UTH

Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health

Docside Clinic: Connecting Docs to Docks


Who We Are

The Docside Clinic: Connecting Docs to Docks holistically addresses waterfront workers’ lack of access to primary health care, behavioral health care, and safety net social services through strategic and sustainable partnerships with academic and federally qualified health care centers, county food banks, legal clinics, and seafarers’ centers. We are in four locations throughout the US, have had nearly 2000 patient encounters since 2021, and shown successful continuity of care, including patient follow-up, medication refills, and laboratory services; coordination of existing services under one umbrella; and an increase in patient’s medical adherence. If you’re interested in mobilizing the Docside Clinic in your waterfront community, please contact us.

Clinical Services

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Photo credit: Joseph Bui

Primary Healthcare

We provide fishermen and other dockworkers with primary health care, including routine health checks, vaccinations, and prescription medicine.

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Photo credit: Joseph Bui

Behavioral Healthcare

We provide fishermen and other dockworkers with behavioral health care, including psychological and substance use services.

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Photo credit: Carl Zach Photography

Safety Net Services

We provide fishermen and other dockworkers with safety net social services, including legal counseling, clothing, food, and hygienic items

Student & Trainee Opportunities

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Docside Clinic Scholar’s Program
Photo Credit: Carl Zoch Photography

Through funding from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Minority Health Research & Education Grant Program, we are offering a unique educational experience that brings students face-to-face with community-based public health practice (masters) and community-based participatory research (doctoral).

If you’re interested in applying or learning more, visit:
https://sph.uth.edu/research/centers/swcoeh/academic-programs/Internships

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Fishermen First Aid
Photo Credit: Carl Zoch Photography

Through annual funding from medical student Osler Society projects, our team provides fishermen with first aid manuals and first aid kits in their native language.

Locations

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