OneWorld is committed to improving the overall health of the greater Omaha community. We partner with many community organizations, including the following, to better care for underserved populations: Collaborating with compassion OneWorld strengthens community connections PATIENT VOICE OneWorld’s grassroots Patient Voice Committee was formed in 2018 to allow more health center patients to share their ideas and shape decisions about how OneWorld can better serve the community. The group meets once per month at OneWorld’s Livestock Exchange Building campus. “I am proud and happy to be a part of this group,” Blanca Lopez, a founding member of the organization, said. “I feel important. When we first started, it was a bit unclear what kind of impact we had on the community and OneWorld, but most recently, we’ve been shown how our group impacts OneWorld and how we are helping the community.” PFLAG PFLAG Omaha is a support group for people within the LGBTQIA+ community, families, friends and allies. In partnership with OneWorld, PFLAG offers bilingual support meetings conducted in Spanish and English. The group meets monthly at OneWorld, and all meetings are free and open to everyone. ADOLESCENT HEALTH PROJECT/GET CHECKED OMAHA As an Adolescent Health Project partner, we provide sexual and reproductive health education, outreach and services for Omaha youth and young adults. Omaha Teen Generation (OTG) is OneWorld’s teen group of peer educators whose goal is to familiarize more teens with OneWorld and Get Checked Omaha so that, when young people need help with medical questions, birth control, STDs and more, visiting clinics won’t be a scary experience. COMMUNITY HEALTH PROMOTERS (PROMOTORAS) OneWorld’s promotoras , or community health promoters, work to increase health care access and disease prevention within minority populations in Douglas and Sarpy counties. Our promotoras are peers and community members who connect with their neighbors, families, friends and communities to promote health, offer screening services and focus on preventing diseases like diabetes, heart disease and hypertension. They also link individuals to OneWorld as their health care home.
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