Community Engagement Within New Haven

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• 00:03Medicine is a team sport. We
• 00:06really have to work together.
• 00:07You have to really understand the
• 00:10people that you're working with
• 00:11and the people that you're trying
• 00:13to improve their health in order
• 00:16to really deliver outstanding,
• 00:17high quality health to
• 00:19everyone. Yale resides in the
• 00:20New Haven community and this
• 00:22community is such a powerhouse.
• 00:24It's an incredibly diverse town.
• 00:26It's a town with a big
• 00:28heart. We really try and foster.
• 00:31Be working with agencies,
• 00:32with health organizations in the
• 00:34community to make sure that you're
• 00:36truly embedded and understand New Haven.
• 00:39Yale students have a
• 00:40lot of different opportunities,
• 00:42whether they're involved
• 00:43with health education,
• 00:44health care in the community,
• 00:46or also opportunities
• 00:47to learn about research.
• 00:48One of the ones that really
• 00:51impresses me is the Haven Clinic.
• 00:54Haven is
• 00:55a student run free clinic.
• 00:56We see about 400 to 500 unique
• 00:59patients each year providing primary
• 01:01care and wrap around social services
• 01:03including legal services,
• 01:04social services, lab services,
• 01:06reproductive health services that
• 01:07help provide kind of comprehensive
• 01:09care for patients. All of our
• 01:11patients are uninsured and the majority
• 01:13are Spanish speaking and it's a
• 01:16really great opportunity for students
• 01:17to get involved with marginalized
• 01:19communities within New Haven.
• 01:22The Neighborhood Health Project is
• 01:24another free clinic that focuses
• 01:26a little bit more on preventative
• 01:28screening and is more mobile based.
• 01:30The engagement of the students
• 01:32in New Haven, it's not
• 01:34the engagement of somebody from the
• 01:36outside engaging in the community,
• 01:38is community participation.
• 01:39And that starts from understanding
• 01:41that during the years that we're here,
• 01:43we are not just at Yale,
• 01:45we are members of the New Haven community.