Family First Health Provider, Dr. Luis Garcia reflects on his experience working in a Community Health Center.
Physicians Serving Community: Reflections on my Mission
Family First Health Provider, Dr. Luis Garica reflects on his recent mission trip to the remote village of Kakatoro in Eastern Ecuador.
CPBJ: Clinics frustrated over failure to renew funding
While families and advocates are celebrating renewal of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, community health centers were largely left out of the legislation that reopened the federal government this week.
Read the full article from Central Penn Business Journal here.
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.
York College students reach out to Hispanic community
York College students, as part of the Public Relations Student Society of America’s 2017 Bateman Case Study Competition, worked closely with Family First Health and other local organizations to provide outreach to the Hispanic Community in York. The student group focused on the mental health needs of individuals and developed a social media campaign for outreach.
York Dispatch: Should you enroll in marketplace health plans for 2017?
Should you enroll in 2017 health insurance plans on the federal marketplace?
That’s the post-election question.
Family First Health certified application counselors Tammy Wampler and Arlene Feliciano walked through the process of helping consumes navigate enrollment, and what to know for 2017.
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.
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.
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.”