Devyn Thurber PNP on AZCENTRAL

“Devyn Thurber, a pediatric nurse practitioner who works with primarily Type 1 diabetics in Cochise County, said in the communities she serves near the border, intersecting social factors, including poverty and access to health care, coincide with greater mental health challenges.

“In general, mental health issues really tend to be more prevalent in the populations that we serve. And if you’re depressed, you know, you aren’t going to have that motivation to make lifestyle changes,” she said. “For the same reason, you’re probably not going to have that motivation to be taking your medication every day and checking your blood sugar every day, too.”

AZCENTRAL – Part I

AZCENTRAL – Part II (featuring Devyn)

Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Inc. (CCHCI) is a mission driven Federally Qualified Health Center and a tax exempt not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Founded in 1996 as a small, rural health clinic operating in a community center, CCHCI has since grown to become the largest primary care organization in southeastern Arizona, serving more than 30,000 patients annually.  CCHCI operates fourteen fixed-site medical clinics, and seven mobile-medical and mobile-dental units, that serve patients throughout the more than 6200 square mile borderlands of Cochise County.