Affinia Healthcare wants your input! Participate in their community health needs assessment to shape the future of public health and improve outcomes.
Affinia Healthcare opened its newest health center in Ferguson after learning of the increased need for affordable health care in a community health needs assessment in 2021. Affinia Healthcare is seeking feedback from patients, staff and community members in the organization’s current assessment cycle.
ST. LOUIS, MO – After the 2021 Community Health Needs Assessment revealed a gap between healthcare needs and affordable services in the North County community, Affinia Healthcare responded by constructing the new Ferguson health center.
Affinia Healthcare is seeking the community’s input this year for the current Community Health Needs Assessment cycle. The assessment is being sent to the health center’s staff, patients, and community partners for their valued feedback. The link to the brief assessment is also being posted on the Affinia Healthcare social media feeds and website. There is a Spanish and English version and there will also be print versions in other languages available at the S. Broadway and Lemp Avenue locations.
“We exist to serve our community, and we rely on their feedback to ensure the care we provide is relevant, convenient and addressing the needs of the communities we are so proud to serve,” said Dr. Kendra Holmes, Affinia Healthcare President & CEO. “Our last assessment showed us we needed to pay closer attention to the health issues facing men, as well as the health needs of members of the LGBTQIA+ and our immigrant communities. We have since added initiatives and launched more programs and services to better address their concerns.”
Examples of this responsiveness also include the monthly Black men’s mental health sessions, an expanded partnership with The Empowerment Network to encourage prostate screenings, and the recently launched Black men’s health awareness campaign, ‘My Brother, You Good?’ Affinia Healthcare has also expanded its HIV awareness initiatives promoting PrEP preventive care and inclusive care for LGBTQIA+ community members.
The community health needs assessment will be open from through August 2. Affinia Healthcare is also planning to hold focus group meetings to gather additional feedback.
The links to the survey are:
English version: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S2YHLZD
Spanish version: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8BWKRTN
For more information, please contact the Affinia Healthcare Communications department, sswilliams@affiniahealthcare.org.
About Affinia Healthcare
Affinia Healthcare is an award-winning, nationally accredited health center, providing affordable primary and preventive health care for St. Louis, Missouri, area residents. Affinia Healthcare is a community health center, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and is accredited through The Joint Commission and National Committee of Quality Assurance organizations. Established in 1906 as the Holy Cross Dispensary, Affinia Healthcare today serves over 43,700 people per year, of whom more than 90 percent have incomes under 100 percent of the federal poverty level. Approximately 70 percent of patients served are Black or African American, 11 percent are Hispanic/Latinx, and over 4,000 are un-housed.
The Affinia Healthcare Foundation helps support the mission of our community health center by providing funding to serve the most vulnerable and disenfranchised in our community. The Foundation depends on a wide array of funding sources and individual donor contributions to fund the care for these communities. To make a donation to the Affinia Healthcare Foundation, please visit www.affiniahealthcare.org/donate.
For more information about Affinia Healthcare, call 314-814-8700, or visit www.affiniahealthcare.org.
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