by u3hpe | Mar 23, 2021 | Advocacy, Community
In Connecticut, both asthma and housing are serious issues. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data estimates that Connecticut has the second highest childhood asthma rate in the nation. In 2018, nearly one out of every 10 children in the state had asthma....
by u3hpe | Mar 19, 2021 | Advocacy, Community, Event, In the News
Fair Haven Community Health Care was a center of community activism this past Saturday, as 200 plus local volunteers gathered to begin the daunting task of knocking on every door in Fair Haven- all 5,842 of them – to help educate about neighbors and provide...
by u3hpe | Jan 20, 2021 | Advocacy, Community, In the News
In the grip of a pandemic: What would Dr. King say? Our CEO Dr. Sue Lagarde reflected on this question in her Op-ed published earlier this week. In her article, Dr. Lagarde discussed the current challenges we face as a state and as a nation in the COVID-19 vaccine...
by u3hpe | Sep 29, 2020 | Advocacy, Community, In the News
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Looking for a safe way to get back into exercising during COIVD? Want something fun (and free!) to do with the family? Want a chance to ask a provider a medical question? Come join us this Saturday, 10/3/20 at 9am for a...
by u3hpe | Sep 10, 2020 | Advocacy, Community, In the News
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]FHCHC is happy to share with you another article written by one of our family medicine practitioners, Dr. Mellisa Pensa. Dr. Pensa wrote an op-ed in the New London Day, titled “More towns should declare racism a public health...
by u3hpe | Sep 10, 2020 | Advocacy, Community, In the News
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We are proud to share with you Dr. Marybeth Ellison’s op-ed in the New Haven Register. She writes about her work in our Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics clinic at FHCHC, and argues for the importance of expanding programs...
