Health

Prenatal Yoga- Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Beginner-friendly classes; all levels are welcome. Classes will focus on breath work and gentle exercises intended to increase mind-body awareness, improve flexibility, and support muscle tone during pregnancy. Mats and props will be supplied. The class is free, although registration is required.

Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prenatal-yoga-tickets-39883650071

Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center

Southern Jamaica Plain is a community health center licensed by Brigham and Women’s. Our bilingual staff provides these patients with comprehensive, high quality primary care. At the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center, we take pride in knowing our patients and providing health care in a friendly, personalized way.

Contact: 617-983-4100, 640 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
https://www.brighamandwomens.org/medicine/general-internal-medicine-and-primary-care/southern-jamaica-plain-health-center/overview

Southern Jamaica Plain Health Promotion Center

The Health Promotion Center is a part of the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center. Our mission is to provide personal, quality health care with respect and compassion to our diverse community.

Contact: (p) 617-983-4294, 10B Green Street, Jamaica Plain MA 02130
https://www.brighamandwomens.org/medicine/general-internal-medicine-and-primary-care/southern-jamaica-plain-health-center/health-promotion-center

ABCD Family Planning

The ABCD Family Planning Program provides comprehensive family planning counseling, education and medical care for individuals in community health centers, school-based health centers, hospital primary care programs, and youth development programs. The program seeks to ensure that residents Boston area have access to preventive health services and education to plan their families and maintain their health.

Contact: (p) 617-348-6455, http://bostonabcd.org/abcd-family-planning-program.aspx

Arbour Counseling Services

Areas of care include Individual, couple, family and group mental health counseling for all ages. Services include emergency assessments, medication management and responsive assistance, individual treatment plans developed in close collaboration with patients’ and referrers’ goals and needs, evaluation and treatment for stress-related issues, depression and anxiety disorders, bipolar and psychotic disorders, obsessive- compulsive disorders, personality disorders and ADD/ADHD, among others.

Contact: Allston (p) 617-782-6460, 14 Fordham Road, Allston MA 02134 Jamaica Plain (p) 617-524-1120, 157 Green Street, Jamaica Plain MA 02130 http://arbourhealth.com/organizations/arbour-counseling-services/

Bowdoin Street Health Center

Bowdoin Street Health Center remains focused on providing outstanding medical care while maintaining a tradition of working with residents to identify and meet their unique health needs. The mission of the health center is to provide excellent, compassionate care to our patients and support the health of the entire community.

Contact: (p) 617-754-0100, 230 Bowdoin Street, Dorchester MA 02122, https://www.bidmc.org/locations/bowdoin-street-health-center

Cambridge Health Alliance Women’s Health

Are you looking for childbirth education, tours of our facilities, or a chance to meet our staff? We offer a number of classes and groups that provide women and families with all the knowledge and encouragement they need.

Contact: (p) 617-665-1660, 1493 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA 02139 https://www.challiance.org/cha- services/womens-health-classes-events

CHA Windsor Street Health Center

Our expert Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Pediatric team cares for all ages. When you join us, you get a whole team that works together to keep you and your family healthy. We are also home to the CHA Latino Mental Health program and CHA Dental Services. Our multilingual staff either speaks your language or has access to interpreters in 60 languages.

Contact: (p) 617-665-3600, 119 Windsor Street, Cambridge MA 02139, https://www.challiance.org/location/windsor-street-care-center

Charles River Community Health

As a Patient Centered Medical Home, we are committed to providing patients with timely access to the right care, at the right place and at the right time, collaborating with other organizations to connect patients with a comprehensive range of services and provide continuity of care, and creating new community partnerships to meet the changing needs of patients and the community.

Contact: (p) 617-783-0500, 495 Western Avenue, Brighton MA 02135, http://www.charlesriverhealth.org

Codman Square Health Center

Codman Square Health Center is a community-based, outpatient health care and multi-service center in the heart of Dorchester. We are the principal option for affordable, quality, primary and preventive care in one of Boston’s most vulnerable communities. Codman provides comprehensive services including primary care, urgent care, dental care, eye care, behavioral health, public health, fiscal health, fitness/wellness programming and youth programming.

Contact: (p) 617-822-8271, 637 Washington Street, Boston MA 02124, http://www.codman.org

The Dimock Center

Care programs deliver comprehensive health maintenance, screening, immunizations, and prevention for adults and children with specialized clinics, including Women’s Health and OB/GYN, HIV/AIDs, eye care, and dental care. Our Child and Family Services programs offer quality care, education, support and training to individuals and families from infancy to adulthood.

