USA Health Center for Healthy Communities

11/13/2025

During their second in person session, the STEMM Scholars fall cohort explored using different technologies in exploring and working in the environment. After spending time with their community mentors, students were divided into three groups working at stations involving electrical engineering, drone photography, and agriculture. Karla McCants, STEMM Scholars outreach coordinator, guided students to use an electrical engineering learning kit to build different “machines”....

During their second in person session, the STEMM Scholars fall cohort explored using different technologies in exploring and working in the environment. After spending time with their community men…

11/11/2025

November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. The CHC Community Health Worker team put together this resource to raise awareness about youth homelessness.

November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. The CHC Community Health Worker team put together this resource to raise awareness about youth homelessness.

11/11/2025

Yesterday, the CHC team took time out for a wellness day.

11/10/2025

In early November, the USA Health Building Safer Communities Collaborative team hosted a lunch and learn event for youth probation officers at the Strickland Youth Center. The event was an opportunity to build stronger connections, better understanding of the program, and offer a bit of professional

In early November, the USA Health Building Safer Communities Collaborative team hosted a lunch and learn event for youth probation officers at the Strickland Youth Center. The event was an opportun…

11/05/2025

Shout out to Valerie Longa from Mobile Baykeeper for talking with our STEMM Scholars about the importance of water ways in our environment and data for understanding what communities face when it comes to water quality.

10/31/2025

Recently, the journal Surgery published an article describing the development of the Consortium of Southeast Regional Violence Intervention Programs (CoSERV), with the goal of "fostering collaboration, sharing resources, and aligning advocacy efforts across state lines."

Recently, the journal Surgery published an article describing the development of the Consortium of Southeast Regional Violence Intervention Programs (CoSERV), with the goal of “fostering coll…

10/15/2025

We appreciate Ms. Tokie Dunn from the Mobile County Health Department for engaging the STEMM Scholars in a spirited conversation about the social determinants of health.

10/14/2025

The USA Health Building Safer Communities Collaborative uses a public health prevention approach to address the needs of justice impacted youth 12yrs. to 18yrs. in Mobile County.

The USA Health Building Safer Communities Collaborative uses a public health prevention approach to address the needs of justice impacted youth 12yrs. to 18yrs. in Mobile County.

10/10/2025

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The CHC Community Health Worker team put together this resource to raise awareness about the impact of domestic violence on Children.

10/08/2025

The fall 2025 cohort held its first in person session October 7th providing students an opportunity to interact with each other, the program staff, and community mentors. The two-hour session provided learning opportunities with a lot of fun included.

The fall 2025 cohort held its first in person session October 7th providing students an opportunity to interact with each other, the program staff, and community mentors. The two-hour session provi…

10/03/2025

What does work, again and again, is positive reinforcement. Empowerment, not fear. We built Project Inspire on the belief that when young people are equipped with resources, strong relationships, and a vision for their future, they can choose a different path. They can design the life they want.

The following excerpt comes from a guest column Dr. Ashley Williams Hogue, director of the USA Health Center for Healthy Communities, wrote for AL.com When you work in trauma, you see a lot. But wh…

10/02/2025

Keegan Musaalo, a third-year medical student at the Whiddon College of Medicine, presented research in September at the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) annual meeting in Boston.

The following article originally appeared in the Med School Watercooler. Keegan Musaalo, a third-year medical student at the Whiddon College of Medicine, presented research in September at the Amer…