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Meredith Johnston explains how Family Health Centers of San Diego's street medicine team serves 230,000 individuals annually—including walking through homeless encampments to provide healthcare before police sweeps scatter infectious diseases across the city.

In this clip, you'll learn:
✅ How street medicine teams partner with police (SDPD's HOT team) to coordinate care during encampment sweeps
✅ Why medication continuity matters for public health—and what happens when meds get "swept away"
✅ The surprising connection between fresh produce access and mental health treatment success
✅ How one VP of Philanthropy grows her own vegetables and believes "food is medicine"


⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Serving 230,000 People: The Scale of Community Health
0:44 - Street Medicine Team Innovation: Healthcare in Encampments
2:36 - The Public Health Problem: Disease Spread During Police Sweeps
3:53 - The Solution: SDPD Partnership & Coordination
4:45 - Day-to-Day Nonprofit Philanthropy Leadership
5:22 - Food as Medicine: Fresh Produce for Mental Health Programs
6:57 - What We Eat Changes Our Mind: The Science Behind It

📊 KEY TAKEAWAYS:

Street medicine teams provide healthcare directly in homeless encampments, going out rain or shine with case managers, health navigators, and substance abuse counselors

When police sweep encampments without coordination, infectious diseases scatter across the city and patients lose access to critical medications

SDPD's HOT (Homeless Outreach Team) now gives advance notice before sweeps, allowing healthcare teams to ensure medication continuity and connect people to resources

Mental health programs struggle to provide fresh produce access—partnering with local farms using "pay what you can" models bridges this gap

"Food is medicine"—root vegetables absorb more chemicals, making organic versions worth the investment for better health outcomes

👤 ABOUT MEREDITH JOHNSTON:

Meredith Johnston is Vice President of Development at Family Health Centers of San Diego, one of the top 10 largest community health clinics in the United States serving over 230,000 individuals annually. She brings 20+ years of nonprofit fundraising expertise and believes in practical innovation that meets communities where they are.

Meredith's LinkedIn:   / meredithhjohnston  
Family Health Centers Website: https://www.fhcsd.org

🎙️ ABOUT HART & HUSTLE:

This clip is from the Hart & Hustle Podcast, where host Efrain Lozada have weekly conversations with mission-driven leaders solving real problems in healthcare, education, and community services.

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