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Since 2001, as part of President Bush’s Health Center Expansion Initiative, Congress has increased funding for Health Centers. Today, 5 million more Americans in 900 communities have access to effective, affordable primary care.
source: Health Services and Resources Administration

Today, more than one in four Americans has two or more chronic conditions.

(Carolyn Clancy, M.D., director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

The American Heart Association says add one hour of regular, vigorous physical activity to your day and you may gain up to two hours of life expectancy for that hour.
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The combination of quit smoking medications and counseling can double or triple a person's chance of quitting for good.

(The U.S. Public Health Service)
Tobacco users in Wisconsin can call 1-800-QUIT-NOW for personalized coaching and two weeks’ of free medication to help quit.

Depression is three times more common for those who have had a heart attack than for others. Heart patients should be screened and treated for depression.

(Source: American Heart Association)
In the 1960s, the federal health center program was begun to provide primary care to people who were poor and to complement to the new Medicaid program.
source: The Commonwealth Fund

The Wisconsin Diabetes Prevention and Control Program released the 2008 revision of the Wisconsin Essential Diabetes Mellitus Care Guidelines.
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Welcome to WPHCA's Web Site

Welcome to the Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association’s Web site, a resource for everyone who supports, promotes, uses and works in Community Health Centers. Here, you can learn about health care policies that support everyone’s access to a medical home, explore quality improvement strategies, share tactics to provide high quality and culturally competent care, engage in activities to knock down the barriers some Wisconsinites face in the health care system, talk with experts, even find a Community Health Center doctor or dentist to care for you.

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Health Care Access Models Presentation

Download the Power Point presentation from this May 14, 2009, Webinar designed for Community Action Agencies, Public Health Departments, Rural Health Clinics, Free Clinics, Community Health Care Coordinators, Aging Coalitions, and other Community Health Center partners, and others to learn about options for health care access options, particularly the Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC or Community Health Center) model.

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