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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!
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
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
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
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 [...]
Heartland Health Centers Moving Forward on Dental Care
April 11th, 2013
In case you missed the February 27th Chicago Tribune article, or are otherwise unaware, it seems clear that the state of dental care in the Chicago area is depressingly poor and getting worse for the most marginalized people in our communities. According to a recent white paper from the Chicago Den[...]
