Our Services

Community Health

Description of Services

The Division of Community Health aims to improve child and family health through community- and hospital-based initiatives:

Primary Care Centers

Primary Care Centers provide pediatric care to children in communities that have a large number of medically underserved children. Sites currently are open in:

Children's Primary Care Oakland
412-692-6000
Children's Primary Care Turtle Creek
412-823-3121
Children's Primary Care UPMC Mercy Health Center
412-232-7751

Ronald McDonald Care Mobile

A state-of-the-art pediatric primary care center on wheels where pediatricians, nurses, nurse practitioners and respiratory therapists from Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC provide medical care to children and adolescents who are unable to visit a doctor regularly.

Family Care Connection (FCC) Centers

The Family Care Connection (FCC) Center staff provides home visiting, on-site programming and consultation, referral and linkages to a vast number of community agencies and child development and parenting education and community-building activities. FCCs work closely with the medical staff of Children’s Primary Care Centers to strengthen critical links with families in improving the well-being of their children.

Community Education Program

Community education classes promote health, safety and wellness in the home and the community and are held regularly at Children’s sites and community organizations. A wide range of topics at a variation of times are available for registration through the community education classes calendar.

Speakers’ Bureau

The Speakers' Bureau can be scheduled to provide presentations on a wide variety of topics including, but not limited to pediatric health, child development, injury prevention and positive parenting strategies.

The Discovery Program: Learning about health care and hospitals

The Discovery Program is available to groups of 10 or more in preschools, day care centers, primary grades and community organizations. The children will learn about a visit to the Emergency Department or health care provider through use of photographs, a video, dolls and safe medical supplies increasing their trust in health care providers and lessens their fears and misconceptions if they or a family member must be hospitalized.