HomeMy WebLinkAboutS Community Health Center Week Proclamation ORANGE COUNTY
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER WEEK
AUGUST 20-269 2000
WHEREAS, There is a significant number of residents and citizens in Orange County
who are currently medically underserved for a number of reasons,the most prominent of
which include geographical isolation, financial and/or language barriers, and an
insufficient number of health providers willing to serve them without regard to ability to
pay; and,
WHEREAS, The Piedmont Health Services, Inc. is a private, nonprofit corporation that
provide high quality comprehensive health care to medically underserved people in
Orange and other counties; and,
WHEREAS, The Carrboro Health Center and Piedmont Women's Health Center serve
many Orange County residents and have made great strides in the Orange County health
care system specifically by maintaining a high standard of accountability, demonstrating
cost effectiveness, empowering our community to develop programs to its specific needs,
enhancing opportunities for children and families, and providing health care services in
accessible low-cost culturally sensitive environments; and,
WHEREAS, The Carrboro Health Center and the Piedmont Women's Health Center have
also made a significant difference in the health care system by improving access to
quality care provided by trained professionals for the underserved by promoting
individual responsibility and health awareness in the community, and offering primary
preventive care of the highest quality to reduce preventable deaths, costly disabilities, and
communicable diseases; and,
WHEREAS, Community Health Centers such as the Carrboro Health Center and the
Piedmont Women's Health Center promote 100% access and zero health disparities to
help achieve primary health care for everyone and end disparities.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS do
hereby proclaim the week of August 20 through 26, 2000 as "COMMUNITY HEALTH
CENTER WEEK"and urge our citizens to recognize the important contributions of the
Carrboro Health Center and the Piedmont Women's Health Center to the improvement of
the general quality of life of the residents of Orange County.
4TIhnilseesolution is adpoe s day of August, 2000.
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ses Carey, Jr., Chair
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