Our Programs

Medical Student Education
Since its inception, Christian Community Health Center has made a priority of medical education. By becoming a preceptorship site for medical students, our health center can educate future physicians in the provision of health care in the underserved communities and can encourage these students to choose to work in these communities in the future. Our doctors teach others how to work with other communities like ours. In addition, we also have a relationship nursing students, training them in our health center. This partnership allows students to learn about serving in an underserved community and benefits the health center by bringing more hands to work each day. 

Healthy Lifestyles
Being healthy is more than avoiding a doctor’s office. It involves living a healthy lifestyle that minimizes the risks of becoming ill. The Christian Community Health Center understands this and works to reach the Roseland community with a message of healthy living. Partnering with local churches and other programs, we have introduced the Healthy Lifestyle Program, and the Positive Challenge Program

Healthy Lifestyles uses small group settings to teach residents how to cook balanced meals, how to incorporate exercise into their daily lives, and how to avoid nutritional traps that could have severe consequences on their future health. The key to the success of the program comes from church leaders trained by CCHC, who also live in the neighborhoods where the groups meet. This peer leadership allows each group the freedom to discuss topics and concerns specific for the group.

Positive Challenge is a program targeted for adolescents and teens, which challenges them to make choices early in life that will help them live fuller lives. This program is also conducted in the community and is led by those that know the teens. Positive Challenge teaches teens about their value in God’s eyes, about sexual abstinence, and about healthy living.

The Healthy Lifestyles Walkathon is held annually on the second Saturday of August.  It encourages the community to walk together in an effort to bring attention to the need for healthy lifestyle choices.  

HIV/AIDS Services
HIV/AIDS is a growing health issue in our community. The area’s high rates of HIV infection have led our organization to develop skills in service delivery to this population and by God’s abundant grace, funding has been provided to deliver these services.

To effectively combat the spread of HIV/AIDS, the first line of defense is prevention. We have reached thousands of south-side residents with educational materials, and since doing so have seen a drop in HIV cases. 

The Christian Community Health Center provides a variety of services including prevention education, testing, and counseling services to give moral support and comfort to those who have tested positive. 

Family Health & FUNFest 
Each year the Christian Community Health Center holds its health fair to bring the community residents closer to the health center and learn about the services we offer. The day is filled with food, fun, and entertainment for the whole family. Save the fourth Saturday in August to have your family join the CCHC family for a day packed with fun and interesting health information.  More information is in the news and special events section of this website. 

Mobile Health Van
Christian Community Health Center is committed to improving access to health care for the most vulnerable people in our community. In Roseland, where only 45% of the population has an automobile and public transportation routes are limited, the most vulnerable are often the very young and the very old. Whether it’s bad weather preventing an elderly patient from coming to see the doctor, or busy parents who wait until their asthmatic child is in danger before going to the emergency room, accessibility can often be the difference between receiving excellent health care, or receiving none at all.

Our mobile health program is designed to reach the most vulnerable in our community. Through grants from Life Enrichment Foundation, The Grant Healthcare Foundation, The Washington Square Health Foundation, and Prince Charitable Trusts, our 35-foot mobile medical unit is on the road taking doctors to schools and other community organizations throughout the Roseland neighborhood, and beyond. Each year the van sees more than 2,000 patients. This program is on the cutting edge of defining what it means to be a true community health center, and will lead the way in providing health care to the poor and uninsured urban communities.