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Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo
In the rural desert of southeast California’s Imperial County, one in five children are affected by asthma—a percentage higher than the national average. Thankfully, the community is home to Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo. Clinicas’ mission is to improve the health and well-being of Imperial and East Riverside counties by providing direct access to affordable, comprehensive, quality primary and preventive health care for high-risk and underserved residents, all in a manner consistent with their dignity and identity. Recognizing a community need, Vesper Society supported Clinicas in starting a comprehensive pediatric asthma program that includes asthma education, environmental assessments and remediation, chronic care coordination, and home visits by Community Health Workers or “Promotoras.” Vesper’s funding support allowed Clinicas to continue their important work improving the health and well-being of Imperial and East Riverside Counties and enabled them to tackle the very important issue of pediatric asthma in the community. Click here to read a summary of the Respira Sano Asthma Toolkit they developed and that is available for distribution. In August 2015, with Vesper’s support, Clinicas is developing telemedicine services, especially as part of their new integrated behavioral health... Read More
La Clinica de La Raza
Some communities lack the resources, infrastructure, and clout they need to thrive. This can deprive youth and families of basic health and well-being simply because of where they live. So when La Clínica de La Raza recognized the need for a behavioral health program at their Oakley clinic and for a school-based health center at an Oakland middle school, Vesper Society supported the efforts. La Clínica Oakley opened in December 2011, as a 20-hour per week “satellite” health center to serve East Contra Costa County residents who lack access to affordable medical care. With support from Vesper Society, La Clínica Oakley hired its first behavioral health clinician. The clinician provides crisis intervention, assessments, and brief treatment to clients and their families. Patients can receive referrals to community resources, and Spanish-speaking patients can attend group visits for anxiety and depression. Partially as a result of La Clínica Oakley’s extended services, they now operate full time! In East Oakland, many students have a disproportionate risk of community violence exposure and experience multiple stressors, all of which contribute to anxiety, depression, and unhealthy coping behaviors. Forty-four percent of students report violence in their school by grade seven, 28 percent of students report feeling hopeless, and 19 percent report considering suicide in the past year. With support from Vesper Society, La Clínica is expanding its capacity to provide behavioral health services to students in East Oakland at the Havenscourt Health Center (HHC), a school-based health center that serves students at two public middle and high schools. The new services will include assessments, brief treatment, counseling, case management, and group sessions at no cost to students or families. La Clínica de La Raza’s mission is to improve the quality of life of the diverse communities they serve by providing culturally appropriate, high-quality, and accessible... Read More