Community perceptions and utilization of a consumer health center

Katie A Ports¹, Antoinette Ayers¹, Wayne Crocker¹+3

• ¹kaports@ vcu.edu , Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Social and Behavioral Health, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 980149, Richmond, VA 23219; aayers@vcu.edu , Community Health Educator, Virginia Commonwealth University, Massey Cancer Center G-127, 401 College Street P.O. Box 980037, Richmond, VA 23298; wcrocker@ppls.org , Library Director, Petersburg Public Library, 201 West Washington Street, Petersburg, VA 23803; Alton.Hart@vdh.virginia.gov , Public Health Director, Crater Health District, Virginia Department of Health, 301 Halifax Street, Petersburg, VA 23803; mmosavel@vcu.edu , Associate Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Health, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 980149, Richmond, VA 23219; crafie@vcu.edu , James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Medical Education Center, 11th Floor, Room 11-204, 1201 East Marshall Street P.O. Box 980070, Richmond, VA 23298-0070.