Community Health Programs
- Anti-Violence Programming
- Asthma Clinic
- Building Vibrant Communities
- Cancer Survivorship Primary Care Clinic
- Cardiovascular Community Outreach Program
- Centering Pregnancy Program
- Community Outreach and Education Services:
- DecisionArts
- Defending Childhood Program
- Enabling Services/Social Services in the Community
- HIV Prevention
- Pediatric Healthy Weight Clinic
- Pharmacy Benefit Program
- Post Prison Release / Re-Entry Program
- Prescription For Health
- Public Housing Primary Care
- Refugee Health Assessment Clinic
- Screening Services for Developmental Disabilities
- The Boston Health Equity Program
- Trauma Services/PTSD treatment and support
- Veteran’s Clinic
- Whittier Youth Services Enrichment (WYSE) Program
Cardiovascular Community Outreach Program
Thanks to the AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation’s Connections for Cardiovascular Health grant program, Whittier Street Health Center designed and implemented its Cardiovascular Community Health Ambassador (CCHA) program in 2011 to provide health education, screening, and support to residents in the communities we serve. The program hires and trains patients who have demonstrated good compliance with their health to be Health Ambassadors, providing peer support and education to residents and patients. The CCHA program has improved cardiovascular health among minorities within our service area by providing comprehensive chronic care to residents who may otherwise have gone untreated.
The program continues today and is devoted to identifying new cases of hypertension, while also providing up-to-date, quality care to returning patients with cardiovascular diseases. We offer English and Spanish cardiovascular health classes onsite, health screenings in the community, and primary care for individuals diagnosed with hypertension or heart disease.
To learn more about the program, please call our Cardiovascular Clinical Case Manager at 617-989-3197.
