Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health

Anniversary Alert! As part of our CHroniCles feature on community health center anniversaries, highlighting each center's unique founding story and dedicated years of service, today we recognize Charles River Community Health, celebrating 50 years! Read about this community health center milestone anniversary at https://lnkd.in/eS5UKUSu and learn more about the organization by visiting their CHroniCles profile: https://lnkd.in/ehSerPba Does your CHC, or one in your community, have a milestone anniversary coming up? Please let us know at geigergibson@gwu.edu, so that we can feature it!

This week for #ThrowbackThursday and in honor of #PrideMonth2024 we highlight a past story discussing the provision of culturally competent LGBTQ+ care at Community Healthcare Network. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/eH3Pw2QS

As health centers and communities respond to crises in maternal health outcomes, the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health partnered with the Episcopal Health Foundation to explore how the Texas Medicaid managed care program addresses key aspects of maternity care. Building on a prior study undertaken with support of The Commonwealth Fund, the Geiger Gibson team conducted an extensive review of Texas' standard managed care contracts and contractual requirements related to maternity care. Following the contract review, a focus group conducted in collaboration with the Texas Association of Community Health Centers (TACHC) discussed challenges and prospects for strengthening maternity care and explored health center knowledge of and interest in new maternity payment approaches. With widening disparities affecting Texas' underserved communities - including low-income families and families of color - the Medicaid managed care has emerged as a powerful tool for improving maternal and infant health. The team's final report, Opportunities for Strengthening Maternal and Infant Health in Texas’ Medicaid Managed Care Environment, features the findings of the in-depth contract analyses and focus group, and highlights opportunities to improve community health center maternity care capacity and access. Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/eUGpg5_Y

Anniversary Alert! As part of our CHroniCles feature on community health center anniversaries, highlighting each center's unique founding story and dedicated years of service, today we recognize Ampla Health, celebrating 60 years, and CareSTL Health, celebrating 55 years! Read about these community health center milestone anniversaries at https://lnkd.in/eRTR6nPu and https://lnkd.in/eM-teT3j and learn more about the organizations by visiting their CHroniCles profiles: Ampla Health, https://lnkd.in/ePwwp5Ng and CareSTL Health https://lnkd.in/ea26pPuu. Does your CHC, or one in your community, have a milestone anniversary coming up? Please let us know at geigergibson@gwu.edu, so that we can feature it!

Two years after the Dobbs decision, read about how health centers are doing in a blog authored by Geiger Gibson researchers, with support from The Commonwealth Fund: https://lnkd.in/gr-e2ug6

In a new blog on The Commonwealth Fund’s To the Point, the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health examines the challenges experienced by community health centers following the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision In  Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.  With support of the Commonwealth Fund, our team conducted focus groups with staff from CHCs and state primary care associations in 15 states including 11 that have restricted abortion access and four adjacent states. We found a system under duress, with many providers reeling from the compounding effects of Dobbs, Medicaid unwinding, and resource, capacity and workforce constraints driven by local and national changes in the delivery of health care services. Our blog underscores the importance of community health centers in providing essential maternal and reproductive health care services, and the need for predictable funding and enhanced federal support to meet the increasing demand for a wider scope of high-quality maternal and reproductive health services in medically underserved areas. Read “Stressors Stack Up on Essential Maternity Providers — Community Health Centers Need Support in a Post-Dobbs World" at https://lnkd.in/erbpYMAk

This week for #ThrowbackThursday and in honor of #PTSDAwarenessMonth, we highlight a past story, Empathy in Practice, which discusses working with patients coping with traumatic events, with a focus on Asian Health Services. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/eehsUsgS

This week for #ThrowbackThursday we highlight our past series on community health workers. Learn a bit about the role of CHWs in these interviews with Mariposa Community Health Center in AZ, St. John's Community Health in CA, & Northwest Regional Primary Care Association in WA! https://lnkd.in/ezAipcya

In a new blog on The Commonwealth Fund’s To the Point, the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health examines the challenges experienced by community health centers following the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision In  Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.  With support of the Commonwealth Fund, our team conducted focus groups with staff from CHCs and state primary care associations in 15 states including 11 that have restricted abortion access and four adjacent states. We found a system under duress, with many providers reeling from the compounding effects of Dobbs, Medicaid unwinding, and resource, capacity and workforce constraints driven by local and national changes in the delivery of health care services. Our blog underscores the importance of community health centers in providing essential maternal and reproductive health care services, and the need for predictable funding and enhanced federal support to meet the increasing demand for a wider scope of high-quality maternal and reproductive health services in medically underserved areas. Read “Stressors Stack Up on Essential Maternity Providers — Community Health Centers Need Support in a Post-Dobbs World" at https://lnkd.in/erbpYMAk

Anniversary Alert! We're kicking off a new CHroniCles feature on community health center anniversaries, highlighting each center's unique founding story and dedicated years of service. Today we're recognizing Asian Health Services (CA), celebrating 50 years, and the Jane Pauley Community Health Center (IN), celebrating 15 years! Read about these community health center milestone anniversaries at  https://lnkd.in/epT9MVrt  and  https://lnkd.in/ebHQaaxY    and learn more about the organizations by visiting their CHroniCles profiles: Asian Health Services, https://lnkd.in/e_i3-bEc and The Jane Pauley Community Health Center https://lnkd.in/emyedSKE. Does your CHC, or one in your community, have a milestone anniversary coming up? Please let us know at geigergibson@gwu.edu, so that we can feature it!