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August is National Immunization Awareness Month! As children go back to school, it is important to get immunized to protect yourself and your family. What is the difference between a vaccine and immunization? Vaccine – a product administered to create immunity from a disease. Contrary to popular belief, vaccines are not available by needle injection alone. …

Protect Your Family. Get Immunized. August is National Immunization Awareness Month! It is important to get immunized to protect yourself and your family, especially as children go back to school. Vaccines help you, your family and others in the community from getting certain diseases. By building defenses within your body, you are less likely to …

By Fran Butler-Cohen, Family Health Centers of San Diego CEO Thirty years ago, I brought my young son to a medical care visit. He was not immunized. This amazing pediatrician, with no judgment or blame in her eyes, gently suggested I was perhaps too well-read on the topic of immunizations, and instead, suggested we go …

August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month! Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) wants families to be aware of the impact vision has on your child’s overall health and wellness. According to a recent Children’s Vision and Eye Health report, one in five preschoolers enrolled in Head Start have a vision disorder. Vision …

August 7th – 13th is National Health Center Week! Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is a community health center organization rich in history and tradition. Community services have been provided to the residents of Barrio Logan at the site of our first clinic located at 1809 National Avenue for more than 100 years. …

Don’t Miss Our September Spirit of the Barrio! Who are Millennials? And what do they want? How should you communicate with this new generation? (And what exactly IS Snapchat?) Join us on September 16th at our #SOTB (that’s Spirit of the Barrio) luncheon to find out the answers to these questions and more as we …

It’s just a little corn meal, some chili sauce, some meat, chicken or cheese, wrapped in a husk. Sounds simple, right? Every kitchen has its own recipe. And every grandchild claims their grandmother’s was the best. But Laura Rodriguez, the founding spirit behind Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD), made tamales special in Barrio …

Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) has opened a new location on 3rd Avenue adjacent to Hillcrest Family Health Center to expand our comprehensive services and programs and further meet the health care needs of the diverse Hillcrest community. Opened on July 5th, Hillcrest Family Health Center on Third Avenue houses behavioral health services, …

SAN DIEGO, CA — (July 8, 2016) John Spanos, President of Football Operations, and representatives from the San Diego Chargers, including Special Advisors Fred Maas and Jeffrey Pollack, will speak about the downtown stadium initiative at Family Health Centers of San Diego’s Spirit of the Barrio luncheon on Friday, July 15, at 11:30am at Logan …

While it’s always sunny in San Diego, the weather really starts to heat up in the summer months. During this season, it is natural to want to be outdoors soaking up the sun. With attractions like the San Diego County Fair, the San Diego Zoo, Padres games and Sea World, it’s likely that you and …

FHCSD Expands at Hillcrest Family Health Center on Third Avenue Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) has opened a new location on 3rd Avenue adjacent to Hillcrest Family Health Center to expand our comprehensive services and programs and further meet the health care needs of the diverse Hillcrest community. Opened on July 5th, Hillcrest …

Every year at the 155 medical schools across the nation, students find out the results of the National Resident Matching Program.  That third Friday of March is indelibly seared in the minds of medical students because it is on that day they find out where they will spend the next 3-4 years training to become …