Family First Health staff and volunteers handed out 250 apples on Tuesday, Oct. 20, as part of its “Starts With Apples” pop-up on Continental Square in York. Coinciding with National Health Literacy Month and National Apples Month, “Starts With Apples” aims to empower individuals to take control of their health. Good health Starts With Apples, but the rest is up to you!
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Family First Health hands out free apples for “Starts With Apples” campaign
WHEN
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
TIME
Noon to 1 p.m.
WHAT
Family First Health will host a pop-up Apple Handout Station in York’s Continental Square on Tuesday, Oct. 20 as part of its monthlong “Starts With Apples” campaign. Along with the apples, staff and volunteers will be handing out information on how to take control of your health.
October marks National Health Literacy Month and National Apple Month, which Family First Health is celebrating with the message that good health Starts With Apples, but the rest is up to you — ultimately, you need to be an active partner in your health care.
Health literacy is the ability to understand health information and make good decisions about your health, from preventative care to healthy food choices that go beyond the confines of the doctor’s office. For 45 years, Family First Health has been dedicated to connecting with the community to encourage improved health literacy and improved overall health.
WHERE
Continental Square, downtown York
BACKGROUND
The public can visit www.startswithapples.com for more information on becoming health literate and working with their health care team, and employers can download a free, digital “Get Healthy At Work” kit including posters, a health pledge and a templated award for employees committed to their health.
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About Family First Health
Founded in 1970, Family First Health is a non-profit, federally qualified health center dedicated to increasing access to affordable, quality health care. With sites in York, Hannah Penn Middle School, Lewisberry, Hanover and Gettysburg, Family First Health provides a broad range of primary health, dental care and social services to insured, uninsured and underinsured patients with the goal of improving the health of our communities as a whole. For more information, visit www.familyfirsthealth.org. Se habla español.
Today, a York-based family physician is taking on the role of president at the American Academy of Family Physicians.
The AAFP represents 120,900 physicians and medical students nationwide.
Dr. Wanda D. Filer was first chosen as president-elect of the AAFP in October 2014. As president of the AAFP, she will advocate on behalf of family physicians and patients for positive change in the U.S. health care system.
In a recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Family First Corp. has been named one of 1,184 health centers across the country to receive grant funding to improve and expand their services.
Family First, which has a location in downtown York at 116 South George St., was awarded $307,066 of the $500 million in Affordable Care Act funding doled out to nonprofit and public health centers. Family First CEO Jenny Englerth said the federal funding will be used primarily for behavioral health services.
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Family First Health receives $7,500 from WellSpan Health’s Community Partnership Grants Program
Southcentral Pa. (8 September 2015) – Family First Health is pleased to announce it has received a $7,500 grant from WellSpan Health’s Community Partnership Grants Program to support increased engagement through a strategic marketing campaign for Nurse-Family Partnership in Adams County.
The funds will be used to support initiatives that increase the community’s knowledge of the Nurse-Family Partnership program, benefits and outcomes promoting increased utilization of this high impact program.
Nurse-Family Partnership is a prenatal and early childhood nurse visitation program that seeks to improve the health and well-being of first-time mothers and their babies. Home visits from a registered nurse help to educate families and address and prevent maternal and child health problems. Open to WIC/MA eligible first-time mothers, the program begins during pregnancy and continues until the child is 2 years old.
Nurse-Family Partnership is an evidence-based model that has been in existence for more than 30 years. Family First Health has run the Nurse-Family Partnership program in York County since 2001, and in Adams County since 2013.
In 2014, Family First Health served 163 women through the program in York and Adams counties, with 1,969 total Nurse-Family Partnership visits.
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About Family First Health
Founded in 1970, Family First Health is a non-profit, federally qualified health center dedicated to increasing access to affordable, quality health care. With sites in York, Hannah Penn Middle School, Lewisberry, Hanover and Gettysburg, Family First Health provides a broad range of primary health, dental care and social services to insured, uninsured and underinsured patients with the goal of improving the health of our communities as a whole. For more information, visit www.familyfirsthealth.org. Se habla español.
In light of the recent changes with the Affordable Care Act, more Americans have health insurance coverage these days, both here in Pennsylvania and across the United States. But a serious health care problem persists — a shortage of places that provide primary care and preventative services to those who need them most.
A key part of the solution lies in community health centers. Nationwide, these centers serve more than 23 million Americans. That means one in every 15 people living in the United States depends on a health center for care.
Read more in the guest column that CEO Jenny Englerth penned for the York Sunday News in honor of National Health Center Week.
Life will get a little easier for breast-feeding moms who work at eight York County offices.
York City’s health bureau announced Friday that it is distributing funds from a $50,000 grant to the eight locations for installation of private rooms or kiosks, including Family First Health’s George Street Center.
Women are about four times as likely as men to get osteoporosis. Your chance to prevent it is now.
Bone loss is a part of aging for both sexes. But it can have greater consequences for women, who typically have lower bone mass to begin with. Brush on up expert advice from Wanda Filer, MD, of Family First Health, in this piece from WebMD.
Family First Health, a community health center with locations in York and Adams counties, is celebrating its 45th anniversary in York. Founded in response to the York Charrette and as one of the nation’s first community health centers, it began as a way to address the health care needs of underserved populations.
ABC27’s Samantha Galvez stopped by the George Street Center to learn more about Family First Health’s impact on the community.