Contact: (p) 617-442-8800, 55 Dimock Street, Roxbury MA 02119, https://dimock.org/health-center/

Fenway Community Health Center

Fenway Health has been working to make life healthier for the people in our neighborhood, the LGBT community, people living with HIV/AIDS and the broader population. The mission of Fenway Health is to enhance the wellbeing of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and all people in our neighborhoods and beyond through access to the highest quality health care, education, research and advocacy. We provide high quality, comprehensive health care, research, education and advocacy. The Center has three locations throughout Boston.

Contact: (p) 617-267-0900, 1340 Boylston Avenue, Boston MA 02215, http://fenwayhealth.org

Geiger Gibson Health Center

Geiger Gibson Community Health Center has provided medical, dental and behavioral health services to residents in Dorchester and the surrounding areas. Conveniently located between the UMass Boston campus and the JFK/UMass MBTA Red Line station. All Geiger Gibson Community Health Center Physicians and Nurse Practitioners are Board Certified or Board Eligible in their specialty.

Contact: (p) 617-288-1140, 250 Mount Vernon Street, Dorchester MA 02125, https://www.hhsi.us/locations/geiger-gibson-community-health-center/

Health Resources in Action

At HRiA, we believe that good health is a right, not a privilege. HRiA works at the junction of population health, policy, research, and practice to help clients solve some of the nation’s most fundamental health challenges.

Contact: (p) 617-451-0049, 2 Boylston Street 4th Floor, Boston MA 02116, https://hria.org

Home Visits for Mom and Baby- Mount Auburn Hospital

Get high-quality, family-centered postpartum care in the comfort of your home with Mount Auburn Hospital’s CareGroup Home Care. Our experienced maternal-child nurses—nurses who specializes in caring for pregnant and postpartum women and their babies—and certified lactation consultants provide assessment, support, guidance and referrals as needed.

Contact: (p) 617-673-1700, https://www.mountauburnhospital.org/care-treatment/womens-health/pregnancy- birth/new-parent-support/

Lynn Community Health Center

Lynn Community Health Center is a non-profit, multicultural, community health center. Located in the heart of our community, we are at the center of a larger solution to the healthcare crisis that is facing our nation today. We are recognized as a leader in developing new initiatives that result in high-impact, low cost health care.

Contact: (p) 781-581- 3900, 269 Union Street, Lynn MA 01901, http://www.lchcnet.org

Manet Community Health Center

At Manet Community Health Center, we believe that everyone has the right to accessible, high quality and compassionate health care close to home. By supporting our mission, you are not just making a difference in the lives of thousands of patients in Quincy, Hull and Taunton and surrounding communities who call Manet their medical home; you are making a difference in our community.

Contact: (p) (617) 376-3000, 110 West Squantum Street, Quincy MA 02171, http://www.manetchc.org

Mattapan Community Health Center

Families and individuals in and around Boston have turned to the Mattapan Community Health Center for a wide array of healthcare services. Mattapan Community Health Center is a comprehensive health delivery organization that services individuals from Mattapan and its surrounding areas of Dorchester, Roxbury, and Hyde Park, as well as adjacent Boston suburbs like Brockton, Randolph, and Stoughton.

Contact: (p) 617-296-0061, 1575 Blue Hill Avenue, Boston MA 02126, http://www.mattapanchc.org

Neponset Health Center

Neponset Health Center provides comprehensive medical services to residents in Dorchester and the surrounding communities. Daniel Driscoll – Neponset Health Center has an on-site retail pharmacy and WIC Nutrition Program. All Daniel Driscoll – Neponset Health Center physicians and nurse practitioners are Board Certified or Board Eligible in their specialty.

Contact: (p) 617-282-3200, 398 Neponset Avenue, Dorchester MA 02122, https://www.hhsi.us/locations/daniel- driscoll-neponset-health-center/

Planned Parenthood

One of the nation’s leading providers of high-quality, affordable health care, and the nation’s largest provider of sex education. With or without insurance, you can always come to us for your health care needs.

