Five days a week, the bright white KIDS Mobile Medical Clinic drives into federally designated health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) and offers comprehensive general pediatric health care services at five different sites and comprehensive adolescent health care services at a two additional sites. The first four sites are located near seven public housing areas with an estimated 2,000 underserved children. Our fifth site is located at an Emergency Homeless Shelter. Our fifth and sixth sites, which serves two public high schools with an estimated 1,800 students, is dedicated to providing comprehensive adolescent health care.
Our comprehensive health care model offers patients the following services:
- School/sports/summer camp physicals
- Well and sick visits
- Immunizations
- Tuberculosis screenings
- Hearing/vision screenings
- Gynecologic services
- Referrals to specialists as needed
- Medical management for chronic illnesses such as asthma, diabetes and HIV/AIDS
- On-call services twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week
