2020 Annual Report
During times of crisis, we must continue to look forward, furthering our mission despite unprecedented challenges. A Year in Response puts the immense efforts of our staff, supporters, and community on display.
During times of crisis, we must continue to look forward, furthering our mission despite unprecedented challenges. A Year in Response puts the immense efforts of our staff, supporters, and community on display.
An unprecedented pandemic in 2020 brought Howard Brown Health’s mission into focus. Amidst a backdrop of uncertainty, COVID-19 created an immediate crisis requiring a coordinated response in the service of public health and for the safety of historically under-resourced communities. With a bench of experts in community health, infectious disease, epidemiology, and contact tracing, Howard Brown quickly responded with testing stations, innovative partnerships, and revised protocols to keep patients and staff safe from a previously unknown virus. Using experience in crisis HIV response, social service support, and wraparound medical care, Howard Brown is uniquely positioned to adapt to urgent needs during an unpredictable time.
We are a group of trans and nonbinary community members from the Four Corners: Trans & Nonbinary (TNB) Health Research Advisory Network. In 2019, we conducted our first study on TNB health research priorities. We want to share the project, research, and findings with YOU, our community! We also want to provide helpful guidelines for TNB people to engage in meaningful research that reflect our values and we want to challenge researchers and institutions to prioritize our needs, because we know us better than anyone else does!
In the summer of 2019, Four Corners conducted eight focus groups, two in each city of participating sites, in order to explore health and research priorities, participants’ prior experiences with research, and preferences for research dissemination. Focus groups were facilitated by two TNB project staff and included 65 participants, all of whom were at least eighteen years of age and self-identified as transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming. Participants were recruited via flyers posted at the four FQHCs and social media advertisements. Focus groups were audio recorded and transcribed.
The Spring 2020 edition of Health Centered is available now. Get a copy at our clinics to learn about programs and events happening at Howard Brown Health. This edition features information about new executive leadership at Howard Brown, information about AIDET, our new Youth Hormone program, and much more! Pick up a copy at any one of our 12 locations or read online.
We’re on your side. From our multiple Chicago locations, Howard Brown Health provides holistic care by prioritizing every angle of a person’s wellbeing, including their physical, behavioral, and emotional health. Read our 2019 Annual Report for stories from patients and insights into our recent growth.
Anal cancer incidence has been increasing for several years and disproportionality impacts people living with HIV; people with a history of cancer of the cervix, vagina, or vulva; people who have receptive anal intercourse or play with multiple partners; and people who have chronic HPV. The screening, early detection, and treatment of anal dysplasia and anal cancer has the potential to significantly improve morbidity and mortality as early detection can facilitate a cure. In response to this, Howard Brown has developed screening guidelines as a tool to identify patients who are more likely to benefit from anal dysplasia screening using the best available evidence.
The Fall 2019 edition of Health Centered is available now. This edition features information about “U=U,” an easy way to remember that undetectable means untransmittable.
The newsletter also features Howard Brown’s Youth Hormone Program and highlights our provider Dominique Murray in our Provider Spotlight. You can find out information about our clinics and much more in the latest issue. Pick up a copy of our newsletter at any one of our locations.
The Winter 2019 edition of Health Centered is available now. This edition features information about the upcoming plans for the South Side.
The newsletter also features Howard Brown’s pharmacy now open in Englewood! You can find out information about our clinics and much more in the latest issue. Pick up a copy of our newsletter at any one of our locations.