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The Center for Community Health Impact (CCHI) is
impacting health through community-driven solutions informed by science.
We are proud to announce the opening of the El Paso Nutrition and Healthy Weight Clinic located at:
5130 Gateway Blvd East, Suite 110, El Paso, Texas 79905
Our state-of-the-art clinic is designed to increase access for patients and their providers to approaches that medically address obesity in the Paso del Norte region. To learn more: CLICK HERE
El Paso’s UTHealth Houston Center for Community Health Impact to partner on USDA Regional Food Business Center
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has selected 12 applicants that will each establish a Regional Food Business Center. UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Center for Community Health Impact has partnered with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and other Texas and New Mexico organizations to lead the Rio Grande Colonias USDA Regional Food Business Center over the next five years.
Whigham serves on organizing committee for NASEM Roundtable
The upcoming workshop will focus on the relevance and impact of power within communities in the context of the intersection of obesity with structural racism, bias and stigma, and health communication.
El Paso’s Food Insecurity Challenges May Grow in Coming Months
Lorena Montoya, like thousands of El Pasoans facing financial hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been relying on the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank to help feed her family.
Contact the Center for Community Health Impact | 915-975-8527 | Erica.Martinez@uth.tmc.edu