Brian Bubb always knew he wanted to be a fashion designer.
“We would go to church on Sunday, and as long as you had a pad of paper and a pencil, he was happy,” his mother, Arlene Bubb, said. “He was drawing pictures of the ladies with their hats.”
YDR: Pedestrians struck: Of all the places it could have happened
Courtney Lewis was on the ground floor of the Family First Health offices in York for the employee cookout when she heard a noise so loud it sounded like a bomb.
It was followed by screaming.
“No sooner did we hear that … so many members of our team ran outside,” said Lewis, director of development for the health care organization.
A vehicle struck several pedestrians on the sidewalk around 11:15 a.m. Friday in the 100 block of George Street, in front of Family First Health’s office.
York Daily Record: A new, cheaper way to get medical care in York County
Urgent centers are gaining in popularity for a number of reasons, experts say.
For one thing, they offer a place other than a hospital emergency room for patients to be treated when they can’t get in to see their own doctor, either because they can’t get an immediate appointment or because it is after hours.
A shortage of more than 20,000 primary care physicians is expected by 2020, according to the federal Health Resources & Services Administration. That could make it tougher for patients to get in to see a doctor.
The kind of no-appointment-necessary availability that walk-in clinics offer, appeals to many millennials, who “aren’t necessarily looking for a long-term relationship with a health care provider,” said Jenny Englerth, CEO of First Family Health in York.
But a lack of a long-term relationship with a provider is seen as a problem by many.
Riding the bus opened my eyes to others’ struggles (column)
Five of us stood there in the wind at the York City Business and Industrial Park one recent afternoon waiting. Ten minutes, 15, 30 minutes passed as some tried to make small talk. Others just stood or sat quietly on their phones or looking off into the distance.
Just waiting and planning.
And by the time the bus connection arrived a good 40 minutes later, I was just headed home after work, but the other four – they were late for work. They were going to get docked for it, too.
There were no email alerts, no updates coming in on the phones that our bus was running late. The cause: traffic in Manchester Township.
I’ve thought that I’ve had a pretty good idea about what’s going on in York from years as a reporter and editor, now as a marketing and outreach coordinator for Family First Health, and as a person who’s just often found downtown. But in the two months I’ve been riding the bus, I’ve come to see there’s a huge section of this town that we don’t notice – maybe because we’re looking ahead as we drive by and not at those just stuck waiting at each bus stop along the way.
York Daily Record: Helping York County kids see better — for free
Vision problems left untreated can affect a child’s overall health and learning, and Family First Health is working to make sure kids get the treatment they need — for free.
Jenny Englerth, CEO of Family First Health, said the organization is a member of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved, which put out a call asking what communities could use the service, and so Family First Health jumped on it.
“We have consistently, within our interactions with York City schools, heard a challenge around both vision screenings and then exams and getting corrective lenses,” she said.
York Dispatch: Vision van with free glasses coming to York, Delta
For kids in the York County area, keeping their eye on the prize of an education is key. But sometimes that can be difficult when your vision is blurry.
Family First Health and Envolve Benefit Options have teamed up with the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved to bring the Vision Van to York City and Delta this week.
“There are a lot of kids unable to afford glasses,” said Courtney Lewis, director of development and community engagement at Family First. “We have to be thinking how it affects kids’ performances when they can’t see correctly in class.”
The Vision Van is rolling into York Friday at Hannah Penn Middle School, 415 E. Boundary Ave. Children up to age 18 in York City can get their vision checked for free from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. with parental permission.
York Sunday News: Eat Your Greens at every meal
Since our youth, we’ve been indoctrinated to eat our vegetables with dinner. Parents shared persuasive arguments about carrots aiding our eyesight and spinach making us strong, but many kids still hid Brussels sprouts in their napkins to dump elsewhere later.
It seems we haven’t changed much as adults: The Healthy York County Coalition and Healthy Adams County released a summary report of the community health needs for 2015 that found only 4 percent of York and Adams county residents consume the daily recommendation of fruits and vegetables.
That’s why Family First Health is focused in April on our “Eat Your Greens!” campaign, which encourages individuals to make fruits and vegetables part of the conversation with their doctors and dentists.
Read more from our CEO, Jenny Englerth, in this guest column published in the York Sunday News.
York Dispatch: Family First Health receives funding to help substance abuse services
Family First Health Corp. has received more than $350,000 in funding for substance abuse services through the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Family First is one of five health centers in Pennsylvania to receive the funding. CEO Jenny Englerth said the money will be used to help provide routine screening to 14,000 patients served in York City and Hanover, as well as medication-assisted treatment for addiction for 400 to 500 people in the area.
CPBJ: Midstate health centers snag funding for opioid treatment services
Friday brought two developments regarding the opioid and heroin epidemic in the U.S., both of which will impact Central Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released additional funding for substance-abuse services, and the Senate passed an act to enhance programs seen as critical to tackling the nation’s prescription opioid and heroin crisis.
In the midstate, two organizations have received funding to expand substance-abuse services, specifically those related to opioid use. Family First Health in York received $352,083 and Keystone Rural Health Center in Chambersburg received $352,083.