Hawaii Primary Care Association

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📣This is our first large-scale community distribution of at-home test kits. If you reside in the 96792 zip code and would like free at-home test kits, please register in the link in our bio. Space is limited. For this distribution, you do not need to be patients of the health center. If you are patients of ours and reside outside of the 96792 zip code, we promise to have more distribution opportunities for you in the following weeks.

It’s been a challenging year, but we’re starting to turn the tide on this . It takes every one of us, doing our part, to defeat this virus. Let’s get back to the friends, family, and events we enjoy. Find a vaccine location near you!

Dear Molokai residents getting your vaccine shots at MCHC: our Team is getting your CDC cards prepped...as a Travel Passport ✈️⛅️💯.

Our CDC travel pocket card cases are complimentary and will be provided at the completion of your vaccine along with your card. 💚✅

Made possible in partnership with . Thank you for all you to do to support our community 💚

It's good to ask questions about your health, including questions you may have about COVID-19 vaccines. Learn more about how the vaccines can help protect you, your family, and your community.

https://hawaiicovid19.com/vaccine-faqs/

Vaccine FAQs Vaccine FAQs Review the most-asked questions about the COVID-19 vaccine in Hawai'i. Vaccine Overview Registration Face Mask Info

Congratulations to our friends at Hamakua-Kohala Health, as they expand to meet the growing needs of their community!

HAMAKUA-KOHALA HEALTH BUYS KOHALA CLUB:
http://ow.ly/fiyU50DYDy3?

Join us this Friday, February 19th, at the Molokaʻi Community Health Center for farm fresh fruits and vegetables available for pick up! We are grateful to our neighbor island partners for helping our community in expanding affordable, fresh food options for all 💚
The drive-thru pickup will be held between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. While supplies last!

So very proud of our partners at Lāna'i Community Health Center for all they've done during the COVID19 pandemic, and for how they've responded to the recent rise in cases on the island.

A great reminder to always be vigilant 👇🏽

Check out some of the real life stories from our COVID-positive community members on how they may have contracted the virus!

Just one of the many reasons we are grateful for our HPCA member health centers, as they work vigilantly to keep Hawai'i communities and families safe during this pandemic. Mahalo nui.

Community Health Centers Are Invaluable In The Fight Against The Coronavirus Pandemic Anand Parekh, chief medical advisor for the Bipartisan Policy Center, explores how community health centers have been successfully fighting the Covid-19 pandemic in underserved communities.

As we begin National Health Center Week 2020, we want to thank and honor our Community Health Center members, without whom we would not be able to fulfill our mission of improving the health of Hawai’i communities. They have always been guiding lights for us, demonstrating the compassion and innovation to provide quality healthcare from Kaua‘i to Ka‘ū. We appreciate all they’ve done to improve the lives of all Hawai‘i’s people, and we’re proud to work with them in the future. Mahalo nui to all.

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The Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center wants to take the message of “I Wear My Mask in Public for Three Reasons” into our community, businesses and our clinics, but we want our community to help design posters using the wording in the message. Please help us design a poster so we can educate our community on taking care of each other.

GUIDELINES:
• One poster will be selected for a $100 prize in each of these six age categories: Age 7-12; Age 13-18; Age 19-30; Age 31-45; Age 46-60; Age 61 and over.

• Limit one entry per person.

• Open to Waianae Coast residents only.

• Submit poster design (photo or scanned) to [email protected] by 5pm on August 17, 2020 and include the following information in the email:
Name and Age of artist:
Phone Number and Address:

• Winning posters will be selected, artists notified, and $100 awards made available by August 28, 2020.

Visit wcchc.com/community/contest for official rules & details.

Another way that Community Health Centers continue to innovate in how they care for our communities. 👍🏼🤙🏼👏🏼

Health center gets grant to redeploy its dental team to help tackle COVID-19 in Kalihi “This redeployment has not only given us a broader perspective but has also prevented the need for staff furloughs and layoffs.”

Such an important partnership between health centers and the community to help keep everyone safe and healthy. Mahalo, Mayor Kirk Caldwell!

STATEMENT FROM ROBERT HIROKAWA, CEO, AND CHERYL VASCONCELLOS, BOARD CHAIR

The Hawai‘i Primary Care Association, and its community health center members, share in the pain and anguish over the myriad injustices that have torn our communities apart for decades, injustices which now have names and faces we cannot forget. George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice; names on a seemingly endless, tragic list that should never be.

We share in the grief over lives lost, and in the anger at our collective inability to learn deep and thoughtful lessons about our shared history.

