7/7 -- Greater Liberty Temple/United Neighbors Development Corp. Health Fair
Although the temperatures reached the high 90s, that did not stop Julio Colon and Jesus Mabute, both of Orthopaedics, from doing blood pressure and diabetes screenings. Great work, gentlemen!
Screening statistics:
BP-- 35
Glucose --31
7/13 -- Health Information Day at Pathmark
This month's information day at Pathmark featured Kenneth Page of the Screening Access of Value to Essex (SAVE) Program and Din Garcia of the Initiative for the Elimination of Health Disparities. Both were on hand to distribute information about prostate cancer.
7/14 -- University Center for Family Medicine/Network of Christian Men, Inc. "Healthy Men and Women" Health Fair
University Center for Family Medicine, the community-based health center sponsored by the New Jersey Medical School Department of Family Medicine and The University Hospital, hosted a free health fair on July 14, 2007. The Center worked with the Network of Christian Men, a collaboration of several local Christian churches; the men's ministry of St. James AME Church; and the Hyacinth AIDS Foundation to host the event.
The health fair featured screenings and information on a variety of health issues including hypertension, diabetes, Hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, smoking cessation, cancer, nutrition and oral health. Children who attended even had a special visitor--Batman!
 Mark Johnson, MD, Chair, NJMS Department of Family Medicine, was pleased
with the work of the health health fair's organizers: Marielos Vega, RN of the
Dept. of Family Medicine, Vida Franco of University Center for Family
Medicine/Dept. of Family Medicine, and Isaac Thomas of the
Network of Christian Men, Inc.
Marielos Vega, RN (l) speakers with Dr. Mark Johnson and guests at the health fair.
NJMS student Kingsuk Ganguly (r) speaks with a guest at the health fair.
Future physicians/NJMS students Nadin Exantus, Ludmilla Gustave and
Alexander Rios were pleased to be a part of the health fair.
NJMS student Ludmilla Gustave handled the height and weight portion of
the health fair.
Nadin Exantus, a NJMS student, checks a blood pressure.
Dr. Kathyann Duncan discusses a screening result with NJMS student Nadin Exantus.
Doctors Kathyann Duncan and Laura Hargro, both of the Department of
Family Medicine, pose with a special health fair guest: Batman!
Dr. Mark Johnson leads the "For Men Only" discussion.
Tamara Coley (r) takes a breathing test under the instruction of Michelle Lee (l).
Mayors can get screened too: Ambert Louis, a NJMS student, conducts a screening for Mayor Wayne Smith, mayor of Irvington, NJ.
Dr. Asha Samant of NJDS conducts a dental assessment during the health fair.
Veronica Subol, RN (l) of the NJMS Dept. of Family Medicine assists students Tina Varghese and Michelle Vazquez during an assessment.
Rachna, a NJDS student, speaks with a guest about oral health issues.
Screening statistics:
BMIs [Body Mass Index]--61
Blood Pressures--61
Blood Glucose--48
PPD's [Tuberculosis]--41
Cholesterol--44
Asthma Screening--59
Dental Assessment--16
Prostate Cancer --19
Fecal Occult Blood Tests--19
Vision Tests --41
Hepatitis C--53
Men's Health Talk [Dr. Johnson ]--34
7/15 -- Fathers, Sons, Men and Boys Associates and the New Jersey Muslim Business Association New Africa 10th Annual Family Festival
Sunday afternoon is a great time to spend time with the family. That is why family was the focus at the Fathers, Sons, Men and Boys/New Jersey Muslim Business Association New Africa 10th Annual Family Festival. The event featured free activities and refreshments for all!
The University Hospital Community Outreach Committee was on hand and provided health screenings. During the screenings, Yvonne Hogans (Nursing) did the glucose screenings; Patricia Bing-Grant and Haroon Shahid (NJMS students) and Jokebed Amay and Larry Montalvo (undergraduate students at Rutgers University) handled the blood pressure screenings; Marcelo Taborga (a NJMS student) registered bone marrow donors; and Evelyn Granger (SAVE Men Program) and Carl Chase (Urban and Community Development) distributed information about prostate cancer.
Larry Montalvo (l) prepares to do a blood pressure screening during the
Fathers, Sons, Men and Boys Festival.
Evelyn Granger (l) of the SAVE Program discusses prostate cancer.
Patricia Bing-Grant concentrates on doing a blood pressure screening.
Yvonne Hogans (r) in action.
Haroon Shahid watches closely to get the correct blood pressure reading.
Marcelo Taborga (r) registers a guest to become part of a life-saving program:
bone marrow donation.
Carl Chase distributes wellness information during the health fair.
The perfect team: Carl Chase of the UMDNJ Department of Urban and
Community Development and his wife, Marie.
Screening statistics:
BP-- 31
Glucose -- 32
7/19 -- Free Prostate Cancer Screenings at The University Hospital
In an effort to continuously promote prostate cancer education and screenings, the New Jersey Medical School Screening Access of Value to Essex (SAVE) Men Program, The University Hospital, and the UMDNJ Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities hosted a free prostate cancer screening.
A total of 21 men were screened, and the following staff members helped make the event a success: Takia Small and Tina Jalloh (Pathology); Kevin Gioia (NJMS), Dr. Georgi Guruli, Dr. Mark Jordan, Gwendolyn McKnight, RN and Rosemarie Puig (Urology); Evelyn Granger and Kenneth Page (SAVE Men Program), Tracey Richardson, Joanne Fagan and Kafilat Jimba (Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities); and Alexandra Ocampo and Qamar Carr (Admitting).
Thanks everyone.
7/28 -- Beulah Baptist Church Health Fair
This health fair featured health screenings and a blood drive. Several members of the Community Outreach Committee were on hand and helped make the day successful. Those members were: Ilsa Curtis and Rebecca Townes-Mays of UMDCAre; Pat Hardy of the FXB Center; Evelyn Granger and Kenneth Paige of the SAVE Program; Din Garcia of the Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities; Heather Jordan of the Tobacco Clinic-Newark; and Terry Jonas of Food and Nutrition.
Great work, everyone.
Screening Statistics:
Blood pressure: 31
Glucose: 26
Smoking New Patient Assessments--3
Prostate--7
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