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Coastal Community Connections - AHEC's Winter 2012 Newsletter

Top Doc, Summer Camp, NHSC Corps Community Day, and more! AHEC's quarterly newsletter is now available online or via mail. Contact our office to subscribe or for more information.

National Health Service Corps Community Day

Educating Our Youth:  The Benefits of NHSC! was the theme for this year’s National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Corps Community Day.  This annual even is intended to spread education and awareness about the NHSC but more importantly, the need for primary care clinicians in health professional shortage areas.  The Texas AHEC East (TAE) Coastal Region’s high school youth interested in entering the healthcare field were the audience for this activity; the Texas Department of State Health Services Primary Care Office and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services supported Corps Community Day held in Texas City.  Participants received NHSC information, giveaways and the opportunity to speak with a local area NHSC member, Mr. Jason Borillo, a physician assistant practicing in Galveston County.
Not only did TAE centers participate in this community-centered event, Texas had the most Corps Community Day events in the nation!

Should there be an interest in receiving more information on the NHSC or coordinating a NHSC event, please contact Shontel Minor, MPH at 409-933-0021 or shontel.minor@txaheceast.org.

Coastal Community Connections - AHEC's Fall 2012 Newsletter

AHEC's quarterly newsletter is now available online or via mail. Contact our office to subscribe or for more information.

Community Health Worker / CHW Instructor Training & Continuing Education

Texas AHEC East Coastal Region provides DSHS-approved certification and continuing education training for Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Community Health Worker Instructors. For more information on our CHW programs, courses, and initiatives, please visit our CHW page link above.

Community Health Worker / CHW Instructor Application for Training

CHW / CHW Instructor Continuing Education Application

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AHEC Newsletters - Now Available Online

AHEC's newsletters are now available online!  To subscribe electronically, contact Isaac Mancillas at imancillas@cahectx.org.

 

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Health Careers Summer Camp 2013 Applications now available online

Our Health Careers Summer Camp 2013 will be held from June 10-13 at Lamar University in Beaumont. This is an exciting experience for any high school student that is interested in pursuing a career in the healthcare industry. Job shadowing, nursing skills, hospital tours, and the university experience are just some of the things a camper will be involved in during the camps' 4-day activity schedule. If you are interested, please download the application now! NOTE: If you are under 18, you will need parental/guardian permission on the forms, and all applicants will need a teacher recommendation form filled out and returned.

                  1. Summer Camp 2013 Application (includes Teacher Recommendation form)

                  2. Summer Camp 2013 Information Flyer

 

Fall 2012 Spotlight: Community Health Workers of Texas

Interested in learning more about CHWs, or how to become one? Visit our CHW page here, as well as our main CHW website, CHWTexas.org.

Welcome to the Texas AHEC East Coastal Region's Website

Located in La Marque, Texas, the Texas Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Coastal Region is a cooperative effort between The University of Texas Medical Branch and the Coastal AHEC, Inc.  AHEC works with Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Jefferson, Liberty, Matagorda, and Orange counties seeking to improve the health of our population, especially the underserved, by creating partnerships among community and academic organizations.  We link health care resources to build and strengthen community-based education programs.  A regional Governing Board of Directors guides the Coastal AHEC in it's mission.

Funding support for AHEC programs and centers combines federal, state, public, and/or private resources.

AHEC program areas include Health Careers Promotion (focusing on recruitment of potential students into healthcare professionals), Community-Based Education (getting students out to underserved communities to experience real-world primary care medicine), Community Health Literacy, and Community Health Systems (helping communities recognize their needs, goals, and strengths, and teach them how to help themselves).

Offfice & Staff Contact Information

Texas AHEC East Coastal Region
P.O. Box 2       808 Bayou Rd.
La Marque, TX 77568
(409) 933-0021        409) 933-3107 fax

Executive Director Leslie Hargrove, C.H.E.S.
Assistant Director Shontel Minor
Office Manager Isaac Mancillas
Program Coordinators, Crystal Ellison, Matt McDonald
Assistant Program Coordinator Lucero Salinas

Located in the heart of Galveston county, our office is centrally located in our region's service area.   Our staff can provide resources at our office to assist you from Monday through Friday, 8am - 5pm.

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