Community Benefit Specialist
INTEGRIS Health
Mike Chavez currently serves as the Community Benefit Specialist at INTEGRIS Health, Oklahoma’s largest health system. INTEGRIS’ mission leads Mike to provide programs, classes and events for at risk populations in Oklahoma. Mike also coordinates the Men’s Health University Initiative at INTEGRIS.
The program consists of health screenings, physician and health professional lectures and seminars for men across the state, with an emphasis on underserved and minority men. Mike continues to advocate and implement health promotion programming focusing on heart disease, obesity and mental health.
His current priorities at INTEGRIS include promoting boys and men’s health, implementing a fatherhood program, and expanding his current work with the comprehensive obesity prevention program, “FitClub.” Mike has been a member of the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the Men’s Health Caucus (MHC) since 2016.