Mariposa Community Health Center’s two acre campus in Nogales features state-of-the-art facilities. The campus provides pediatric, adult medicine, Ob/Gyn, dental services and a full-service pharmacy. The facilities are equipped with a procedure room, full service in-house lab, digital x-ray and mammography, DEXA, IV room, plus eligibility and referral offices.
Mariposa Community Health Center’s mission is to improve the health of its patients and communities by providing a patient-centered health care home that ensures access to culturally appropriate, primary care and community-based education regardless of an individual’s ability to pay. Mariposa facilitates access to specialty care and provide services and programs that respond to community/patient needs and encourage individual responsibility for one’s health.
Accessibility is the heart of Mariposa’s mission. Ed Sicurello, Chief Executive Officer for Mariposa says, “You can have the best technology in the world, the best trained and dedicated staff in the world, but if people can’t get in your door because of economic, geographic, or cultural barriers, then you’re really not able to make a differences in people’s lives, and that is what Mariposa is all about. When you’re truly about making a positive difference in people’s lives you go the extra mile.”
Making a difference in people’s lives is what inspired Mariposa to support Mat Bevel Company as a sponsor this year during the “Escape Velocity” campaign. Field trips to the Museum Of Kinetic Art and The Universe Within worldbuilding curriculum inspire students to tackle life’s challenges with much greater imagination.
Mariposa’s Medical and Dental Center serves the Rio Rico community. The clinic provides adult medicine, pediatric, integrated behavioral health and dental services, plus eligibility and referral offices.
Mariposa Community Health Center was founded in 1980 in response to the tremendous unmet medical needs in the small, rural county of Santa Cruz located in Southern Arizona. Initially established as a clinical division of the Santa Cruz County Health Department, the vision was to establish a unique model of care that integrated primary medical care with traditional public health services. The Health Center was originally staffed by a pediatrician and nurse practitioner and was located in a small building near downtown Nogales.
Since its founding, Mariposa has become the largest and most comprehensive provider of medical, dental, disease prevention and health promotion services in southeast Arizona, with locations in Nogales, Rio Rico, Tubac and Patagonia. As a patient-centered health care home, Mariposa’s integrated approach to patient care focuses on addressing all the factors involved with achieving and maintaining a healthy, productive life. As a one-stop shopping model of care delivery, Mariposa provides comprehensive primary medical and dental care supported by lab, digital x-ray, and mammography, ultrasound, telemedicine, a full-service pharmacy, an integrated behavioral health program, plus an extensive health promotion/disease prevention department. Over 320 dedicated staff members support MCHC and its mission of service in the community.
Mariposa’s Tubac Regional Health Center opened in March 2016. The clinic has three exam rooms and is staffed by a full-time family nurse practitioner and a family medicine physician.
Mariposa’s Community Health Services Department, Platicamos Salud, is nationally recognized for deploying innovative, community-based healthy strategies in Santa Cruz County to make a positive difference in patients’ lives, as well as the community at large. The community-based wellness and education programs are related to chronic disease, nutrition and fitness, prenatal education and home visiting, neighborhood revitalization, case management and assistance with a community support group, youth leadership training, plus numerous other services in collaboration with the schools and other community partners.
The Family Health Center in Patagonia has provided the residents of Patagonia, Sonoita, Elgin and the surrounding area with family medical care since 1990. Considered the heart of Patagonia, the clinic, which has five exam rooms and a procedure room, is staffed by a full-time Family Nurse Practitioner and part-time Family Physician.
Mariposa’s External Communications Coordinator, Marco Leon says, “It is important that Mariposa supports all Santa Cruz County schools and programs that engage students. It is our hope that these young minds will utilize the skills learned in Mat Bevel Company programs as they move into the future, regardless of what area of focus they journey into.”
Mat Bevel Company thanks Mariposa for its support of community-based programs that promote student education, growth and wellbeing.