Posts tagged Health Disparities
Celebrating April Minority Health Month: Why Health Equity Matters

Minority Health Month, a time to raise awareness about the health disparities that exist among racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States. This year’s theme, Better Health Through Better Understanding, focuses on how meeting cultural and linguistic needs can improve health outcomes.  Cahaba Medical Care is committed to making quality healthcare accessible and understandable to everyone. We understand the unique challenges that minority communities face in accessing healthcare, and we are dedicated to helping create healthier futures. 

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Yoselin's Story: Part 3

Over the last 2 weeks, we introduced Yoselin, one of our patients and a fierce advocate for her community. Click to read Part 1 and Part 2 or continue reading her story below.

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Yoselin's Story: Part 2

Last week, we introduced Yoselin and her family. Click here to read part one, or click below to continue reading Yoselin’s experience with prenatal care and delivery of both her sons through Cahaba Medical Care.

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Yoselin's Story: Part 1

“She carried me so that I could be here.”

This week, we meet another patient of Cahaba Medical Care and fierce advocate for her community: Yoselin L. Click to read more about what Cahaba means to her.

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More Options for Quality Healthcare On The Way To Shelby County

Family medicine, prenatal care and pediatrics coming to Shelby County. Cahaba Medical Care opens its newest location in Alabaster this November.

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Cahaba Delivers 500th Baby at Bibb Medical Center

After being closed for 16 years, Bibb Medical Center’s L&D unit was reopened in a strategic partnership with Cahaba Medical Care and celebrated the delivery of the 500th baby this month. Click to read more about Cahaba’s impact on maternal and infant health in Bibb County and beyond.

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Cahaba Medical Care - Camden Welcomes Dr. Shirin Amlani, DO

Cahaba Medical Care - Camden Welcomes Dr. Shirin Amlani, DO, graduate of Cahaba + UAB Family Medicine Residency (CFMR). Click to read more about why she’s chosen to practice medicine in Camden and what this community means to her.

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Episode 3: It's Not the Finger Test Anymore

Did you know September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month? It's not too late to hear from Cahaba Medical Care's Dr. Michael Luther, MD, about prostate cancer screening - and no, it's not the finger test anymore! Listen to learn more about who, when, and why you should get screened for prostate cancer.

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Global Missions Health Conference: Dr. K

Cahaba Medical Care is looking forward to the 2022 Global Missions Health Conference! Learn more about Cahaba Medical Care’s Dr. K’s experience at GMHC below.

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Episode 2: Breastfeeding & Mythbusting

Welcome to For Your Health, your source for all things health and wellness. For Your Health features conversations about important health topics with some of the top health experts from Cahaba Medical Care, the home for all your healthcare needs.

Join us for Episode 2 of For Your Health: The Cahaba Podcast as Nikki Savage, CRNP; Veronica Ford, RN; and Danielle Gómez discuss breastfeeding. Hear expert advice from one of Cahaba Medical Care’s experienced Labor & Delivery nurses, Veronica’s personal story as a young mom, and maybe even learn something about breastfeeding you’ve never heard before.

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Global Missions Health Conference: Dr. A

Cahaba Medical Care is looking forward to the 2022 Global Missions Health Conference! Learn more about Cahaba Global Health Fellow Dr. A’s experience at GMHC below.

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Global Missions Health Conference: Dr. S

Cahaba Medical Care is looking forward to the 2022 Global Missions Health Conference! Learn more about Cahaba Family Medicine Resident Dr. S’s experience at GMHC below.

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Erika's Story: Part 3

“Tenemos que salir adelante”

The story of one family’s resilience and how Cahaba walked alongside them

In a previous post, we introduced Erika Velasquez and her husband Osbaldo. Read more about them here.

We like to call ourselves “the home for all your healthcare needs.” And for Erika Velasquez and many other uninsured patients like her, that’s exactly what we are. In addition to receiving her primary, prenatal, and mental health care at our health center, she comes to us for her dental care as well. Her first visit with Birmingham Dental wasn’t until 2021. She needed a tooth removed, so she gave us a call.

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