Electronic Nicotine Delivery Services (ENDS) and COVID-19
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Services (ENDS) and COVID-19 Wednesday, September 7, 2022 Slides | Recording Misinformation and disinformation related to COVID-19 and electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) are increasing. Some of this may stem from early reports suggesting a lower risk of severe COVID-19 in nicotine users. In this webinar hosted by NCHPH, participants reviewed the […]
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, […]
Technical Assistance
NCHPH provides training and technical assistance to enhance the capacity of PHPC health centers and other health centers that want to provide primary care to residents of public housing, with the goal of assisting health centers in meeting program requirements, improving performance, and supporting program development and analysis. NCHPH executes four capacity-building strategies: Needs Identification: NCHPH […]