Mission Statement
Child Health Services is dedicated to improving the health and well being of children from low income families in the Greater Manchester area. A fully integrated system of bio-psychosocial health care, social services and nutrition services, CHS is a medical home delivering specialized care that is adapted to the physical and psychosocial needs of children. The interventions prescribed and promoted by CHS are designed to help children and their families function to their full capacity.
Principles of the Organization
- Focusing on the special needs of children from low-income families; infants, children and adolescents will have access to a fully integrated system of services providing comprehensive health care, social support services, and nutrition services.
- Children will be evaluated in the context of the family taking into account their physical, social and emotional development, and for each child a program will be developed according to the family's strengths and needs.
- Child Health Services will promote the adaptation of a comprehensive model of care by other primary care providers, community health centers and specialty clinics. We will also promote the understanding of the model by community leaders, government officials, and other significant decision makers.
- Child Health Services will train health care providers in the practice of bio-psychosocial pediatrics. This training emphasizes the stages of development, social systems, the impact of the environment on health, and the advocacy that is necessary to meet children's needs.
- Child Health Services will advocate for the health and well being of children and families at the local, regional and national level.