Publications and Publicity

Listen to our volunteer story

Clínica Esperanza/Hope Clinic is volunteer-run. What does this mean? It means that we care about the volunteer experience. For that reason, it was a great honor to be awarded the Volunteer Engagement Award from our local Foundation - Rhode Island Foundation. This award reflects our commitment to making the volunteer experience at CEHC a meaningful one. Your contribution of time, your altruism, turns into better health for our community. Thank you volunteers! Without you, we could not do this important work. 

News & Press

- 2020 TD Ready Challenge Grant recipient 

- Providence expands vaccine eligibility in hard-hit sections

- CEHC's accomplishments (2020)

- CEHC's COVID-19 response paper in Rhode Island Medical Journal (November 2020)

- "As Latino COVID-19 cases soar, the uninsured seek services from clinics" (NBC10)

- Published Outcomes of Bridging the [Health Equity] Gap Program

- CEHC Accomplishments for 2018

- Published Vida Sana Protocol

- NAFC Direct Relief 2019 "Continuity of Care" Grant

- Recognized in Providence Journal for Free Health Screenings at Olneyville Markets

Publications

- Responding to COVID-19 in an Uninsured Hispanic/Latino Community (2020)

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- Bridging the [Health Equity] Gap 2018

Uninsured patients participating in the CEHC BTG program have 60% fewer emergency room visits as compared to Medicaid patients in Rhode Island for the same period. 

- Four Years of CHEER! to be published

More than 2.8M in Quality-Adjusted Life Years Saved by Free Walk-in Care for the uninsured. 

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- Vida Sana Protocol published 2018

Methods for our *soon to be* evidence-based program that improves the health of Spanish-speaking, low health literacy patients.

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- See previous Vida Sana Publication here

Vida Sana: A Lifestyle Intervention for Uninsured, Predominantly Spanish-Speaking Immigrants Improves Metabolic Syndrome Indicators

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- Uninsurance still high Post ACA (2015): 

Barriers to Health Insurance Pre- and Post-Affordable Care Act Implementation in Providence, RI

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- Hypertension Care (2014):

Assessment of Hypertension Guidelines Adherence at a Free Clinic Serving a Predominantly Latino Population in Providence, RI

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- CHEER Clinic (2013):

A Nurse-Run Walk-In Clinic: Cost-Effective Alternative to Non-urgent Emergency Department Use by the Uninsured

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- Diabetes Care (2013):

Adherence to American Diabetes Association Guidelines in a Volunteer-run Free Clinic for the Uninsured: Better than Standards Achieved by Clinics for Insured Patients