Our History
In 2002, medical students from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) came up with an innovative way to break down the barriers the homeless population face to accessing health-care: mobile health clinics. Every week for the last ten years, UCLA medical students, in partnership with volunteer doctors and social workers, work to bring health-care to the local West Hollywood homeless population, rain or shine. Their mobile health clinic, funded by donations and grants, is a well-known among the locals, many of whom rely on the clinic as their only source of health-care. For the students, its a hands on learning experience that prepares them for the rigors of their future careers. The UCLA mobile health clinic is the driving force behind the U.C. Mobile Health Clinic Project. Our Goal Our aim is to bring mobile health clinics to each University of California medical school to help alleviate a widespread problem across the state: the homeless populations' lack of access to health-care. Like the UCLA Project, each mobile health clinic will be staffed by medical, law and public health students under the guidance of volunteer doctors and homeless advocates. In doing so, the mobile health clinic project will create community partnerships between U.C. medical schools and their local shelters, clinics, and other community organizations, so together they can help more of California's most vulnerable residents. |
The U.C. Mobile Health Clinic Project: At a Glance
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