Batayola shares why she is drawn to Community Health Center work and what keeps her going.
Q&A: Teresita Batayola, President and CEO of International Community Health Services
Category: Social Determinants of Health
A Place to Breathe and Heal at Health Centers
A new stunning 86-minute documentary film explores the universality of trauma and resilience through the eyes of immigrant and refugee health care practitioners and patients and features a Community Health Center in Lowell, MA
Building Vaccine Confidence While Reckoning with Mistrust of the Medical Establishment
As two Florida health centers show, an understanding of systemic racism and medical history is proving crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many Black Americans are expressing some reluctance to getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
Community Health Center Doctors on COVID-19, Health Equity and Vaccines
A new video shows Community Health Center physicians describing how they pivoted their operations quickly to respond to COVID-19 and underscores the importance of protecting yourself, family and friends by getting vaccinated.
Children’s Books That Celebrate Women and Girls
Here are a few books with female protagonists for each of us to share in spaces where our children, parents, grandparents, and providers gather.
Janie B. Geer: Activist and Health Care Leader
Janie B. Geer’s community activism knew no limits. She fought aggressively for the health needs of those without a voice.
Jessie Collins Trice: A Visionary in Community and Maternal Health
Jessie Collins Trice, BSN, MPH, was a former Chairperson of NACHC’s Board of Directors and a trailblazer in the Community Health Center Movement.
A Step Toward Eradicating White Supremacy: Children’s Books That Celebrate Black Lives
This year, as we consider the new ways that we are learning to care for one another, I hope to introduce you to the art that I began collecting to ensure that every child who walked into my home or workplace would see themselves and know that they are beautifully and wonderfully made.
Dr. Aaron Shirley: Health Care Innovator
Dr. Aaron Shirley was a health care innovator and civil rights activist who dedicated his life and career to ending the extreme disparities that exist in America in health care and health outcomes due simply to an individual’s race, ethnicity, income, or zip code. His creativity and commitment to improving the health of underserved communities …
We Are Committed to the Struggle: Reflections on Dr. King’s Birthday
As healers whose mission emerged from the Civil Right Movement, our goal is clear: We dedicate ourselves to the task of trying even harder to eradicate poverty, illness, hate, bias, and brutality in our communities.