Health Protection and Education Service

In 2023 HPES won the nationally-recognized Astra-Zeneca Community Health Award for 2022. The Health Equity: Community Solutions Challenge supports non-profits that are advancing health equity among underserved US communities through innovative health approaches. HPES has identified businesses to partner with, e.g., international grocers and restaurants, that can provide a space to host a health screening for employees who have barriers to healthcare, including language barriers These establishments are generally in University City, Olivette and Manchester, MO.
This project addresses the systemic barriers that prevent immigrants from accessing medical care while preventing suffering from treatable conditions.

In 2022 HPES pivoted to the No Wrong Door model of care to assure access to health screenings plus resources to address social determinants of health for underserved minorities.
Volunteer physicians provide free consultation following health screening testing, including Lipid Panel cholesterol and A1c.

As part of the No Wrong Door model, medical social workers volunteer to aid with accessing resources for access to healthcare needs.

Medical students volunteer and get training in community medicine.

Through a Medical-Legal Partnership, HPES clients are provided free legal consultation on-site at health screening events, especially regarding immigration issues which present themselves as barriers immigrants experience and are considered social determinants of health.

HPES began a partnership with Washington University Eye Clinic, through the benevolence of the Barnes Jewish Foundation. The Eye Clinic provides free prescription eyewear, including lab testing, lenses and frames to those referred from a HPES screening event. This partnership is valued at $90,000.