WHITTIER STREET HEALTH CENTER COMMITTEE INC
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Mission Statement
To serve as a center of excellence that provides high quality, and accessible health care and social services that achieve health equity, social justice, and the economic well-being of our diverse populations.
About This Cause
Whittier Street Health Center (WSHC) is a Joint Commission-accredited urban and NCQA recognized community health center providing primary and specialty health care, oral health, mental health and substance abuse counseling services, and social and outreach services to approximately 30,000 individuals from culturally and circumstantially diverse communities in 2022. WSHC operates within the dynamic of championing equitable access to high quality health care. Whittier’s Vision Statement: Become an exceptional community health provider that addresses health care inequities, closes gaps in life expectancy, and pursues social justice. Whittier’s Mission Statement: To serve as a center of excellence that provides high quality, and accessible health care and social services that achieve health equity, social justice, and the economic well-being of our diverse patient populations. The health issues of the communities within the Whittier St. Health Center’s service area are typical of populations living in poverty and/or with low access to health care. The area’s specific indicators of ill health tend to be chronic in nature: diabetes, asthma and cardiovascular disease as well as lifestyle risk factors (poor nutrition, low exercise, high rates of smoking, lack of preventive care, poor dental hygiene) leading to poor health and a prevalence of chronic diseases, complications and co-morbidities, and high levels of depression, substance abuse and other behavioral health problems.