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Terrence M. Shirley, MPH, is the CEO of the Community Health Center Association of Mississippi The State of Mississippi emergency managers are reporting that all Jackson residents have water pressure and running water, however, it is still not safe to drink out of the tap and boiling is required before consumption. This includes the actions …
Health centers involved with tobacco cessation work tell us that success with interventions was achieved when multi-skilled care teams built relationships with patients and had ongoing conversations about their care plans and efforts to quit smoking or vaping.
With approximately 35.6% of all Community Health Center patients struggling with diabetes, here are some useful resources available for health centers.
How can health centers make sure we are reaching the patients affected by IPV and exploitation?
(Updated March 1, 2020) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is aggressively responding to the global outbreak of the novel corona virus, also known as COVID-19, which has been detected in 60 locations internationally, including the United States. NACHC hosting a webinar, “Prepare Not Panic: COVID-19 CDC Update and the Health Center Response” …
Achieving the goal of preventing 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2022 will take a village. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s just-released Vital Signs report, there is still a lot of work to be done. Nearly 1 in 3 American adults have high blood pressure, a leading cause of heart …
We know the facts: High blood pressure (or hypertension) can lead to cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and strokes. But what may be surprising is the number of people in the United States who have high blood pressure and are both unaware of it and untreated for it – 11.5 million. Most of these …
Health centers are no strangers to forging partnerships with other organizations. There are health center partnerships with hospitals, health departments, universities, chambers of commerce, and local businesses. These collaborations are key to assuring good patient health outcomes, not to mention boosting their quality of life and overall care. HIV prevention and treatment is no different. The number of health center patients living with …
By Connor Williams, NACHC Intern After a long wait and much speculation, President Trump has declared the opioid epidemic a Public Health Emergency. By way of background, Public Health Emergencies allow for special grants and contracts to be made, as well as special Public Health Emergency Funds to be accessed by states in response to a health …
More than 50 years ago, Dr. H. Jack Geiger, a co-founder of the Community Health Center Movement, helped create a food co-op program in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Part of his mission was to ensure people would both have access to food and be invested in their own food security. Despite this early effort, food insecurity – difficulty …