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HHC-Uplift Recognizes Long-standing Support from Cubs Care, a McCormick Foundation Fund.

HHC-Uplift Recognizes Long-standing Support from Cubs Care, a McCormick Foundation Fund.

May 22nd, 2013

On May 1st, 2013, Heartland Health Centers (HHC) received a $10,000 award from Cubs Care to support operations of our school based health center at Uplift Community High School in Uptown. HHC- Uplift has been fortunate enough to receive this award for many years, even before HHC assumed sponsorship [...]

Advocacy Day – April 11th 2013

Advocacy Day – April 11th 2013

May 15th, 2013

We left Uplift Community High School at 5:30 am that Thursday morning, a bus full of thirty Uplift High students and six Roosevelt High School health club members. We headed out on the 4 hour bus ride to Springfield IL. I don’t think the students or staff truly had any idea what we were really gett[...]

Welcome to Heartland Pediatric Center-Lakeview!

Welcome to Heartland Pediatric Center-Lakeview!

May 8th, 2013

Greetings Moms and Dads! With new additions to the family, changes always follow. Whether it is setting new goals, perhaps to spend more time with family, the only thing that is constant is CHANGE. New Office Hours Our office hours include one evening session which should offer some convenien[...]

Get Your Self Tested

Get Your Self Tested

May 1st, 2013

April was Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Awareness Month, so I wanted to take this time to talk a little bit about different STDs, how to get tested for them and most importantly, how to avoid getting these diseases. Working at a school-based health center, I perform a lot of STD testing, som[...]

AmeriCorps Member Takes Action  for Students with Poor Vision

AmeriCorps Member Takes Action for Students with Poor Vision

April 24th, 2013

Terry Donovan, physician assistant, and Carol Hammell, registered nurse, routinely perform vision screenings at Heartland Health Center-Senn for students at co-located Rickover Naval Academy and Senn High School. Not long ago AmeriCorps member Jacki Pfeifer heard the providers talking about how comm[...]

Tuberculosis Awareness

Tuberculosis Awareness

April 17th, 2013

March 24 of each year is designated World TB Day to mark the anniversary of the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) as the cause of tuberculosis (TB). There is a widespread perception that TB is a disease of the past and that TB is no longer a concern in the US. In fact, TB remains a huge [...]