Fenway Health

Fenway Community Health Center, Inc.
Founded 1971
Founder Northeastern University students
Type 501c3
04-2510564
Focus LGBT
Location
Area served
 Boston, Massachusetts, United States & national
Method health care, research and advocacy
Key people
 Dr. Stephen L. Boswell (President & CEO)
Revenue
 $38,287,280 (2010)[1]
Mission To enhance the wellbeing of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and all people in our neighborhoods and beyond through access to the highest quality health care, education, research and advocacy.
Website FenwayHealth.org

Fenway Health, officially named Fenway Community Health Center, Inc., is an LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) health care, research and advocacy organization founded by Northeastern University students and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.[2]

History

Fenway became involved in treating HIV/AIDS patients in the early 1980s. Fenway’s involvement with advocacy and HIV/AIDS research led to its 1994 selection by the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases as one of eight sites recruiting participants for the first clinical trials of an HIV vaccine.[2]

It has had a number of homes over the years, including its current Ansin Building home at 1340 Boylston Street in Boston, which opened its doors in 2009.[3] At ten stories and 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2), it is the largest LGBT health and research facility in the United States.[4] Previous locations included 7 Haviland Street in Boston.[5]

Sign at Fenway Health
Old sign at Fenway Health

Operations

Services at Fenway Health include medical and mental health, dental, eye care[5] and pharmacy. Fenway also offers HIV prevention and health navigation services,[6] and a Violence Recovery Program.[7]

Fenway is also home to the National Institutes of Health-funded Center for Population Research in LGBT Health.[8]

The Fenway Community Health Center records are located in the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department, Boston, Massachusetts.[9]

Publications

In 2007, the American College of Physicians published The Fenway Guide to LGBT Health, edited by Dr. Harvey Makadon, Dr. Kenneth Mayer and Hilary Goldhammer of the Fenway Institute at Fenway Health, and Dr. Jennifer Potter of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. "We realized this was an important area that wasn't being covered," Dr. Steven Weinberger, senior vice president for medical education and publishing of the American College of Physicians, said in an interview at the time. "It has not been taught in medical school...it sort of falls through the cracks in terms of the standard curriculum."[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Fenway Health 2010 Form 990" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-12-04.
  2. 1 2 Bay Windows: Hannah Clay Wareham, "Fenway Health: new building, classic message," August 6, 2009, accessed January 18, 2011
  3. ↑ Bay Windows: Ethan Jacobs, "Fenway dedicates new headquarters," May 9, 2009, accessed January 18, 2011
  4. ↑ Boston Business Journal: "Fenway Community Health receives $1.75M Kresge grant," January 29, 208, accessed January 18, 2011
  5. 1 2 Bay Windows: Ethan Jacobs, "Healthy building syndrome," August 20, 2008, accessed January 18, 2011
  6. ↑ Bay Windows: Ethan Jacobs, "HIV/AIDS prevention gets back on track," December 5, 2007, accessed January 18, 2011
  7. ↑ Ethan Jacobs, "BPD seeks cooperation of club owners in reducing crime," July 2, 2008, accessed January 18, 2011
  8. 1 2 White Coat Notes: Elizabeth Cooney, "Fenway authors write book on LGBT health, September 13, 2007," January 18, 2011
  9. ↑ Northeastern University: Fenway Community Health Center records, n.d., 1972-2007, accessed January 18, 2011

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