UT Teen Health earns prestigious Level 1 Trauma-Informed Care certification from The Ecumenical Center

March 28, 2023

Teen trauma counseling seen as critical to overall well-being UT Health San Antonio contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu The Ecumenical Center contact: Leslie Komet Ausburn, (210) 326-8992,  leslie@kometcommunications.com SAN ANTONIO, March 28, 2023 – Teens grappling with trauma from sexual abuse, family violence, pregnancy, incarceration, food and shelter insecurity, or parental divorce or death […]

Be Well Texas receives state grant to support substance use disorder recovery houses for emerging adults

March 21, 2023

Boosting access to more than 40 houses, 440 beds statewide Young adults in Texas with a substance use disorder often face housing insecurity, marked by unstable or inadequate living arrangements without support for long-term recovery from addiction. Be Well Texas, a program of UT Health San Antonio that treats patients statewide for opioid and other […]

Be Well Texas receives state grant to support substance use disorder recovery houses for emerging adults

March 21, 2023

Boosting access to more than 40 houses, 440 beds statewide Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, March 21, 2023 – Young adults in Texas with a substance use disorder often face housing insecurity, marked by unstable or inadequate living arrangements without support for long-term recovery from addiction. Be Well Texas, a program of UT […]

UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing and Amerigroup team up to offer rural health visits

February 21, 2023

  Children and families in need of health care in rural Texas communities are being visited by mobile nursing clinics dispatched from the School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) with support from Amerigroup Texas. These “clinic road trips” — using a 40-foot-long, medically […]

UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing and Amerigroup team up to offer rural health visits

February 21, 2023

UT Health San Antonio contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu Amerigroup Texas contact: Steve Scheibal, 512-762-8808, steve@newwestcomms.com SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 21, 2023 — Children and families in need of health care in rural Texas communities are being visited by mobile nursing clinics dispatched from the School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at […]

UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry community clinics target dental disease in Hispanic children

February 8, 2023

Local efforts help highlight National Children’s Dental Health Month Two satellite community clinics of the UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry are providing critical low-cost care, in particular addressing a high incidence of dental disease in Hispanic children. Hispanic children ages 2 to 19 years have the highest prevalence of tooth decay at 57% […]