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Geriatric Health Literacy II:  An Active Learning Series

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Coastal AHEC Newsletters - Now Available Online

Pathways - Winter 2009

The Coastal AHEC Community-based education quarterly newsletter.  To sign up for this newsletter electronically, e-mail Shontel Minor at sminor@cahectx.org.

W.E.H.E.L.P. Newsletter - May 2010

To sign up for Coastal AHEC's Health Literacy newsletter, e-mail Terri Dickerson at tdickerson@cahectx.org.

The Pulse - Spring 2010

Coastal AHEC's Health Careers Promotion newsletter is now available online!  To subscribe electronically, contact Katina Gilmore at kgilmore@cahectx.org.
 
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Welcome to Coastal AHEC!

Located in La Marque, Texas, the Coastal Area Health Education Center is a cooperative effort between The University of Texas Medical Branch and the Coastal AHEC, Inc.  Coastal AHEC works with Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Jefferson, Liberty, Matagorda, and Orange counties seeking to improve the health of our population, especially the underserved, by creating partnerships among community and academic organizations.  We link health care resources to build and strengthen community-based education programs.  A regional Governing Board of Directors guides the Coastal AHEC in it's mission.

Funding support for AHEC programs and centers combines federal, state, public, and/or private resources.

Coastal AHEC program areas include Health Careers Promotion (focusing on recruitment of potential students into healthcare professionals), Community-Based Education (getting students out to underserved communities to experience real-world primary care medicine), Community Health Literacy, and Community Health Systems (helping communities recognize their needs, goals, and strengths, and teach them how to help themselves).

Offfice & Staff Contact Information

Coastal Area Health Education Center
P.O. Box 2       808 Bayou Rd.
La Marque, TX 77568
(409) 933-0021        409) 933-3107 fax

Executive Director                 Leslie Hargrove, C.H.E.S.
Office Manager                      Isaac S. Mancillas
Sr. Program Coordinator      Shontel Minor
Program Coordinator            Terri Dickerson, C.H.E.S.
Program Coordinator             Katina Gilmore
Program Coordinator             Lisa Bendele
Community Health Worker    Lucero Salinas
Community Health Worker     Peter von Marensdorff

Located in the heart of Galveston county, our office is centrally located in our region's service area.   Our staff can provide resources at our office to assist you from Monday through Friday, 8am - 5pm.

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