 test reported

Tested in intervention churches

Tested in comparison churches

What made testing hard

Barriers told plainly

0%Thought they might get COVID-19 later

0%Had no symptoms

0%Did not want to know if they had COVID-19

0%Felt little could be done if positive

0%Unsure insurance would cover testing

0%Expected the test to be uncomfortable

Chapter two

Virtual care extended the reach of trust.

This part of the story shows how the project moved from physical community spaces into digital support without losing its human center.

Guided virtually in taking a COVID-19 test

Virtually assessed for antiviral eligibility

Virtually assisted with getting medication

Used a COVID-19 self-test kit at home

Chapter three

The story expands from emergency response to prevention.

FIT4ALL gives the project a strong second act. It shows how community-rooted health work can evolve from crisis response into long-term prevention, education, and behavior change.

Program frame

Culturally tailored diabetes prevention through peer support, hybrid access, and trusted community delivery.

Visited a doctor for a routine check-in in the past year

Previously diagnosed with high blood pressure

Food did not last and money ran short

Unable to afford a balanced meal

Average weekly minutes of physical activity

Interested in a healthy lifestyle program for children

Learning gains

Knowledge moved in the right direction.

Be physically active for 150 minutes+25%

Take in fewer calories+17%

Do household chores at a moderate pace+17%

Choose low-fat dairy products+15%

Eat smaller portions+14%

Overall diabetes knowledge improved from 0% at baseline to 0% after 12 months.

The ecosystem

A coalition, not a solo act.

In this storytelling direction, partners are presented as part of a visible ecosystem of care. That makes the collaboration legible for funders, community members, and future partners.

Faith communities

Community action boards

Public health leaders

Academic researchers

Care delivery partners

Peer and family support networks

Closing note

This version is designed to help people feel the mission and understand the evidence.

It uses nonprofit storytelling cues: chaptered narrative flow, impact-first statistics, softer editorial pacing, and a stronger sense of human-centered momentum.

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