Life has not always been easy for Nicole Dzikiewicz. Her road to a happy family has taken many twists and turns. In 2008, she became a patient of CHC at our Meriden office and started seeing Dr. Patel. “CHC connected me with so many resources.” When she became pregnant, she took part in our Prenatal Program with Dr. Ozbek, Amy Gagliardi, Holly Naud and the prenatal team in Middletown. It was a high risk pregnancy Nicole worked closely with the…
The following is a guest post from Margaret Flinter: Last night, in four different venues across Connecticut, more than 1,000 people gathered in each one to honor outstanding nurses who have made an indelible difference and significant contribution to the profession of nursing, to their practice sites, and in the lives of patients and families. The event is called the “Nightingale Awards”, and CHC, Inc. annually selects one nurse from among our ranks as the CHC “Nightingale Award Winner” of…
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, Director of Health, Millennium Villages Project at the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Dr. Sachs discusses the Millennium Project Goals to eliminate extreme global poverty by 2015. This model has greatly improved maternal and infant health outcomes in targeted regions of Africa through the use of community health workers, improved agriculture and nutrition, and development of local health systems.
Dr. Robert Dudley reports from the second day of the Weight of the Nation Conference: The WON conference continued with the release of the Institute of Medicine’s plan for halting the obesity epidemic. An aggressive blueprint that calls for an integrated approach to preventing obesity, the report is available at their website. Dr. Dudley and Jayme Hanney completed a walking tour of a neighborhood that highlighted what can be done to make the built environment encourage communities to exercise and…
It is a big week for news about obesity and there are a couple quick updates that need to be shared. Dr. Robert Dudley from our New Britain office, together with Jayme Hanney who has worked on various obesity related initiatives at CHC are at the Weight of the Nation conference in Washington, DC this week. Dr. Dudley has sent in the following email: Monday at WON had great science, policy and some very special guests! Sesame Street has been…
A guest post from Emily Troll: Have you heard? Next Monday, the new CHC building in Middletown will be opening its doors! And as part of the CHC’s focus on wellness, the waiting rooms will be abuzz with family-friendly activities each day Mon-Thurs from 11am-12pm. The CHC is proud to receive the support of community volunteers who will be leading a variety of workshops including yoga, dance workouts, creative snack-making, storytimes, and even smoothies! Some volunteers are from a local…