Neighborhood Health Stations of Rhode Island




Can we make healthcare more accessible?
The Neighborhood Health Station concept regroups the ambulatory care services of a traditional community health center with urgent care and other services. It uses community programming and creative placemaking, providing access to tness, foods and educational programs, as part of a strategy to promote healthy lifestyles while inviting individuals and families to the facility as a center of activity in the neighborhood.
MASS worked with a coalition of partners to develop the concept, programming and placemaking strategy for the rst Neighborhood Health Station, around the aspiration to create a state-wide network of health stations. After conducting immersive research in Central Falls, RI, including community engagement activities and stakeholder workshops, MASS proposed a series of indoor and outdoor interventions to successfully transform an existing community health facility into a vital and welcoming presence in the everyday life and care of the community.
Project Details
41.890655, -71.392278
Location: Central Falls, RI
Year: 2015
Status: Unbuilt
Program: Rhode Island Health Stations Master Plan
Design types: Preliminary design
Clients:
Rhode Island Department of Health
Partners:
City of Central Falls, RI
Blackstone Valley Community Health Care
Memorial Hospital Rhode Island (MHRI)