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September 8, 2016

Health center planned for Columbia will provide needed access to care

Across the United States, nearly 62 million people — 20 percent of the U.S. population — experience inadequate or no access to primary care because of shortages in primary-care providers in their communities, according to the National Association for Health Centers and the Robert Graham Center.

This shortage of providers can affect rural and urban communities, insured and uninsured patients, and individuals of all backgrounds. So how do we address the need for health care in underserved, high-need areas?

In the fall, Family First Health will open a health center site in downtown Columbia, dedicated to meeting the specific needs of individuals in their own community. We know, based on a community assessment conducted by Millersville University in 2014, that although health services in Columbia are acceptable for those with insurance, affordable care can be hard to find for the uninsured.

Read more from CEO Jenny Englerth’s column from LNP.

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August 8, 2016

York Daily Record: Manufacturing jobs vanishing; what replaces them?

The recession hammered York County and its identity as a manufacturing economy. The race is on to identify the jobs of York’s future.

Our CEO Jenny Englerth spoke to reporter Gary Haber about how this weighs in to patients struggling to support and maintain their health care and insurance.

Many patients are dealing with a budget “more and more stretched,” Englerth said. For some, that means choosing between seeing the dentist or getting a prescription filled.

Read more from the York Daily Record.

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August 8, 2016

York Dispatch: Zika prevention kits available

Making sure pregnant women in Pennsylvania are protected against Zika is a top priority for Pennsylvania officials.

State Department of Health and Department of Environmental Protection officials came together Thursday to assemble 2,500 Zika prevention kits that will be distributed around the commonwealth.

“Zika has been connected to birth defects,” said Dr. Karen Murphy, Department of Health secretary. “There are currently 40 confirmed cases in Pennsylvania, all of which have been acquired outside the state in areas where the disease is rapidly spreading.”

Family First Health is one of the locations where people can find the prevention kit.

Read more at the York Dispatch.

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June 29, 2016

York Dispatch: Family First Health offering free HIV tests

About one in eight HIV-positive Americans don’t realize they have the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Family First Health in York City offered free screenings Monday for National HIV Testing Day in hopes of helping those people.

“It’s been a great event,” said Shannon McElroy, Caring Together program manager with Family First. “We’ve been doing this for four years, walking the streets to hand out fliers and condoms and getting people to come in for free testing.”

Read more about the day from the York Dispatch.

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June 29, 2016

York Dispatch: AIDS quilt memorializes York residents lost to disease

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.”

The York Dispatch spoke to Arlene Bubb to help highlight the AIDS Memorial Quilt display in York. Take a look at the story.

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June 14, 2016

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.

Read more from the York Daily Record.

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June 7, 2016

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.

Read more from the York Daily Record.

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May 12, 2016

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.

Read more from the York Daily Record/Sunday News.

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April 25, 2016

Hanover Evening Sun: Family First launches initiative to serve LGBT patients

Family First Health in Hanover has been selected as part of an initiative to provide more comprehensive care to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender patients.

The program, commissioned by the National Association of Community Health Centers and the Centers for Disease Control, aims to give LGBT people improved care by asking questions about sexual orientation and gender identity.

“This information just helps take better care of you,” said Karen McCraw, the director of social services for Family First Health.

Read more from The Evening Sun.

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