Brookside Community Health Center

Brookside Community Health Center We are a community health center that provides high quality, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, patient care. Expect and encourage teamwork.

BROOKSIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER

Our Mission

To provide high quality, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, patient and family centered care to those who live and work in Jamaica Plain and the city of Boston, regardless of ability to pay. Our Vision

*Continue to be recognized as a leader in the delivery of high quality, integrated family-oriented health care and as a model program for community-

based primary care within the Brigham and Women's Hospital, the Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, and Partners Healthcare Systems.

*Continue to offer successful programs training practitioners in the provision of community-based, culturally appropriate health care, while still maintaining a focus on the delivery of primary care.

*Maintain a leadership role in developing programs designed to improve the health status of Jamaica Plain and the surround communities. Our Values

*Recognize the inter-relationship of clients' medical, social, emotional, and economic needs. Develop holistic service plans and provide coordinated, multi-disciplinary services to meet these needs.

*Commit to excellence. Continuously strive to provide high quality care as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible, while maintaining our overall mission to provide care for all who need it. Demonstrate a continuous ability to respond to changes in local communities and the health care environment.

*Value diversity. Treat all clients and staff with dignity and respect. Strive for integrity in all our interactions.

*Provide on-going training for staff to allow them to develop their skills as fully as possible. Work to ensure growth, development, and job satisfaction for all employees.

*Build on our long history of community involvement, begun in 1970, by aggressively developing outreach, education, and school-based programs designed to improve the health of the community, with particular focus on those segments of the community that are currently under-served.

*Encourage and support the training of students from a variety of disciplines in the family model of care within the health center's primary care delivery system.

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Family Preparedness Planning Information and ResourcesThis material-with step-by-step instructions- is available in mult...
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Family Preparedness Planning Information and Resources

This material-with step-by-step instructions- is available in multiple languages

It is recommended that families fill out a caregiver authorization form (in the packet) which allows a parent/caregiver to designate someone else to make medical/educational decisions in the event of an emergency (parent/caregiver detained).

https://www.masslegalhelp.org/immigration/know-your-rights/planning-family-emergency

https://miracoalition.org/family-preparedness/

Information on family’s ability to opt-out of the school directory (Español, Português, Kreyòl ayisyen) Guide for families and students Family … More

IT'S WELLNESS WEDNESDAY! Today's tip(s) on self-care and self-love found below. Brookside Community Health Center Mas...
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IT'S WELLNESS WEDNESDAY! Today's tip(s) on self-care and self-love found below.

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Food ResourcesDo you–or does someone you know–need help finding food?There are several ways to find free or low-cost foo...
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Food Resources
Do you–or does someone you know–need help finding food?

There are several ways to find free or low-cost food in Boston.
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Brookside Community Health Center

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It's time to start gardening!


May is Mental Health Awareness Month
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month!With over 5 million cases diagnosed in the United States each year, skin cancer is Am...
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May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month!

With over 5 million cases diagnosed in the United States each year, skin cancer is America’s most common cancer. Fortunately, skin cancer is also one of the most preventable cancers. By sharing facts about the dangers of unprotected sun exposure and encouraging people to check their skin for

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Brookside Community Health Center Mass General Brigham Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital Brigham and Women's Hospital

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, a time to educate people about the dangers of skin cancer, share the facts and help save lives.

Mental Health Awareness MonthMental Health Awareness Month (MHAM) has been observed since 1949. For more than 20 years, ...
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Mental Health Awareness Month

Mental Health Awareness Month (MHAM) has been observed since 1949. For more than 20 years, SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) has joined that tradition every May, raising awareness, sharing resources, and supporting the individuals and communities who need it most.

Check out what SAMHSA is doing and remember that we all play vital roles in caring for our mental health!

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Brookside Community Health Center Mass General Brigham Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Address

3297 Washington Street
Boston, MA
02130

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 7pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 7pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 7pm
Thursday 8:30am - 7pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+16175224700

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