Individuals who identify as LGBT often have trouble accessing healthcare and some are even refused care because of how they identify. Even more individuals don’t seek care due to fear of discrimination from medical providers. In the past year, Family First Health has taken steps to improve primary care for LGBT individuals and is planning on offering hormone therapy in the near future.
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York College students, as part of the Public Relations Student Society of America’s 2017 Bateman Case Study Competition, worked closely with Family First Health and other local organizations to provide outreach to the Hispanic Community in York. The student group focused on the mental health needs of individuals and developed a social media campaign for outreach.
Should you enroll in 2017 health insurance plans on the federal marketplace?
That’s the post-election question.
Family First Health certified application counselors Tammy Wampler and Arlene Feliciano walked through the process of helping consumes navigate enrollment, and what to know for 2017.
About 13 percent of York County residents with HIV don’t know they’re infected with the virus, according to estimates from Family First Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
We spoke with the York Dispatch on why everyone should get tested, and why bringing awareness to the spread of HIV is still important.
When it comes to teen birth rates, where you live matters.
A November report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows U.S. teen births nationwide dropped 9 percent between 2007 and 2015 to their lowest point in history — 22.3 births per 1,000 females — from 41.5, but there are large disparities when it comes to geographic regions.
“We are gaining a better understanding of the nuances that impact rates of teen pregnancy, along with many other health indicators, and those are largely linked to social determinants of health,” said Family First Health CEO Jenny Englerth.
About 5,800 new Pennsylvanians will get the news this month that they have a chronic illness that’s treatable but not curable.
“Ideally preventative care is going to help identify those risk factors for chronic illness early on before that’s even able to materialize,” Family First Health CEO Jenny Englerth shared in a recent article from the York Dispatch. “Focusing on children and adults through healthy eating, exercise, immunizations — all those things position people to prevent progression of that illness.”
How important is family support for an individual who identifies as LGBTQ? It may seem like an usual focus for a primary care practice — but as providers, we understand that a friend, parent or other family member can play a crucial role in how accepted an individual feels when he or she comes out.
Our program manager for Caring Together, Shannon McElroy, spoke with AARP on how parents and grandparents of LGBTQ individuals can educate themselves and provide support for their child or grandchild.
The reason people who die from overdose after being clean for a period of time is rooted in biochemistry, said Dr. Debra Bell, director of clinical quality improvement for Family First Health.
A person becomes dependent on heroin, or other drugs or other things that aren’t drugs, because of how that stimulus works on the brain, Bell said. Other things, like exercise, work in a similar way.
“There are parts of the brain that will be triggered in different ways to create a dependency for anything,” Bell said.
York-based Family First Health has opened its first Lancaster County practice.
The primary and mental health care provider, which serves many low-income people and families, now has a location in Columbia at 369 Locust St. The office started seeing patients last week.
Family First Health – Columbia Center marks the organization’s sixth location. Family First’s other locations are spread between York and Adams counties.
Family First has been seeing more than 500 patients from Columbia and surrounding boroughs for many years, but the patients were traveling to York for services, according to CEO Jenny Englerth.
