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Mission Statement
To provide
educational resources for the development, support and expansion of
primary care learning experiences with emphasis on family medicine, community health and culturally
competent care, and a special focus on underserved and vulnerable
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Current Happenings...
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National Health Center
Week
National Health Center Week 2008 (August 10 – 16), is a
national campaign dedicated to recognizing the service and
contributions of America’s Community Health Centers.
"America's Health Centers: Home of America's Health Care Heroes"
is the theme for National Health Center Week 2008. The special
focus for this year’s National Health Center Week (NHCW)
is a new health center plan to create more health care homes in
the future for the medically underserved and to honor the health
care “heroes” working at existing health centers today. Also,
for the first time ever, NHCW sets aside two days to focus on
special populations who are often left outside of the mainstream
health care system. Health Care for the Homeless Day will be
observed on Wednesday, August 13th, and Farmworker Health Day
will be observed on Thursday, August 14th, 2008.
For more about the ACCESS for All America plan visit
www.nachc.com.
For more information about National Health Center Week visit
www.healthcenterweek.org.
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National Immunization
Awareness Month
August is
recognized as National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). The
goal of NIAM is to increase awareness about immunizations across
the life span, from infants to the elderly.
August is the perfect time to remind family, friends,
co-workers, and those in the community to catch up on their
vaccinations. Parents are enrolling their children in school,
students are entering college, and healthcare workers are
preparing for the upcoming flu season.
For resources and more information, visit
www.cdc.gov/vaccines.
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Midwestern University Named
to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor
Roll!!!
Midwestern University has been named to the President’s Higher
Education Community Service Honor Roll “With Distinction” for
the 2006-07 academic year. The President’s Higher Education
Community Service Honor Roll acknowledges colleges and
universities all over the country that support innovative and
effective community service and service-learning programs. The
President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll is the
highest federal recognition a college or university can be given
for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic
engagement. For more information about the Honor Roll please
visit
http://www.learnandserve.gov/about/programs/higher_ed_honorroll.asp
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A Letter From the Program Director
Rajesh Parikh, MD, MPH
Director, CHRC Welcome to the Community Health Resource Center (CHRC)
web site. With grant support from the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), the Department of Family Medicine in Midwestern
University’s Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, in collaboration
with the Illinois Area Health Education Center Program (AHEC), has
created a diverse selection of materials focusing on community
health, cultural competency, and care for the medically underserved populations. The resource center offers support to our
faculty for curriculum development and serves as a tool for
disseminating our curriculum to preceptors.
We recognize the
unique challenges involved in practicing and teaching in medically
underserved areas. The CHRC provides resources to assist clinicians in
this mission. In our curriculum, we actively promote the development of
skills necessary to work with culturally diverse patient populations.
The
major goals of the CHRC are to support our community partners, expand
community-oriented primary care, and teach our students to provide care in a culturally competent
manner.
Please feel free to contact us with your comments and
suggestions at CHRC@midwestern.edu.
Sincerely,
Rajesh Parikh, MD, MPH
Director, CHRC
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