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How MHP Salud’s community health workers help El Pasoans face health care fears
Posted on: October 15, 2025 | Last Updated: November 12, 2025
News articles, Information Posts
Read the full article as originally published by El Paso Matters: Opinion: How MHP Salud’s community health workers help El Pasoans face health care fears October is spooky season – a time when bats, ghosts and skeletons seem to be around every corner. But for the thousands of El Pasoans living without health insurance, the […]
Projected Surge in Uninsured Will Strain Local Health Systems
Posted on: September 17, 2025 | Last Updated: November 13, 2025
News articles, Information Posts, Featured
Sam Whitehead and Renuka Rayasam September 17, 2025 RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — Jake Margo Jr. stood in the triage room at Starr County Memorial Hospital explaining why a person with persistent fever who could be treated with over-the-counter medication didn’t need to be admitted to the emergency room. “We’re going to take care of […]
Steady Steps Toward Graceful Aging
Posted on: September 6, 2025 | Last Updated: November 12, 2025
Older Adults, News articles, Information Posts, Featured
The words send shivers down my spine: “I fell. Please hurry.” When you have elderly loved ones, you probably know the feelings all too well. The mixture of panic, fear, and the hundreds of scenarios that run through your mind as you race to get help. The fear isn’t unfounded. The National Council on Aging […]
Baby Safety Takes a Village
Posted on: September 1, 2025 | Last Updated: November 12, 2025
Information Posts, Featured
To welcome a new baby is to make a sacred promise – to keep them safe, happy and healthy. As parents, we have a deep-rooted, built-in sense of protection when it comes to our children. We want to provide for their every need, to keep them in a bubble, to shield them from harm. It’s […]
The Value of Partnering with Community Health Workers
Posted on: May 1, 2025 | Last Updated: November 12, 2025
News articles, Information Posts, Featured
Read the full article as originally published by American Federation of Teachers: https://www.aft.org/hc/spring2025/perales_moncion Community health workers (CHWs) provide a wide range of services and advocacy that help increase access to healthcare and promote health and well-being. We spoke to MHP Salud’s Venita Perales, CHW, and Amy Moncion, LCSW and community liaison director, about how partnering with […]
Community Health Workers Advance Healthcare
Posted on: May 1, 2025 | Last Updated: November 12, 2025
News articles, Information Posts, Featured
Read the full article as originally published by American Federation of Teachers: https://www.aft.org/hc/spring2025/dante Community health workers (CHWs) are critical members of the public health workforce, connecting communities with health and social resources and improving the quality and cultural competence of service delivery. To learn more about how CHWs increase access to care among vulnerable populations […]
4 tips for maintaining health as you age
Posted on: March 10, 2025 | Last Updated: October 21, 2025
Older Adults, News articles, Information Posts
While it may not always feel like it, aging is a genuine privilege. Though our hair grays and our knees get creaky, the world remains bright, beautiful and filled with loved ones, laughter and adventures waiting to be checked off the bucket list. Honoring the opportunities that come with aging is a big reason our […]
Community Health Workers & The Women Who Pioneered the Path
Posted on: March 1, 2025 | Last Updated: October 22, 2025
Information Posts
Most of us can remember “that moment” that triggered our passion and set the foundation for that would lead us toward our life’s calling. For Lillian Wald, credited with coining the term “Public Health Nurse” in 1883, it came after providing health care to a young girl’s mother in a dirty, dilapidated tenement in New […]
Happy, Healthy Holidays
Posted on: November 1, 2024 | Last Updated: October 22, 2025
News articles
Charles Dicken’s classic holiday story A Christmas Carol centers around themes of redemption, compassion and community. As I reflect on the moral lessons of Ebenezer Scrooge’s journey, I think of the stories I’ve heard from the Promotores de Salud of MHP Salud, our own community’s circle of support: I think of the young man working hard to […]
Nonprofit aims to spur health coverage through Mid-Valley location
Posted on: September 10, 2024 | Last Updated: October 22, 2025
News articles
WESLACO — The city of Weslaco is officially home to MHP Salud’s first office site in Texas, where they hope to decrease the number of uninsured residents in a region particularly in need of healthcare coverage: the Rio Grande Valley. Now located at 512 S. Westgate Drive, Suite B in Weslaco, MHP Salud is a […]
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