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VOLUME 38, NUMBER 18
Program offers free curricula, teaching guides, podcasts focused on mental health By LISA EISENHAUER
RENTON, Wash. — The Work2BeWell posts on Instagram were what caught the attention of 17-year-old Melisa Shafiee. “They have a very colorful, vibrant social media account full of posts encouraging people to take care of themselves as well as do a bunch of other mental health practices,” says Shafiee, a senior at Bellevue High School near Seattle. The Instagram posts led Shafiee to find out more about Work2BeWell. The Provi-
dence St. Joseph Health program provides free clinician-vetted mental health and wellness resources for teenagers, parents and educators and promotes them across social media platforms. As soon as Shafiee learned that the program had a national student advisory council, she applied. She’s now part of that council, consulting along with the 32 other members on the curricula, podcasts and other resources Work2BeWell produces. Shafiee especially likes helping craft the podcasts, called Talk2BeWell. “I think they’re really effective at getting into students’ minds and helping them through real struggles,” she says. She is one of four students featured along with Dr. Robin Henderson, chief executive for behavioral health at Providence Oregon Continued on 2
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Providence’s Work2BeWell helps students navigate life’s curves
High school senior Melisa Shafiee, left, and Dr. Robin Henderson, chief executive for behavioral health at Providence Oregon and chief clinical officer of Work2BeWell, tape a podcast on social anxiety along with three other students who joined remotely. The podcast is for the Talk2BeWell series that focuses on issues of concern to teenagers.
Sisters of Charity sharpens focus on wellness in challenged neighborhood School-based clinics expand care access Even though the latest transformation in Cincinnati and within the Sisters of Charity Health System was driven by finances and evolving trends across the U.S. in health care delivery, executives involved said the shift aligns with how the system and its founding congregation have innovated to meet the changing needs of the Cleveland neighborhoods they have long served. Sisters of Charity announced in midSeptember that it would be transitioning its only remaining acute care hospital, St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland, to an ambulatory care facility. The ambulatory care services will be named St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center and continue to be housed within the medical center building. Last year the system announced it would develop the St. Vincent Charity Health Campus. The repurposing of the medical center building is part of that project. The Continued on 8
Courtesy of MASS Design Group
By LISA EISENHAUER
A bike and scooter ride through the neighborhoods surrounding St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland was one of the ways the MASS Design Group reached out to the community to solicit views on what a health campus around the hospital should include. MASS Design was a consultant on the campus, which is being shaped to address the health and social needs of the surrounding community.
Ministry facilities ease immigrants’ access to health care, social services By JULIE MINDA
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Dr. Paula Young examines a child. Young is a pediatrician on Bon Secours Richmond’s Care-A-Van and medical director of community health access for Bon Secours Richmond.
ven for people born and raised in the U.S., the fragmented health care and social service systems can be very difficult to access and navigate. Refugees and immigrants of little means can have the added obstacles of limited English language proficiency and cultural, social and financial barriers when they are sick or struggling to meet their family’s basic needs. It’s no wonder that many economically vulnerable immigrants are not getting preventative health care or timely care for major health conditions. According to the Immigration Policy Lab, unauthorized immigrants who are excluded from participating in publicly Continued on 4
Nurse practitioner Alyse Knapp checks Austin Townsend's height at Mercy Health — Southwest Schools Community Clinic at Harrison High School in Cincinnati. The clinic is open year-round to care for students, staff and community members. By PATRICIA CORRIGAN
On a recent Tuesday, nurse practitioner Rachael Doll conducted a hospital follow-up exam on a 6-month-old, tested a 65-year-old for hypertension, performed a hearing evaluation and vaccinated several students. Doll works in a primary care clinic located inside Sayler Park School, one of six school-based health centers in Cincinnati operated by Mercy Health, part of Bon Secours Mercy Health. Opened in November 2016, the Sayler Park clinic has two patient exam rooms, a room set up for virtual visits, a bathroom and plenty of laboratory equipment. Walkins are welcome, and appointments also are available. Prior to opening the clinic at Sayler Park, Continued on 7