AFHP funding to Utah Navajo Health System to add reproductive health services

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Arizona Family Health Partnership (AFHP) has provided funding for the Utah Navajo Health System (UNHS), a nonprofit community health center, to offer reproductive and sexual health services at four clinics serving the Navajo Nation and southeastern Utah.



The funding, which will cover reproductive health services to a total of 800 clients at clinics serving Montezuma Creek, Monument Valley, Blanding and Navajo Mountain, comes from a $450,000 federal Title X grant for healthcare and family planning services to the Navajo Nation. The first phase of the grant was awarded to Canyonlands Community Healthcare for services in Page and Chilchinbeto near Kayenta.



For more than 40 years, Title X family planning clinics have played a critical role in ensuring access to a broad range of family planning and related preventive health services for millions of low-income or uninsured individuals and others. Title X is the only federal grant program dedicated solely to providing individuals with comprehensive family planning and related preventive health services. The Title X Family Planning program was enacted in 1970 as Title X of the Public Health Service Act.



“Access to quality reproductive healthcare is critically important and this grant will provide additional opportunities for members of the Navajo Nation and anyone living in the service area the care they need,” said AFHP Chief Executive Officer Brenda “Bré” Thomas.



Services include reproductive life planning, contraception and natural family planning. Abortion services are not part of the program.



“Given the rural location and the medically underserved population we serve, this funding means we will be able to expand our reach into surrounding communities for vital healthcare services,” said UNHS CEO Michael Jensen.



UNHS clinic hours are:



• Montezuma Creek (435-651-3291): Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.



• Monument Valley (435-727-3000): Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.



• Blanding Clinic (435-678-3601) Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.



• Navajo Mountain (928-672-2494): Monday, 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.



For more information about the Arizona Family Health Partnership, visit www.arizonafamilyhealth.org or call (888) 272-5652.



– Utah Navajo Health System, Inc. is a not-for-profit Community Health Center providing medical, dental and behavioral health care in neighborhoods throughout the northern portion of the Navajo Nation and southeastern Utah. We provide primary health care to men, women, and children, regardless of citizenship status, nationality or ability to pay. UNHS’ full service health care facilities have been serving southeastern Utah communities since 2000. Our four health centers provide 80,000 provider visits each year to more than 13,000 unique patients; 8,800 of which are residents of San Juan County. Our health centers provide primary health care to those most in need. We are affiliated with some of the best hospitals in the country with the University of Utah being our primary affiliation. For more information, visit www.unhsinc.org.



– Arizona Family Health Partnership is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to making reproductive healthcare and education available and accessible to all women, men and teens in Arizona, particularly those lacking resources and traditionally reluctant to seek health care. With greater access to services we provide, Arizona families will be healthier and stronger for generations to come. Arizona Family Health Partnership helps coordinate the services funded by the federal Title X program and run by more than a dozen partner agencies. For more information, visit www.arizonafamilyhealth.org.