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AmeriCorps Week 2013 Blog Series – Community Meal

AmeriCorps Week 2013 Blog Series – Community Meal

AmeriCorps Week 2013 took place from March 9th to March 17th. Several of our HealthCorps Navigators have agreed to write about their experiences, starting with Pat Wildes. When our group of HealthCorps Navigators first sat down in the fall to discuss plans for AmeriCorps Week, we quickly decided that we wanted to focus our efforts on Connecticut’s homeless population. Using several of CHC’s WYA (Wherever You Are) Healthcare for the Homeless locations as a starting point, we set out to…

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Registered Dietitian Profile – Heather Peracchio

Registered Dietitian Profile – Heather Peracchio

March is National Nutrition Month. To celebrate, we’ll be posting profiles of all of CHC’s fantastic Registered Dietitians. First up, Heather Peracchio! –          What inspired you to become a Registered Dietitian? I’ve always enjoyed science, math, healthcare, cooking and grocery shopping.  In college I learned that by becoming a Registered Dietitian I could combine my love for all of those things! –          What’s your favorite food? Tomato, fresh mozzarella and basil –          Can you briefly describe your favorite recipe? Slow cooker lentil…

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Press Release: AmeriCorps Week 2013!

Press Release: AmeriCorps Week 2013!

Written by Eliza Cole AmeriCorps Week 2013 Shines Spotlight on Community Service MIDDLETOWN, CT (March 6, 2013): Community Health Center Inc.’s HealthCorps Navigators will honor National AmeriCorps Week, March 9-17, with service projects focused on helping the homeless and near homeless in communities across Connecticut. Over the course of the week Navigators will host events in several of the communities CHC serves. The theme for this year’s program, “Wherever You Are, AmeriCorps Works,” follows the national theme of AmeriCorps Week…

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Project ECHO – Pain Management

Project ECHO – Pain Management

Over 116 million Americans suffer from chronic pain and over 50% of those will seek care from a primary care provider. Considering the frequency and severity of chronic pain in our population, we at the Community Health Center, Inc. are proud to announce that Project ECHO Pain Management recently got underway. Our team at CHC has joined forces with the Integrative Pain Center of Arizona in making this incredibly important program a reality. The weekly telemedicine conferences bring behavioral health…

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HealthCorps Navigator Profile – Pat Wildes

HealthCorps Navigator Profile – Pat Wildes

 Meet Pat Wildes, a HealthCorps Navigator serving in the Communications Department at CHC, Inc.! –          Can you tell us a bit about your educational background? I majored in Government at Skidmore College, and I’ll be attending law school next year. –          What about joining CHC most excites you? The opportunity to engage in community service and outreach with people who share a similar passion for volunteering. –          If not seeing patients/serving at CHC you would rather be _____________? Playing professional…

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CHC Staff Collaborate on Article in American Journal of Preventive Medicine

CHC Staff Collaborate on Article in American Journal of Preventive Medicine

CHC, Inc. is proud to announce that our very own Jayme Hannay, MPH, PhD, Robert W. Dudley, MD, MEd, and Paula K. Leibovitz, MS, RD, CDE recently published an article in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM). The article is titled Combining Photovoice and Focus Groups: Engaging Latina Teens in Community Assessment, and it discusses ways to tackle female childhood obesity in the Latin American population of New Britain. Stephanie Milan, PhD, an Associate Professor in UConn’s Department of…

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