Strengthening Oropharyngeal Cancer Screening in Dental Settings
Strengthening Oropharyngeal Cancer Screening in Dental Settings Tuesday, April 7, 2026 Slides | Recording Oropharyngeal cancer poses a growing health risk, particularly for individuals living in medically underserved communities. This national webinar, presented by the National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH) and the National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA), highlighted best practices for integrating […]
Tobacco Use and Cancer Prevention for People with Disabilities
Tobacco Use and Cancer Prevention for People with Disabilities Thursday, April 9, 2026 Thursday, April 16, 2026 Thursday, April 23, 2026 Thursday, April 30, 2026 Session #1: Slides | Recording Session #2: Slides | Recording Session #3: Slides | Recording Session #4: Slides | Recording As cigarette smohttps://youtu.be/qD3fhlFv7yIking continues to remain the leading preventable cause of death in the United States […]
History of Health Centers
Health centers in the United States began providing care to the underserved in the mid. 1960s. Two leading advocates, H. Jack Geiger and Count D. Gibson, Jr, founded the first health center, American Community Health Center, more than half a century ago. Before health centers began caring for the underserved, low-income, and uninsured, people went […]
What We Do
Our Mission: NCHPH provides training and technical assistance to strengthen the capacity of federally-funded health centers to increase access to health care, eliminate health disparities, and enhance health care delivery for the millions of residents of public and assisted housing. The goal is to increase the capacity and improve the performance of HRSA supported health […]
Training and Events
NCHPH’s training and events are structured to empower health center professionals and community-based organizations that support and serve over 2.1 million residents in public and assisted housing nationwide. Over 5 million medically underserved residents who live in or immediately accessible to public housing developments are often underserved by the broader communities in which they live, […]