Did you know that your zip code can be a predictor of your health? So can your place of birth, where you work and play, your income and education, and a host of other factors – in addition to the choices you make each day about what to eat, when to work out and whether or not to see a doctor. These factors, recognized by public health professionals as “social determinants of health,” are linked to inequities in health and health care (health disparities) among racial and ethnic minorities in America.

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Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center (RCCHC) has been awarded a $200,000 Golden LEAF grant to open and operate a medical clinic in the former Washington County Medical Clinic building in Creswell, NC.  The new Creswell Primary Care is scheduled to open April 11.  

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Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center (RCCHC) announced its plans today to open a new primary care health clinic in Washington County.  It will be called Creswell Primary Care and will be located in the former Washington County Medical Clinic building off Highway 64 in Creswell. 

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Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center employee Weyling White has been named one of the 2017 Emerging Leaders in Healthcare Transformation.  White, an Ahoskie native recently traveled to San Antonio, Texas where he received the award from the Communities Joined in Action (CJA), a private, non-profit membership organization of nearly 150 community health collaboratives. 

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