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Health Justice Town Hall Meeting 2012

Health Justice Town Hall Meeting 2012

Community Health Center is proud to join with the African American Health Council of Southeastern Connecticut, the Commission on African American Affairs, the Commission on Asian American Affairs, the Commission on Health Equity, Connecticut Association of Directors of Health, the Connecticut Multicultural Health Partnership, the Hispanic Health Council, Health Justice CT, Ledge Light Health District and the University of Connecticut Health Center, School of Medicine, Community Based Education Office in sponsoring Health Justice Town Hall Meeting 2012 The meeting will be taking…

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Lillian Reba Moses

Lillian Reba Moses

From Mark Masselli: Tonight, I write with great sadness to say that Reba Moses, one of CHC’s founders, died this evening.  Just a week ago, she entered the hospice at Middlesex and family and friends gathered round.  We sat and talked and held her hand, and though Reba was weak, she was all there as we remembered the times we had shared and the work she had done.  Last night, she had made the decision to return to Middlesex Convalescent…

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Prudence Crandall’s “Silent No More” Candlelight Vigil

Prudence Crandall’s “Silent No More” Candlelight Vigil

The following is a note from Martha Trevey about the Prudence Crandall’s “Silent No More” candlelight vigil: On Thursday evening I had the opportunity to attend Prudence Crandall’s “Silent No More” candlelight vigil. Prudence Crandall is one of WYA’s (Wherever You Are, CHC’s health care for the homeless program) community partners. Our WYA team travels to the center weekly to provide both acute and primary care to women and men in residence. The evening proved to be a meaningful gathering of…

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Flu Trends and Shots

Flu Trends and Shots

What are your chances of getting the flu this season?  It’s the sort of question many of us think about this time of year.  Being the geek that I am, I like to look at Google Flu Trends.  They have a graph of reported flu activity, based on Google searches.  They’ve found that certain searches can be a good indicator of actual flu activity. One thing that I find interesting about their data is that they have a graph of…

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CHC Guests

CHC Guests

CHC often plays hosts to guests from various organizations around the country.  They come to discuss our programs, model of care, facilities, and many other ways that CHC can work with other organizations.  We often photograph these guests and are there is now a Facebook Album of pictures of some of our guests.  There are pictures of guests from Health Partners of Western Ohio,  Community Health Care in Tacoma, Washington, Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi. It isn’t just…

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Run @ Work Day 2012

Run @ Work Day 2012

Today, Friday, September 21st, was the 7th annual Run @ Work day, sponsored by the Road Runners Club of America.  While CHC does have some outstanding athletes, we have many more employees that are simply trying to stay fit or even get fit. At CHC we are focused on more than health.  We are concerned about the wellness of our patients and our staff.  We have a wellness committee that helped organize Run at Work events at some of our…

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