Contact: (p) 800-258-4448, 1055 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215, https://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/massachusetts/boston/02215/greater-boston-health-center- 3293-90610

Prenatal Outreach Program- Massachusetts General Hospital

Many women receiving prenatal care at MGH Chelsea are immigrants and refugees, struggling to meet basic needs. The stressors related to these challenges – such as poverty, isolation, and immigration status – are further exacerbated by pregnancy, which is also a time of greater risk for domestic violence. The bicultural, bilingual (Spanish, English) Prenatal Outreach program coordinator connects patients to hospital and community resources and assists them with planning for their child, as well as their own health care.

Contact: (p) 617-877-3789, email: lbetancourt@partners.org

South Boston Community Health Center

The South Boston Community Health Center is a private, non-profit corporation governed by a community- based board of directors. The mission of the Health Center is to provide health care to the entire community while ensuring care to those most in need. Our services include Pediatrics, Adult Medicine, Family Medicine, Dental, Eye, Radiology, Mammography, Pharmacy and specialty services that include Podiatry, Dermatology, Cardiology and Pulmonology.

Contact: (p) 617-269-7500, 409 West Broadway, Boston MA 02127, https://www.sbchc.org

South Cove Community Health Center

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of all medically underserved in Massachusetts, with a special focus on Asian Americans. This mission is accomplished by providing high quality, community-based health care and health promotion programs which are accessible, affordable, as well as linguistically and culturally competent for these populations. The Health Center has four locations throughout Boston.

Contact: (p) 617-521-6713, 145 South Street, Boston MA 02111, https://www.bidmc.org/locations/south-cove- community-health-center

South Cove Community Health Center Malden

South Cove Community Health Center (‘South Cove’) is the premier Asian community health center of Massachusetts. Founded in 1972, South Cove provides medical and behavioral health services and youth and family programs for approximately 32,000 clients at four locations in the greater Boston area. Our mission is to improve the health and well being of all medically underserved in Massachusetts, with a special focus on Asian Americans. This mission is accomplished by providing high quality, community-based health care and health promotion programs that are accessible and linguistically and culturally competent for these populations.

Contact: (p) 781-912-2500, 277 Commercial Street, Malden MA 02148, http://www.scchc.org

South Cove Community Health Center North Quincy

South Cove Community Health Center (‘South Cove’) is the premier Asian community health center of Massachusetts. Founded in 1972, South Cove provides medical and behavioral health services and youth and family programs for approximately 32,000 clients at four locations in the greater Boston area. Our mission is to improve the health and well being of all medically underserved in Massachusetts, with a special focus on Asian Americans. This mission is accomplished by providing high quality, community-based health care and health promotion programs that are accessible and linguistically and culturally competent for these populations.

Contact: (p) (617) 318-3300, 435 Hancock Street, Quincy MA 02171, http://www.scchc.org

South End Community Health Center

The South End Community Health Center is a board governed non-profit, comprehensive health care organization for all residents of the South End and the surrounding communities. We are committed to providing the highest quality, culturally and linguistically sensitive, coordinated health care and social services to every patient, regardless of their ability to pay.

Contact: (p) (617) 425-2000, 1601 Washington St, Boston MA 02118, http://www.sechc.org

Uphams’ Corner Health Center

The Upham’s Corner Health Center is organized to provide comprehensive, personalized and continuous health services. The goal of the health center is to provide each patient with primary care in comfort and convenience. Each registered patient is assigned a personal primary care physician. The personal physician provides the ongoing care, coordinates specialty services and inpatient care as required by the patient.

Contact: (p) 617-825-8994, 500 Columbia Road, Dorchester MA 02125, http://uphamscornerhealthcenter.org

Whittier Street Health Center

The vision of the Whittier Street Health Center is to serve as the premier health center for diverse population and the mission is to provide high quality, reliable and accessible primary care and support services for diverse populations to promote wellness and eliminate health and social disparities.

Contact: (p) 617-427-1000, 1290 Tremont St. Roxbury MA 02120, http://www.wshc.org/

The Women’s Center

The Cambridge Women’s Center is the oldest community-based center for women in the United States! Since 1971, the Women’s Center has been developing innovative programs and services for women of all backgrounds. The Center offers opportunities for healing, learning and growth; encourages women to become advocates for themselves and others; and provides space and support for activist projects. We foster empowerment and social justice in a multicultural space that is warm, respectful and comforting to all women and their children. All of our programs and services are offered free of charge. Contact: (p) 617-354-6394, 46 Pleasant Street, Cambridge MA 02139, http://www.cambridgewomenscenter.org