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Family First Health Expands Substance Use Treatment Program to Columbia Center

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact: Courtney Lewis
clewis@familyfirsthealth.org
717.801.4808

Family First Health Expands Substance Use Treatment Program to Columbia Center

Columbia, PA: Family First Health’s Center of Excellence provides patients with substance use disorders the support they need to reach, and maintain recovery. The team links patients to community resources and support services, and then walks alongside each patient to ensure that critical needs are met and that the patient remains in care for as long as needed. The goal – to give each patient the supports needed to get, and stay healthy.

The program began in 2016, with Family First Health’s Hanover Center and George Street Center offices. On September 12, 2017, Family First Health will begin offering these services to patients in our Columbia Center office. Services at these three locations include:

  • Support and medical care coordinated with the primary care provider.
  • Access to a comprehensive care management team comprised of case managers, recovery support specialists, and a licensed clinical social worker.
  • Customized support to navigate the care system and get to/maintain recovery.
  • Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) to support sustained recovery.

For more information regarding the Center of Excellence, substance use treatment program, please call the program manager, Erin Cosgrove-Findley at 717-801-4864.

Family First Health seeks to improve LGBT health services in region

Individuals who identify as LGBT often have trouble accessing healthcare and some are even refused care because of how they identify. Even more individuals don’t seek care due to fear of discrimination from medical providers. In the past year, Family First Health has taken steps to improve primary care for LGBT individuals and is planning on offering hormone therapy in the near future.

Read the full article from Central Penn Business Journal here.

 

Family First Health honors World AIDS Day

About 13 percent of York County residents with HIV don’t know they’re infected with the virus, according to estimates from Family First Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

We spoke with the York Dispatch on why everyone should get tested, and why bringing awareness to the spread of HIV is still important.

Read the full article here.

Teen births — where you live matters

When it comes to teen birth rates, where you live matters.

A November report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows U.S. teen births nationwide dropped 9 percent between 2007 and 2015 to their lowest point in history — 22.3 births per 1,000 females — from 41.5, but there are large disparities when it comes to geographic regions.

“We are gaining a better understanding of the nuances that impact rates of teen pregnancy, along with many other health indicators, and those are largely linked to social determinants of health,” said Family First Health CEO Jenny Englerth.

Read the full article from the York Dispatch.

York Dispatch: The true cost of chronic illness

About 5,800 new Pennsylvanians will get the news this month that they have a chronic illness that’s treatable but not curable.

“Ideally preventative care is going to help identify those risk factors for chronic illness early on before that’s even able to materialize,” Family First Health CEO Jenny Englerth shared in a recent article from the York Dispatch. “Focusing on children and adults through healthy eating, exercise, immunizations — all those things position people to prevent progression of that illness.”

Read more from the York Dispatch.

Family First Health receives $50K grant from Memorial Health Fund

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Media Contact: Courtney Lewis
clewis@familyfirsthealth.org
717.801.4808

 

FAMILY FIRST HEALTH RECEIVES $50,000 GRANT TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR DELTA RESIDENTS

 

York, PA – Family First Health, in York, has received a $50,000 grant from the Memorial Health Fund to support its Healthy Delta initiative.  Announcement of the grant was made by Jane M. Conover, President of the York County Community Foundation, whose Board of Directors approved the grant on October 26, 2016.

Jenny Englerth, CEO of Family First Health, said the funds would be used to build on the work done by the Healthy York County Coalition in 2016 by further evaluating community health status using a community health worker model and engaging stakeholders in development of a primary care service delivery model designed to improve health outcomes for individuals and families living in Delta and the surrounding areas.

Founded in 1970, Family First Health is a non-profit, federally qualified health center dedicated to increasing access to affordable, high-quality medical care, dental care and social services. Annually, they provide services to over 21,000 people at six convenient locations across Adams, Lancaster and York counties.

The Memorial Health Fund improves the complete physical, mental and social well-being of the residents of York, Pennsylvania and its surrounding communities.

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AARP: When you find out your child is gay

How important is family support for an individual who identifies as LGBTQ? It may seem like an usual focus for a primary care practice — but as providers, we understand that a friend, parent or other family member can play a crucial role in how accepted an individual feels when he or she comes out.

Our program manager for Caring Together, Shannon McElroy, spoke with AARP on how parents and grandparents of LGBTQ individuals can educate themselves and provide support for their child or grandchild.

Read more from AARP.