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From Catherine Kateley-Williams, NHC Behavioral Health Program Manager Although the mind and body are often viewed as separate, they are closely related. Health is comprehensive – our physical and mental health work together in our bodies, impacting and shifting one another.  While physical health and illnesses can be visible and thus easier to diagnose, mental…

From Jeri Weeks, CEO of Neighborhood Health Center Next week marks the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 – October 15. This month-long celebration honors the cultures, histories, and diversity of the Hispanic and Latino community. At Neighborhood Health Center (NHC), we are very proud to serve the Portland Metro Hispanic…

Healthcare is a team effort, and effective teamwork can immediately and positively promote healthier patient outcomes. As healthcare has evolved towards a coordinated, patient-centered approach, patient “care teams” at NHC work together to provide collaborative and integrative care. The care team staff that provide your coordinated, quality care includes providers and clinical pharmacists, as well…

Tove Silver is a nurse practitioner at Neighborhood Health Center, specializing in sexual health. Fluent in English and Spanish, Tove provides primary care and sexual health services at NHC’s Hillsboro and Tanasbourne clinics. Tove is passionate about health equity and accessibility. We asked her to share more about PrEP, including who should think about taking…

Yesenia Olvera Campuzano began her career at NHC in the call center answering patient calls and now works as a Community Health Worker in the grant-funded infectious disease Wraparound Services Program, helping at-risk community members affected by the pandemic meet their basic needs while quarantined. Yesi’s story is one of growth, compassion, and a devotion…

Alexsia Lozano, a Community Dental Assistant at NHC, found herself taking on a new job description at the beginning of the public health emergency: daycare coordinator.  In March of 2020, as NHC’s dental clinics temporarily closed for the safety of our patients and staff, our dental teams opened a daycare service for frontline medical staff…

Over 500 million doses of the respiratory virus vaccine have been administered in the United States since January 2021 and have been credited with saving millions of lives. However, many across the country are still hesitant to get the vaccine or decline it entirely. If you are still trying to decide whether or not to…

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a respiratory virus outbreak. None of us could have predicted what this would mean for our communities, our businesses, or our own families. Over the last two years, we have lost nearly one million Americans. We’ve also lost our naivety. The country has seen its fault lines…

“My husband lost his job and we lost our health insurance. I was talking to a friend about symptoms I’d been having for over a year and how none of the doctors I’d seen prior to losing our insurance believed something was wrong with me. She suggested I go to Neighborhood Health Center (NHC) because…

Lack of transportation, the inability to take time off work and not knowing how or where to access care are all factors that can make it difficult for many in our community to come into a doctor’s office to receive care. This is especially true for historically marginalized populations. To help address and overcome these barriers,…

Beauty from Ashes: Paul and Amy’s story Uche Nwizu, a Clinical Pharmacist with NHC, provides care for a couple with several chronic conditions. Amy* has hypertension and schizophrenia and her husband Paul* has diabetes, liver cirrhosis, and bipolar disorder. Uche has been helping Amy and Paul manage their health for two years. Uche also supports…

You know that stuff that’s hard to talk about? Things like mental health, sexual health and other sensitive health-related topics? Talking about these things and more is easier than you think: All you have to do is ask. That’s the message NHC wants students to take away from a series of engaging videos highlighting the health…