Open Door Community Health Centers
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The Open Door Community Health Centers exist to provide health care and education to residents of Humboldt and Del Norte
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counties and surrounding rural areas.
Through example, education, and participation in the health care community, Open Door seeks to promote the development of a health care system which meets the needs and enhances the health of all the individuals in our communities.
The Open Door Community Health Centers actively seek out areas of special need and to provide high
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quality health care and health education to those persons without access to care, due to financial, geographical, or social barriers.
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Health News
By Gail Kuwahara
Whooping cough is a serious disease which can be fatal to infants and young children. It starts with cold like symptoms, mild cough, runny nose, and mild fever which last 1-2 weeks; this is also the infectious stage of the disease. By the time that the severe cough starts and whooping cough is suspected the sick person may hav... Read more...
Janae Zolna, MD, MPH
Family Physician, Humboldt Open Door Clinic
Body art has been around for thousands of years as part of spiritual rituals, class distinction, and a means of personal expression. Nearly one in seven adults has a tattoo. In addition, 22% of 26-40 year olds have a piercing other than the earlobes. There are various othe... Read more...
This health center is a Health Center Program grantee under 42 U.S.C. 254b, and a deemed Public Health Service employee under 42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n). Open Door Community Health Centers is a Federally Qualified Health Center receiving partial support for uncompensated care and other services under the 330(e) Community Health Centers and other grant programs of the Health Resources and Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services.







