In this two-part series, we spoke to colleagues from Mariposa Community Health Center, Nogales AZ;, St John’s Well Child and Family Center, Los Angeles CA;, and Northwest Regional Primary Care Association, Seattle WA, to learn more about the role of CHWs in the community health center landscape. Part 1, ‘Profiles – Community Health Workers in …

In this two-part series, we spoke to colleagues from Mariposa Community Health Center, Nogales AZ;, St John’s Well Child and Family Center, Los Angeles CA;, and Northwest Regional Primary Care Association, Seattle WA, to learn more about the role of CHWs in the community health center landscape. Part 2, ‘Community Health Workers in the Community …

Photo: Dental Staff, courtesy of Kinston Community Health Center Inc. (North Carolina). 
While maintaining good oral health is essential to overall health, ensuring access to dental and oral health services has long been challenging in the U.S., especially in medically underserved communities with multiple barriers to care.  Health care systems continue to grapple with meeting the gaps …

Community Health Centers are the backbone of America’s safety net, and provide essential care to underserved, low-income communities in urban and rural areas throughout the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories. In 2017, more than 1,400 community health centers (CHCs) provided health care to nearly 28 million people. By mission and …

 “We are seeing these patients, period. We are taking care of these patients, period.” – Dr. Kimberly Chang
Human trafficking is a global issue, as well a local one. Trafficking is, simply stated, a form of slavery, and it is a crime. Trafficking is complex; it entails “the exploitation of someone for the purpose of compelled …

Dr. Ethan Gable was a patient at what was then known as Jericho Road Family Practice (JRFP) when he was a child.  Then a family practice located in upstate New York, JRFP served the area’s vulnerable refugees and underserved, low-income communities. Back then, he never entertained the idea that he himself would become a doctor. …

RCHN CHF CHroniCles booth in the Expo Hall at the 2018 NACHC Policy and Issues Forum. (Image: RCHN CHF)
Did you catch us at the 2018 NACHC Policy and Issues Forum? We were there showcasing  CHroniCles, an interactive multimedia website dedicated to documenting and recording the contributions that CHCs and PCAs across the country have made …

A moving, inspirational video from the Asociación de Salud Primaria de Puerto Rico screened at the National Association of Community Health Centers Policy and Issues Forum shows how community health centers in Puerto Rico rallied after Hurricanes Irma and Maria to restore and rebuild health care and essential services for their communities.

With the six-month anniversary of Hurricane Maria nearly coincident with this year’s National Association of Community Health Center’s Policy and Issues Forum, the closing session was devoted to learning about the crisis, and recognizing the essential role of Puerto Rico’s twenty  health center organizations in response and recovery. RCHN Community Health Foundation President and CEO …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of death in the New York Chinese community and the rate of lung cancer deaths, which declined by 16.4% citywide, increased a staggering 70% among Chinese New Yorkers from 2000-2014.