The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing has been partnering with community agencies to serve the health care needs of underserved populations across the state for many years. In 2013, the UAB School of Nursing Foundry Clinic was created at The Foundry Rescue Mission and Recovery Center in Bessemer, AL. They have also partnered with Cooper Green Mercy Health Services and Aletheia House to provide substance abuse treatment and HIV prevention education to low-income neighborhoods.
Now UAB Nursing is expanding their partnerships to include the Bessemer Neighborhood Health Center as a New Access Point Federally Qualified Health Center by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The funding is to help improve the health of underserved communities across the country by increasing access to quality primary health care services. HRSA awards the two-year, $1.4 million grant to 75 institutions, and UAB’s grant was one of only four awarded in Alabama.
UAB strives to provide a full range of primary care to patients at both of its partnership clinics. Patients are able to receive blood pressure management services, diabetes management, treatment of acute illnesses, access to lab facilities, and help having prescriptions filled. Providing these services in their nurse-managed clinics allows underserved communities to receive competent care, increasing the likelihood that these patients will seek the care they need.
To learn more about UAB’s partnership clinics, visit here.
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