Our Mission
Health Care Access Now’s mission is to advocate, educate, and support individuals in our region by utilizing the expertise of Certified Community Health Workers to deliver coordinated services and resources.
Mental and Physical Health: Hand in Hand
“Stress affects physical health—and it keeps people from going to their [doctor] appointments,” says Christine Young, who trained as a Community Health Worker (CHW) through Health Care Access Now (HCAN). As a care coordinator for Talbert House, Young administers a screening to outpatient mental health clients that helps reveal health-related social needs, such as issues…
Stress and Chronic Illness
Having a chronic illness can increase the amount of stress in your life. In fact, research has shown that stress and some chronic illnesses (asthma, heart disease, arthritis, as examples) are linked. Stress can “drive immune changes and inflammation in the body that can worsen symptoms of conditions…[and] issues caused by stress can also be…
Support in Managing Chronic Illness: How CHWs Help
Coping with chronic disease can feel like a part-time job. People with chronic illnesses have to attend more frequent medical appointments, make sure they stay on top of their medication, and even do things like change their diet to manage disease progression. Doing all of that can take a mental toll. James Stringer, Community Health…
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