In a new video, NACHC tells the 60-year history of Community Health Centers. Health centers have their roots in the Civil Rights Movement and the War on Poverty. They were founded by visionary community activists and reform-minded physicians who believed that we could fight poverty and empower communities with health and opportunity.
Today health equity remains a top priority for our country. Health centers improve the health and well-being of underserved communities while empowering people to become actively involved in solving issues unique to their needs and communities. Health centers are innovators, healers, and problem solvers that reach beyond the walls of the conventional health care delivery system to prevent illness and address the social drivers that may cause poor health – diet, nutrition, mental illness, or homelessness.
Health centers work in partnership with health care payers, entire health care systems, the private sector, and the government on all levels to address and respond to the critical public health crises of our time. To learn more health center history, visit the Chronicles website: https://www.chcchronicles.org/