Child Health Services

Patients and families at Child Health Services receive health care based on the bio-psychosocial model of health care, pioneered by the late Dr. Selma Deitch and others in the 1980’s. This model, implemented by a multidisciplinary team of medical providers, family support workers, and nutritionists, adapts health care to the specific needs of children living in poverty.  Our clients face many barriers - education, language, cultural disparity, transportation - and by evaluating each patient in the context of his or her family in addition to their physical, social and emotional development, the team is able to develop a health care plan to promote the well-being of the child.

Referrals to Child Health Services come from a variety of agencies in the city including the Manchester Health Department, Manchester Schools, the Elliot hospital and Catholic Medical center emergency rooms to name but a few.