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
“Not only is it okay and safe to see your dentist during pregnancy, it is important for the health of your unborn baby,” says Karen Severn, RN Clinic Coordinator at Open Door’s Northcountry Prenatal Services. The American Dental Association (ADA) recommends that pregnant women eat a balanced diet, brush their teeth thoroughly with ADA-approve... Read more...
While I was volunteering at a recent Patient Appreciation Day in celebration of Open Door Community Health Centers’ 40th anniversary, a gentleman asked me how I got involved in the clinic. I told him I was a Teen Advocate and Receptionist for the Teen Clinic held every Monday afternoon at the Humboldt Open Door Clinic in Arcata. As the conversati... 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.







