COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE FOR EVERYONE

April is Minority Health Month. Join us for free food, giveaways, free COVID vaccines and health screenings on Friday, April 5 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The event will be held at Hartley/Vey Park, 1702 Gardere Lane, Baton Rouge.

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Did you know that cervical cancer is highly preventable? Yet Louisiana has the 4th highest cervical cancer death rate in the USA. 

We can help change this though by getting annual screenings and seeing our doctors regularly. 

St. Gabriel Health Clinic provides FREE Pap smears for women 21-64 years old. And during the month of January, every woman who receives a PAP smear will be entered in our January gift card raffle. 

So this year, make it a priority to take care of yourself! Call us today to make an appointment, 225-930-4922.

St. Gabriel Health Clinic was recently featured on Vitamin Angel about our work with prenatal care. 

“Located between the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers, Iberville is one of the largest parishes in Louisiana. It’s also home to St. Gabriel Health Clinic, which for the past three decades has been providing comprehensive primary care services to the area’s underserved population.” 

St. Gabriel Health Clinic is among 49 awardees that received a grant from Direct Relief’s Fund for Health Equity, which mobilizes financial resources for organizations focused on non-clinical interventions that affect a person’s health. Commonly known as the social determinants of health, these factors include an individual’s physical, social, political, cultural, and economic environment.

The 49 organizations received funding for a wide range of initiatives, including a campaign to overcome anti-Asian hostility and its effects on wellbeing; an initiative to develop more active lifestyles among members of the Yurok Tribe; a center supporting Black women’s wellness; and an organization focused on improving birth outcomes for refugee populations, primarily from African and Asian countries.

St. Gabriel Health Clinic received $250,000 from the Fund for Health Equity will help fill in gaps of care experienced by many of our patients who may not be able to afford medical care otherwise. The Program will provide assistance to our patients who are unable to pay their bills from referrals, and in house services. The patient will need to apply, and the legibility will be determined based on the patient’s household income. 

“We believe that all people deserve to have their health care needs met regardless of socioeconomic or any other factors. Many patients have to choose between medical care and obtaining the basic essentials that so many people take for granted,” said Shirley Wade, APRN, FNP-BC, CEO of St. Gabriel Health Clinic. “Hopefully, this will help minimize them having to make that choice.”

“This round of funding honors organizations on the front lines of their communities that are already working tirelessly to eliminate health disparities,” said Byron Scott, MD, MBA, co-chair of the Fund for Health Equity and board director of Direct Relief and chair of its Medical Advisory Council. “These funds will allow these exemplary organizations to continue innovation as they improve health outcomes for vulnerable populations across various communities in our country.

The awardees were selected by the Fund for Health Equity’s Advisory Council, which includes the following members:  

•   Co-Chair Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA, 18th U.S. Surgeon General of the United States, Founder Bayou Clinic, Inc.  
•   Co-Chair Byron Scott, MD, MBA, Board Director of Direct Relief and Chair of its Medical Advisory Council  
•   Martha Dawson, DNP, MSN, RN, FACHE, President of the National Black Nurses Association, Associate Professor the University of Alabama at Birmingham 
•   Jane Delgado, Ph.D., MS, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health  
•  Gail Small, JD, Head Chief Woman, a citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe  

St. Gabriel Health Clinic provides primary preventive health services to individuals regardless of their ability to pay to increase the span of a healthy lifestyle, reduce health disparities, and achieve access to comprehensive health services.