NEWS
6ABC-TV, April 2, 2012
Joel Legatt is a health and nutrition educator at 11th Street Family Health Services. "You have to be more careful and you have to be smart about certain options," Legatt says. "But there are healthy options out there." --VIDEO
Drexel.edu/cnhp, February 24, 2012
The 11th Street Family Health Services of Drexel University was one of 29 centers surveyed for a new national study released last week by the Bravewell Collaborative. The Bravewell study, Integrative Medicine in America, reports on trends in the practice of integrative health care at centers across the United States, including patient populations and medical conditions most commonly treated with an integrative health approach.
6ABC-TV, December 8, 2011
On November 21, WPVI-TV (6-abc) featured fitness and nutrition programs at 11th Street Family Health Services of the College of Nursing and Health Professions. Jennifer Andia Warshaw, a health educator at 11th Street, was interviewed.
Philadelphia Tribune, December 7, 2011
The Philadelphia Tribune featured Drexel’s 11th Street Family Health Services, in a story about a $100,000 grant from the Independence Blue Cross Foundation on November 29. Dr. Patricia Gerrity, director of the 11th Street Center and Associate Dean for Community Programs in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was quoted in the article.
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6ABC-TV, November 11, 2011
WPVI-TV (6-abc) featured the Healthy Harvest celebration and potential expansion at 11th Street Family Health Services of Drexel’s College of Nursing and Health Professions.
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Drexel.edu/cnhp, September 7, 2011
11th Street Family Health Services of Drexel University in partnership with Family Practice and Counseling Network, a comprehensive, nurse-managed health center run by the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was identified to participate in a second round of surveys as a model to discover how integrative medicine is being practiced throughout the U.S.
 Inside.org.au, August 22, 2011
Primary healthcare reform: learning from the tough suburbs of Philadelphia. Public health nurses at the 11th Street Family Health Services Center are committed to developing long-term relationships with the community," by Melissa Sweet. Dr. Patty Gerrity was quoted in the June 2011 article.
 6ABC-TV, June 22, 2011
WPVI-TV (6abc) featured the “Defeat Diabetes” class
held for patients at Drexel’s 11th Street Family Health Services.
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PBS-TV, May 26, 2011
Dr. Patty Gerrity interviewed in a PBS television news article about nurse managed health clinics. View Video. >>
Nursing Spectrum, Nurseweek, November 8, 2010
Dr. Patricia Gerrity, associate dean, was noted in a Nurse.com story for winning a 2010 Nursing Excellence Award in the Advancing and Leading the Profession category.
6ABC-TV, May 6, 2010
6ABC Action News HealthCheck report on the 11th Steet Family Health Center's services and facilities.
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Philly.com-Daniel Rubin, March 29, 2010
Kyana Mitchell is a public-health nurse whose program - the Nurse-Family Partnership - President Obama has touted as a smart investment in the future.
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YouTube, AAN Raise the Voice, Dec. 19, 2009
American Academy of Nursing
Raise the Voice Campaign
Watch the Edge Runners video on the Raise the Voice Channel, YouTube,highlighting two Edge Runners, Donna Shalala, the former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, President of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
6ABC-TV, Nov. 15, 2009
6ABC Action News HealthCheck report on the partnership of the College of Nursing and Health Professions and the 11th Street Family Health Center with four local public housing developments.
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Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 28, 2009
Integrated Behavioral Health -
A new model of care integrates counseling into the main-course medical visit, with simple techniques that can be very effective. Read More>>
Philadelphia Tribune, Aug. 11, 2009
Health Center Becomes Refuge in Economic Slump
Thousands of Philadelphia residents are turning to 11th Street Family Health Services of Drexel University for their medical needs.
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 April 2008
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Innovative Models
Launched in April 2008, Innovative Care Models provides detailed profiles of 24 successful care delivery models. These profiles were developed as part of a research project conducted by Health Workforce Solutions LLC and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Read More>>.
 United States Department of Health & Human Services
Agency for Health Care Quality & Research - Innovations Exchange
Multidisciplinary family clinic increases access to care for inner-city residents, leading to improved outcomes and high patient satisfaction. Read More>>
MISSION
To provide quality, comprehensive health services to all the people it serves with special attention to vulnerable people and residents of public housing communities.
To provide an exemplary model of nurse managed, community based care for the education of health professions students and
for faculty practice.
VISION
To decrease health disparities through the continued development of the Healthy Living Center model offering transdisciplinary clinical services and health promotion programs in partnership with the local community. |
11th Street Family Health Services Healthy Harvest Celebration (6-abc video).