Programs & Services
Improving Wellness of the Least Served
Overview
Integrated Healthcare
Integration means that providers of all our services work as a team to deliver different types of care specific to each patient’s needs. Each patient/client is cared for by a health care team that may include a doctor, dentist, psychiatrist, nurse, counselor, social worker, behavioral health consultant, health educator and other professionals. Each patient is the most important member of their health care team.
Primary Medical Care
Methodist Healthcare Ministries provides services that include health education, regular checkups, review of medications and prescriptions, and a discussion of any health issues you’re experiencing.
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Dental care is offered in state-of-the art dental clinics. Methodist Healthcare Ministries provides preventative cleanings, dental health education, routing care and treatment of complex dental problems.
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Mental health can change how people think, feel and act. Each time you meet with a member of Methodist Healthcare Ministries counseling team, you can learn ways to feel better mentally and physically. Every session is in a safe and private area. Whether you worry about family relationships, stress, depression, grief, anxiety or anger, counselors are here to assist by creating goals that will help put your mind at ease.
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Community Health Workers
Community Health Workers or Promotores de Salud, serve a vital function of the organization’s ministry efforts. Community Health Workers have the distinct ability to reach vulnerable, low-income and underserved members of the community through their specialized knowledge of the communities they serve and their unique ability to engage community members at a hands-on level.
LEARN MOREGet FIT
The Get FIT (Families in Training) program is a preventive program aimed at averting Type II diabetes, obesity and sedentary lifestyles for school-aged children and their families. The program integrates nutrition, physical fitness and character education to support the physical needs of students and their families and facilitate the healing of the mind, body and spirit.
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Community Counselors help people who are uninsured, whose existing coverage does not provide mental health services benefits, are low-income and lack the money to pay for counseling services, or who would not receive treatment any other way.
LEARN MORERecreation & Enrichment
Methodist Healthcare Ministries’ Recreation and Enrichment program provides fitness and wellness classes designed to improve the overall health and wellness of our clients and Community. Our classes provide long-term physical, mental and spiritual resources to promote health and wellness, and wellbeing of the body, mind and spirit.
LEARN MOREWesley Nurse
A Wesley Nurse is a faith-based community nurse who uses a holistic approach – mind, body, and spirit. Their mission is to help the community by offering free services that encourage a healthy lifestyle. Some of those services include health education, individualized diabetes education, referral assistance, facilitation of resources, and wellness classes.
LEARN MOREParenting Programs
Methodist Healthcare Ministries offers several programs to parents or caregivers across our service area. Programs including Meld, Parents as Teachers, are offered in San Antonio and surrounding areas. The Parents Helping Parents is offered at multiple sites throughout South Texas.
LEARN MOREProsperemos Juntos / Thriving Together (PJTT)
PJTT supports communities in shifting and sharing power to accelerate their journey toward health equity. Methodist Healthcare Ministries (MHM) strongly believes that communities are best equipped to improve their health and well-being. The ultimate goal of this collaborative is to provide coalitions with the knowledge and resources to strategically advance health equity, utilizing the Pathways to Population Health framework as a guide.
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Methodist Healthcare Ministries knows that everyone needs help to be healthy. When our patients are struggling to keep up, it's hard to be at their best. Even when there are people around who love and want to support them. That’s why we're connecting our patients and clients to resources through our Bridge of Blessings platform. You can be a part of that impact by donating to specific needs.
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