USA Health Center for Healthy Communities

08/31/2026

Addressing Food Insecurity After a Hospital Stay

Recently, CHC's director Dr. Ashley Williams Hogue was part of an interview on Fox 10's Studio 10 about a new program connecting hospital patients facing food insecurity food resources, SNAP benefits, and nutrition education. The following excerpt comes from the Studio 10 webpage. Watershed Health, the company driving patient care coordination across the healthcare ecosystem, today announced that, with USA Health, the academic health system for the University of South Alabama, and Feeding the Gulf Coast, a Feeding America food bank serving the central Gulf Coast, they are spearheading a new care model to fight patient food insecurity....

Recently, CHC’s director Dr. Ashley Williams Hogue was part of an interview on Fox 10’s Studio 10 about a new program connecting hospital patients facing food insecurity food resources,…

08/29/2026

Empowering the Community through Connection and Knowledge

"This is one of the most empowering meetings I've been to in a long time. It gives me hope." This is how one community member prefaced her question at the combine medical town hall held at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. The event, attended by more than 50 community members, allowed community members to ask any health question they had. Jonah Celeski, a second year medical student at the Fredrick P....

“This is one of the most empowering meetings I’ve been to in a long time. It gives me hope.” This is how one community member prefaced her question at the combine medical town hal…

08/19/2026

Check out this interview on Fox 10 about the upcoming Medical Town Hall. Come out and ask your health questions.

USA Health programs will join local churches and community organizations for a combined medical town hall from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 29, at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.

08/17/2026

Tips for Managing Your Wellbeing-Youth Edition

Young people need to learn how to do self-care and prioritize their wellbeing. Check out these tips and share them with the young people in your life.

Young people need to learn how to do self-care and prioritize their wellbeing. Check out these tips and share them with the young people in your life.

08/14/2026

Tips for Prioritizing Your Wellbeing

August is National Wellness Month. Check out these tips for prioritizing your wellbeing.

August is National Wellness Month. Check out these tips for prioritizing your wellbeing.

08/13/2026

Medical Town Hall Planned for August 29th

The next medical town hall will take place on Saturday August 29, 2026, at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church (545 Cody Rd, Mobile, AL 36608). See the flyer for details. Doors open at 9 am with the panel starting at 10 am.

08/12/2026

The USA Health Center for Healthy Communities (CHC) recently brought together educators, law enforcement professionals and community organizations for its Building Safer Spaces Workshop, an interactive training focused on restorative justice and trauma-informed care.

This article, by Michelle Ryan-Day, originally appeared in the August 11, 2026, USA Health Insider. The USA Health Center for Healthy Communities (CHC) recently brought together educators, law enfo…