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The Medical Staff at the HealthFirst Family Care Center often invite representatives of community-based organizations to their staff meetings to provide information about community resources that can assist them in working with their patients. On August 18, 2016 two staff members from Stanley Street Treatment and Resources' (SSTAR) Project AWARE talked about their P4C HIV prevention project, and Partners for a Healthier Community Executive Director Dr. David Weed presented a short PowerPoint program about Partners' collaborative work. SSTAR Social Worker Patricia Garber and Project AWARE staff member Willie Cabral talked about the Partners for Change (P4C) grant that aims to improve HIV services and increase the number of patients who know their HIV status by offering routine testing. Dr. Weed's session was designed to help the staff better understand the scope of collaborative efforts in which Partners is involved and to ask questions about projects such as Family Fun Nights, the Greater Fall River Fitness Challenge and education about low-carbohydrate diets that Partners offers. Click here for a 36-minute video of a similar presentation given to the staff of Mayor Jasiel Correia II For more information about the SSTAR P4C project, contact Patricia Garber at 508-679-5222, Ext. 3109, and for information about Partners contact Dr. Weed at 508-837-9029. (Most photos below courtesy of Jim Hodson) |
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(Top row)
SSTAR Social Worker Pattie Garber and Integrated Counseling Testing and
Referral Specialist Willie Cabral describe the the Partners for
Change (P4C) project and discuss how the medical staff can collaborate
in the effort to identify persons who are HIV positive. (Row two) Family
Nurse Practitioners James Hodson and Kristen Meiggs,
and Physician Gloria
Mercado listen as Medical Director Christoph Sahar, MD, FAAFP poses some
questions of Dr. Weed. (Row three) Dr. Weed describes the variety of
health promotion projects in which Partners and its staff are involved.
(Bottom two rows) As staff look over the 2015-2016
Action Plan Summary, Dr. Weed talks about the different aspects of Partners
goals to address health concerns in Greater Fall River.
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