Max Robinson Health Center, the Anacostia branch of the Whitman Walker Clinic
2301 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20020
http://www.wwc.org/regional_centers/max_robinson.html

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Anticipated Project(s):

We are in the process of updating project descriptions for the 2010-2011 academic year. Please check back in August!

Expectations of Team Members
--Two hours per month coaching patients on the computer at Max Robinson
--Monthly ISCOPES meetings to plan the curriculum
--Optional monthly outreach visit to Ward 8 to distribute HIV information (3rd Saturdays)
--Optional technical support at health information workshops sponsored by HIPS partners

Past Projects:
Team members at the Max Robinson Health Center supported community members living with HIV/AIDS. The team assisted patients on using the internet to find information on HIV and other health topics. The team also supported community health advocates by developing a flier and curriculum needed for a neighborhood health fair.

Past projects included: visiting and coaching patients for two hours on a bi-weekly or weekly basis at 5 different health centers; giving health talks on blood pressure, breast cancer, diabetes, and nutrition at public libraries and health centers; staffing health fairs at the Washington Highlands Library; conducting a survey of people’s Internet use; designing an evaluation of people's experience with online health information; and creating signs, brochures, and handouts to encourage people to research health online.

Site Description:
Whitman-Walker Clinic's Max Robinson Center, named after the nation's first African-American network news anchor, Max Robinson, who died of AIDS in 1988, has been providing HIV/AIDS services for clients living in southeast D.C. since 1992. MRC provides a wide range of services to the community east of the Anacostia River in a culturally competent and sensitive manner. MRC serves an area that traditionally has been underserved and faces tremendous challenges when it comes to primary health care and HIV/AIDS services.