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Community LINK Health Day




Image by Christiana Care

Residents and neighbors of the 1900 block of Market Street were LINKed to health services during a Community Health Day that offered the Wilmington community free and easy access to health screenings and information.

On Oct. 3, 2009, Christiana Care’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and other community partners presented the second LINK (Linking the community, Immediate health information, Navigating the road and Knocking out disparities) in a chain of opportunities to eliminate health disparities.

More than 100 residents stopped by Community Health Day. A large number took advantage of the free on-site screenings such as HIV and chronic disease screenings that included cholesterol, sugar and blood pressure. In addition, there was cancer awareness education and information available to attendees. For the kids, there was music, healthy snacks, giveaways and a moon bounce.

“Part of the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center’s mission as National Cancer Institute-selected Community Cancer Center is breaking barriers and ‘knocking out disparities,’” says Nora Katurakes, RN, MSN, OCN, Christiana Care’s manager of Community Health Outreach and Education. “What better way to do this than to partner with people in the community who know their neighbors.”

This Community Health Day LINKs Christiana Care with the Wilmington Senior Center, Greater Brandywine Village Revitalization, Market Street Pharmacy, McConnell Johnson RealEstate, LLC., City of Wilmington Parks & Recreation and other local community partners. The goal is to connect people with little or no health insurance to health care and disease prevention services.

Community LINK Health Day




Image by Christiana Care

Residents and neighbors of the 1900 block of Market Street were LINKed to health services during a Community Health Day that offered the Wilmington community free and easy access to health screenings and information.

On Oct. 3, 2009, Christiana Care’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and other community partners presented the second LINK (Linking the community, Immediate health information, Navigating the road and Knocking out disparities) in a chain of opportunities to eliminate health disparities.

More than 100 residents stopped by Community Health Day. A large number took advantage of the free on-site screenings such as HIV and chronic disease screenings that included cholesterol, sugar and blood pressure. In addition, there was cancer awareness education and information available to attendees. For the kids, there was music, healthy snacks, giveaways and a moon bounce.

“Part of the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center’s mission as National Cancer Institute-selected Community Cancer Center is breaking barriers and ‘knocking out disparities,’” says Nora Katurakes, RN, MSN, OCN, Christiana Care’s manager of Community Health Outreach and Education. “What better way to do this than to partner with people in the community who know their neighbors.”

This Community Health Day LINKs Christiana Care with the Wilmington Senior Center, Greater Brandywine Village Revitalization, Market Street Pharmacy, McConnell Johnson RealEstate, LLC., City of Wilmington Parks & Recreation and other local community partners. The goal is to connect people with little or no health insurance to health care and disease prevention services.

Fifth Grader Health Fair 2010-64




Image by Inkyhack

University of the Pacific's Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Science's held its 20th annual health fair for area fifth graders on Friday. Nearly 200 kids from the Lodi Unified School district spent a few hours at the school learning about health hazards in the home (poison and allergans), the benefits of exercise and proper eating, how to avoid germs, and how a heart works. The kids were able to look inside actual sheep hearts and it was explained how those hearts are similar to human hearts. The kids also were treated to a fair where they played games that had health-related themes.