USA Health Center for Healthy Communities

10/16/2026

Thanks to one of our great BSCC kids, we now have a support structure for English Peas growing in the Center for Healthy Communities Garden.

10/12/2026

10/08/2026

In preparation for the potential impact of Hurricane Isaias, USA Health will temporarily suspend elective outpatient services beginning at noon on Friday, October 9. This includes scheduled surgeries, imaging, physician appointments, therapy, laboratory testing and other outpatient procedures.

USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute locations will operate on modified schedules Friday, with the Mobile location closing at 1:30 p.m. and the Fairhope location closing at 2 p.m.

Patients whose appointments or procedures are affected will be contacted directly by USA Health staff to arrange rescheduling.

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10/07/2026

October: National Bullying Prevention Month

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Check out this resource from our Community Health Worker team.

09/09/2026

September is Su***de Prevention Awareness Month

September is National Su***de Prevention Awareness Month. The BSCC Community Health Worker team created this resource to help community members recognize the warning signs and learn how they can support someone in crisis.

09/01/2026

We value the ongoing partnership of Pastor Sandy McQueen and the Truevine Missionary Baptist Church Family,

08/31/2026

Addressing Food Insecurity After a Hospital Stay

Recently, CHC's director Dr. Ashley Williams Hogue was part of an interview on Fox 10's Studio 10 about a new program connecting hospital patients facing food insecurity food resources, SNAP benefits, and nutrition education. The following excerpt comes from the Studio 10 webpage. Watershed Health, the company driving patient care coordination across the healthcare ecosystem, today announced that, with USA Health, the academic health system for the University of South Alabama, and Feeding the Gulf Coast, a Feeding America food bank serving the central Gulf Coast, they are spearheading a new care model to fight patient food insecurity....

Recently, CHC’s director Dr. Ashley Williams Hogue was part of an interview on Fox 10’s Studio 10 about a new program connecting hospital patients facing food insecurity food resources,…

08/29/2026

Empowering the Community through Connection and Knowledge

"This is one of the most empowering meetings I've been to in a long time. It gives me hope." This is how one community member prefaced her question at the combine medical town hall held at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. The event, attended by more than 50 community members, allowed community members to ask any health question they had. Jonah Celeski, a second year medical student at the Fredrick P....

“This is one of the most empowering meetings I’ve been to in a long time. It gives me hope.” This is how one community member prefaced her question at the combine medical town hal…

08/19/2026

Check out this interview on Fox 10 about the upcoming Medical Town Hall. Come out and ask your health questions.

USA Health programs will join local churches and community organizations for a combined medical town hall from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 29, at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.