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Champions in the Barrio:
A Star-Studded Celebration of Sport
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Join us for the third Spirit of the Barrio of 2023 on Friday, September 22 when Family Health Centers of San Diego will host a panel of local sports stars to celebrate the positive impact of sport in San Diego County.
The event will feature representatives from:
San Diego Wave FC
San Diego FC (MLS 2025)
San Diego Legion Rugby
San Diego Gulls Hockey
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Champions in the Barrio Event Lineup:
Date: Friday September 22
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Lunch and networking
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Program
Location: Logan Heights Family Health Center
1809 National Avenue, San Diego, CA 92113
Buy your ticket today and don't miss the raffle.
Event raffle will feature signed merchandise from featured San Diego pro sports teams!
| Event tickets include a tamales lunch, drink, and parking spot for $25. |
Plus, bring books for kids. |
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This summer, the Emergency Nurses Association is stepping up to collect books for our pediatric clinics. Will you join these frontline heroes in supporting early reading for underserved patients?
Bring your new and gently used children's books to donate at Spirit of the Barrio on September 22 and support Reach Out and Read at FHCSD.
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New Dental Clinic Now Serving Patients at Landis Street | |
FHCSD is proud to open a beautiful new dental clinic at Landis Street in Chula Vista. We've again implemented high-tech aerosol filtration systems to keep dental patients and staff safe from airborne infection. With dental services offered at 10 clinic locations, FHCSD leads San Diego County in providing comprehensive dental care to underserved patients.
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The tradition of tamales at Spirit of the Barrio traces back 4 decades to the community-based efforts of our founder, Laura Rodriguez. Laura enlisted a group of abuelas from the Barrio to cook delicious tamales for patients and community partners. Join us on September 22 at Spirit of the Barrio and celebrate our history.
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| Multi-Lingual Staff for our Diverse County | |
There are over 40 languages spoken by FHCSD staff. From Spanish to Somali, American Sign Language to Arabic, Vietnamese and so much more, our staff meet patients where they are linguistically to deliver culturally competent care.
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Opening January 2024: Multi-Cultural Family Counseling Center and El Cerrito Affordable Housing Community
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FHCSD will soon open a state-of-the-art mental health facility with conjoined residential units. This facility will expand the availability of affordable housing and increase access to culturally competent mental health care and integrated support in San Diego’s City Heights neighborhood. Specialty mental health services will be offered for veterans, children, families, and refugees.
FHCSD is now offering naming opportunities and other ways to support. To learn more, click the button below to contact our Development team.
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FHCSD Physical Rehabilitation Services Celebrates
10 Years of Reducing Prescription Opioid Use
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In the United States circa 2010, CDC officials and frontline providers were becoming all too aware of a deadly new trajectory for the nascent opioid epidemic. After 10 years of rising rates of prescription opioid use, the crisis was entering its second “wave,” signaled by a spike in heroin-related deaths. To improve patient outcomes and safety, FHCSD primary care providers had been referring many chronic pain patients to physical therapy. However, patients hit roadblocks when referred to external services. FHCSD’s leaders felt called to expand access to lifesaving Physical Rehabilitation services, and in September of 2013, Physical Therapy (PT) at FHCSD was founded. Referrals to FHCSD Rehab Services are based strictly on medical necessity and a medical provider order is required.
The diverse range of primary, specialty, and supportive services offered at FHCSD expands easy access to the comprehensive and coordinated care needed to heal the pain of underserved patients in San Diego County. Chronic pain is a complex malady. At FHCSD, primary care providers work seamlessly with Physical Rehabilitation specialists to offer access to state-of-the-art modalities that help each unique patient achieve his/her/their goals. If a patient’s pain doesn’t respond to mechanical manipulation or electrical stimulation in the PT office, they may be referred to our chiropractic team or even try acupuncture – all within the FHCSD system, where no patient is turned away due to inability to pay.
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The Physical Rehabilitation department has soared since its inception, starting with 3,400+ patient encounters in Physical Therapy in Year 1, and growing to 66,000+ patient encounters across Physical Therapy, Chiropractic, Sports Medicine, and Acupuncture in year 10. The importance of this expansion is demonstrated by scientific research. In a groundbreaking peer-reviewed research publication, FHCSD providers collaborated with the Scripps Mercy Emergency Department to demonstrate that PT as a first-line treatment for lower back pain leads to a statistically significant reduction in opioid use with improved pain and functionality (Martin, S., Tallian, K., Nguyen, V. T., van Dyke, J., & Sikand, H., 2020).
| By boldly following the science and treating all patients with empathy, Physical Rehabilitation providers have helped individuals meet and exceed their goals while avoiding dangerous dependency on opioids. Lidia was an FHCSD patient who came to Physical Rehabilitation for treatment after a tragic workplace injury that left her paralyzed from the waist down. After weeks of hard work by Lidia and attentive care by FHCSD PT providers, Lidia made a robust recovery. In her own words, “My physical therapy has been, and continues to be, life changing, spirit enriching, and totally empowering. I went from a stretcher to a wheelchair, to a walker, to a cane….and now almost to no cane after being paralyzed! The hands, the minds, the hearts of the physical therapists here are totally exceptional. You have real live people on staff that are caring, compassionate, and empathetic.” | |
Looking ahead to the next 10 years of Physical Rehabilitation, FHCSD is determined to expand access to lifesaving, integrative services that help patients get back to their lives, resume productive employment, and stay away from risky prescription opioids. With the exciting recent additions of Acupuncture and Pelvic Floor PT, the long list of modalities offered continues to grow.
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Thank you to our generous 2022-2023 sponsors! | | |
Note: Family Health Centers of San Diego is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are tax deductible as allowed by law (Federal Tax ID #95-2833205). | | | | |
