{"id":46130,"date":"2022-10-26T15:04:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T19:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=46130"},"modified":"2022-10-26T15:04:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T19:04:12","slug":"utcs-kristi-wick-receives-community-hero-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/utcs-kristi-wick-receives-community-hero-award\/","title":{"rendered":"UTC\u2019s Kristi Wick receives Community Hero Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_46131\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" data-attachment-id=\"46131\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/utcs-kristi-wick-receives-community-hero-award\/community-hero-kristi-wick\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/10\/Community-Hero-Kristi-Wick-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,921\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Community Hero Kristi Wick\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/10\/Community-Hero-Kristi-Wick-1024x737.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-46131 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/10\/Community-Hero-Kristi-Wick-1024x737.jpg\" alt=\"From left: Criss Grant (director, Southeast Tennessee Area Agency on Aging and Disability), Jamie Tyson (manager of information services, SETAAAD), Dr. Kristi Wick, Christin McWhorter (community outreach manager, SETAAAD).\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/10\/Community-Hero-Kristi-Wick-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/10\/Community-Hero-Kristi-Wick-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/10\/Community-Hero-Kristi-Wick-580x417.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/10\/Community-Hero-Kristi-Wick-610x439.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/10\/Community-Hero-Kristi-Wick-1536x1105.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/10\/Community-Hero-Kristi-Wick-2048x1474.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/10\/Community-Hero-Kristi-Wick-scaled.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Criss Grant (director, Southeast Tennessee Area Agency on Aging and Disability), Jamie Tyson (manager of information services, SETAAAD), Dr. Kristi Wick, Christin McWhorter (community outreach manager, SETAAAD).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kristi Wick\u2019s work to raise awareness of and better coordinate resources for aging adults continues to get noticed.<\/p>\n<p>Wick, the Vicky B. Gregg Chair of Gerontology and UC Foundation assistant professor in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga School of Nursing, was presented the Community Hero Award at a Southeast Tennessee Area Agency on Aging and Disability (SETAAAD) luncheon on Oct. 21.<\/p>\n<p>In honoring Wick, SETAAAD\u2014which serves Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea and Sequatchie counties\u2014cited \u201cher tireless work as a champion for older adults.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer leadership with the Older Adults Community Workgroup, engAGING Communities Initiative, vaccination efforts and appointment to the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability are just a few examples of her commitment to health equity advocacy in the older adult population.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, Wick has been a driving force behind engAGING Communities Tennessee\u2014an initiative led by the UTC School of Nursing in affiliation with other partners across the state to empower faith-based and religious congregations to provide aging community members and their caregivers with health and wellness programs and support.<\/p>\n<p>engAGING Communities Tennessee is part of the Intrastate Network to Deliver Equity and Eliminate Disparities, known by the acronym INDEED, a grant-funded effort to address COVID-19 health disparities among high-risk and underserved populations. 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