Anchor Health

Welcome to Anchor Health’s 2023 #Wrapped! We’re so back. 😮💨 In 2023, we cared for 2,300 patients, who made 9,033 visits. We now serve over 3,766 total patients across our health centers in Hamden and Stamford, CT. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ We administered 5,459 HIV and STI tests, 281 mpox vaccines, and 454 COVID-19 vaccines. It’s giving healthy AF. 🫦 Hold up, there’s someone on the line… it’s Anchor Health Pharmacy! Over the last year, our pharmacy served 1,764 patients, and they filled 39,075 prescriptions. 💊 Through our Case Management Program, we have assisted 790 clients with 646 mental health requests and 348 name and gender marker changes in 2023. The program has helped 1,550 clients since it launched in 2020. 👥 Let’s not forget the events that truly mothered this year, from Pride festivals to sexual health fairs. 🥳 That was fun! Thanks for spending 2023 with us. Same time next year? 🤭✌️ Image description: A series of digital illustrations with text repeating from the caption. The design is inspired by Y2K nostalgia and the early internet with a range of eclectic shapes and pixelated elements. Slide 3 has a pixelated map of Connecticut with location markers for Hamden and Stamford. Slide 4 has the data in a preventative care sandwich. Slide 8 has a handful of photos from our events this year. 🎨: ghoulsxool on Instagram

We're excited to announce that Joseph Canarie, MD, AAHIVS, will expand his responsibilities to become Anchor Health's Chief Medical Officer. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Canarie! Read full announcement below. ⬇

Happy #InternationalPronounsDay! What are your pronouns? 💬 #PronounsDay seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about pronouns commonplace. Referring to someone the way they ask you to is a basic and fundamental sign of respect. It shows that we recognize others for who they are. Let’s work together to create a world that celebrates everyone’s multiple, intersecting identities. Image description: Digital illustration of a starry sky with a rainbow gradient border. Text reads, “Happy International Pronouns Day! Oct. 16.” The Anchor symbol is in the bottom right corner.⁠ #PronounsMatter  🎨: @ghoulsxool on Instagram

Our Health & Resource Fair next Friday will have name and gender marker workshops at 3 pm and 5:30 pm! These workshops will offer in-person help for trans and gender diverse folks navigating name and gender marker changes to identifying documents (e.g., driver’s license, birth certificate, and more). One-on-one sessions and notarization services will be available as well. The event will also feature youth legal assistance, voter registration, a grocery and clothing pantry, HIV/HCV testing with prizes, food and refreshments, and more! 📅 Friday, October 11 🕑 2–7 pm 📍 New Haven Pride Center Save your spot: https://lnkd.in/eggYag-S

Happy #BiAwarenessWeek to all our #bi+ baddies! We see you. You are real and valid. You belong here. And we love you just the way you are. 💖💜💙 Image description: Digital illustrations of couples in romantic embraces. Text reads, “Bi+ Awareness Week! September 16-23.” The Anchor symbol is in the bottom right corner.⁠ 🎨 : ghoulsxool on Instagram

Join us for a free community health and resource fair! Featuring name and gender marker workshops, notary services, youth legal assistance, voter registration, a grocery and clothing pantry, HIV/HCV testing with prizes, food and refreshments, and more. Free and open to all! 📅 Friday, October 11 🕑 2–7 pm 📍 New Haven Pride Center RSVP: bit.ly/resourcefair24 Image description: Graphic promoting our health and resource fair on Friday, October 11. Image text repeated from caption.

Another #Pride season in the books! Thanks for an incredible Soft Queer Summer. 🏖️🌴😎🦩 Image description: A photo of Anchor Health staff at New Haven Pride. #PrideMonth

Today is #WorldSexualHealthDay! Every September 4, we raise awareness on the importance of sexual health, rights, justice, and pleasure for all. It’s your right to choose if and how you express your sexuality, and your sexual health decisions are yours to make. Every relationship should honor bodily autonomy, promote equality, and respect human rights. ❣️ Image description: Digital illustration of Earth with heart icons floating across continents, surrounded by playful symbols like an eggplant, a peach, cherries, and a condom. Text reads, “World Sexual Health Day! September 4.” The Anchor symbol is in the bottom right corner.⁠ #WSHD2024

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Anchor Health is proud to support the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) this #NationalDisabilityIndependenceDay. Every July 26, we celebrate this important civil rights law that works to ensure all people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else.  As we commemorate the ADA’s legacy, we must also acknowledge that collective liberation is impossible in an inaccessible world. Today is a reminder of the ongoing fight for accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities, both visible and invisible. Uplifting and including disabled people is the only path forward. Image description: Digital illustration of a group of people on a sidewalk with grass behind them. A couple in front sits on the curb holding hands and eating ice cream. Behind them, a person in a wheelchair talks to someone with a service animal. Next to them, a person with an exercise mat talks to someone with a coffee. Text reads, “Celebrating National Disability Independence Day! July 26.” The Anchor symbol is in the bottom right corner. 🎨: @ghoulsxool on Instagram