Vital to learning those lessons is fearlessly speaking our truths, and here now is an inconvenient truth about our country: people of color have been systematically oppressed and harmed with impunity for years. Beyond the terrifying and horrific physical violence is a structural violence in our society that is evident in every statistic and in every data point you can measure. This structural violence is why people of color have less accumulated wealth, less access to education and housing and healthcare, and less safety in their own homes. It’s why they live shorter, poorer, and sicker lives. It is the root cause of every disparity that plagues us.

The cities and towns where our health centers operate have been called ‘underserved’ and ‘vulnerable’ communities, because they are often made up of poor minorities. But they have been made vulnerable and underserved, made unequal by design, the consequence of policies that favor one class of people over another.

For over thirty years, we have done more than simply stand with those who work and fight for social equity and justice; we have worked and fought right beside them, on the front lines in our communities, increasing access to fresh healthy foods, creating economic opportunity for minority populations, forging educational partnerships, and transforming how health care is delivered to all, regardless of their ethnicity, orientation, age, or insurance status.

We have long believed that health is everything, and it is the guiding principle on which we endeavor to fulfill our mission.

We can never go back to a period before this tumult, we can never erase the physical, mental, and emotional scars of this time. These tragic events have opened the eyes of the entire world to the structural flaws in our society.

To move forward, we implore policymakers to treat all of their constituents with equal measures of fairness and opportunity, to recognize the injustice of always asking more from those who have always had so much less. We challenge ourselves and all who work with us to behave more collectively and to speak truths more clearly, to learn and grow together.

United, we will do the hard work of rebuilding a more just, more equitable, and thriving society. HPCA and its health centers will continue cultivating communities that nurture and inspire, fostering communities that are safe, healthy, and prosperous. We remain committed to this work, reflected by the diversity of our communities, our partners, and our futures, and we ask you to join this mission with us.

Heads up, Kalihi. Testing available for at risk groups and those with symptoms.

We care about you. Kokua Kalihi Valley is hosting community COVID-19 testing in Kalihi this Saturday from 9am to 1pm. If you were exposed to COVID-19, or have frequent close contact with others at work or at home, come get tested. The test is safe and helps protect you , the people you love and helps gauge the health of the valley. Please call KKV at (808) 791-9410 or (808) 791-9488 for more info. Supported provided by Premier Medical Group and Every1ne Hawaii.

"We’ve all witnessed what’s possible when our people and communities work together, when we recognize that both our fragility and our strength rest in our interconnectedness."

Strengthening Our Primary Health Care Infrastructure Is Essential Resiliency will depend on our ability to leave our silos and work together toward a better Hawaii.

True dat.

Today is the first day of Nurses Week, and we're so grateful to the spectacular nurses in the WHCHC 'ohana. Mahalo nui loa nurses!

Tag a nurse in the comments!

Know a nurse? Take a moment today to send them some love and appreciation for all they do to care for their patients and our community, especially during the COVID-19 response.

Mahalo to our friends at Wahiawā Health for their swift action to protect the wellbeing of patients, staff, and the community.

Beginning today, April 15, we are temporarily closing Wahiawā Health in an effort to stop any potential spread of COVID-19. To date, three Wahiawā Health employees have tested positive for COVID-19 and are currently at home in quarantine. All Wahiawā Health employees are being tested for COVID-19 and will be quarantined until tests results are provided. Our goal is to act quickly to contain the spread of further illness and protect our employees, patients and the community. Thank you for your support during these challenging times. Please see the attached flyer for more information.

While physically getting to an appointment with your provider may be challenging at this time, the primary and behavioral health care you need is critically important. To ensure that you’re still able to receive the care you need, Hawaii CHCs offer a wide range of telehealth options. Please contact your Community Health Center directly for more information on arranging a telehealth visit.

These are the things that show how vital Community Health Centers are. Mahalo to all the partners, supporters, and generous donors who are doing things both big and small to help keep our health centers functioning safely so they can provide care to everyone.

When people ask what makes health centers different, it's this: how the work they do and the people they care for create an unbreakable bond of community.

This is what leadership looks like: continuing to provide essential services to our communities when times are the most challenging. Waianae residents, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center is there for you now more than ever. ✊🏽

We understand this is a very difficult time for everyone.

Our WCCHC Patient Assistance Services is here to assist you with applying for:
• Medical Insurance
• Financial Assistance
• SNAP Benefits
• Sliding Fee Scale

📞Call us at 808-697-3405.