NOTICE:
The La Clinica Mobile Health Center was damaged by fire June 23, 2023. It is no longer in service, and La Clinica expects to resume this service near the end of 2025. The field-based care team continues to provide service in the community to connect patients who have challenges getting to health centers.
The La Clinica Mobile Health Center is a 40-foot clinic on wheels that provides medical, dental, and behavioral health care to patients who have difficulty reaching our other health centers.
The center serves the public at several stops.
Advanced practitioners or doctors, dentists, nurses, and medical and dental assistants work on the vehicle, which includes medical exam areas, a full dental suite, an office area, and a lab. The medical and dental exam areas can be enclosed to provide privacy for patients. The center is accessible by wheelchair.
Patients are served on a drop-in basis. Those with urgent needs are served first.
La Clinica is offering this service through the use of two federal grants. We are extremely grateful to our federal partners for recognizing the need for such services in Jackson County, where high unemployment and lower-than-average wages make access to care especially difficult.
The mobile health center is the first of its kind in Jackson County.
Learn more about our mobile health center and the services it provides in this video from Heartisan Films. See more in this web series.
OUTREACH
Our field-based care programs have been developed to empower those we treat with the care, education, and counseling they need to live healthier lives. La Clinica joins with service providers to offer basic care and health education to the unhoused community. Our programs include:
MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKER OUTREACH
Services include
- Blood pressure checks/education
- Diabetes screening/education
- One-on-one medical exams with our providers
- COVID-19 vaccinations
- Tetanus vaccinations
- HIV testing/education
- H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccinations
- Education about nutrition, tobacco, food stamps, family planning, breast self-exams, and pesticide safety
- Limited dental care
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
La Clinica uses its mobile health center to provide care at a number of community and school sites. The services are available on a drop-in basis. Most medical services available in La Clinica’s health centers are also available on the mobile health center. Limited dental services also are available at some sites.
ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN
La Clinica operates several programs in the community targeted at children. In many cases our programs are the only medical safety net these children know. Programs include:
