08 May
by Derrick Vander Waal
SIOUX CENTER – How healthy are you?
SIOUX CENTER – How healthy are you?
Promise Community Health Center will help you answer that question.
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| Promise will host a “Spring into Wellness” Health Fair 7-10 a.m. Wednesday, May 13. The event will include low-cost and free screenings, information and more. |
And you will get a chance win a valuable prize that any family would love and would help improve your family’s health going forward.
The health center, located at 338 First Ave. NW, Sioux Center, is planning a “Spring into Wellness” Health Fair for 7 a.m.-10 a.m. Wednesday, May 13. The event will offer low-cost and free health screenings; various health, wellness and nutrition information; and a drawing for a chance to win a yearlong family membership donated by the Dordt College Recreation Center – a $380 value.
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| The Dordt College Recreation Center is donating a yearlong family membership to be given away as a prize at the “Spring into Wellness” Health Fair. |
Promise will offer cholesterol and diabetes screenings for only $20 for both. Promise also will offer free blood pressure and body mass index (BMI) screenings.
Brittany Hamm, clinic manager for Promise, said these are “important screenings” for people to help monitor their health.
“Knowing your numbers such as BMI, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, etc., helps you make informed decisions about your health and your daily habits, rather than just guessing and wondering if you are doing enough to stay healthy,” Hamm said. “This is an affordable option for anyone, and we are excited to make this available to our whole community.”
The health fair is being held in the morning because eight hours of fasting is preferred for the most accurate results for the screenings. People may drink water in advance of the screenings, however.
Also at the health fair, Mike Inman, behavioral health consultant at Promise, and Pedro Ruiz, care coordinator/interpreter, will present information about behavioral and mental health as part of National Mental Health Awareness Month. They also give people the opportunity to complete brief depression and adverse childhood experience screenings. The screenings are optional and free.
“This event is also to create awareness for mental health. Our emotional and spiritual well-being is inseparable from our physical health,” Hamm said. “Our attention to our mental health should be just as important. We will be offering great tools for participants to know their mental health status and to think about how it impacts how they feel physically.”
Personnel from Snap Fitness of Sioux Center will offer free fitness and nutrition education at the health fair.
Everyone who participates in the health fair will have the opportunity to have their name entered into a drawing for a yearlong family membership to the Dordt College Recreation Center. The recreation center includes an indoor track; courts to play basketball, volleyball, soccer, tennis, wallyball and racquetball; a batting cage; an exercise/fitness room; weight rooms; and an aerobic dance room.
“We are excited about the door prize. A family pass to the Dordt facility is a great way to help individuals stay active,” Hamm said. “Also, we’re excited to have our guests from Snap Fitness there to help individuals interested in nutrition and fitness screenings.”
Information also will be provided about colorectal cancer screenings, mammograms and breast cancer screenings, and sexually transmitted diseases screenings.
For more information about the “Spring into Wellness” Health Fair, call Promise at 712-722-1700.
Promise Community Health Center, headquartered in Sioux Center, is the only Federally Qualified Health Center in the far northwest corner of Iowa. To learn more, visit www.promisechc.org.
EVENTO DE SALUD:
EVENTO DE SALUD:
“Spring into Wellness” Evento de Salud será el miércoles, 13 de mayo, a las 7-10 am en Centro de Salud Comunitario Promesa (Promise Community Health Center) en Sioux Center.
Puedes recibir exámenes del colesterol y diabetes por solamente $20 total. Es recomendado tener ocho horas de ayuno, pero agua está bien.
Examenes Gratis de:
- Presión de sangre;
- “Body Mass Index” (BMI) – para peso;
- Aptitud física y nutrición del cuerpo, por Snap Fitness (aquí en Sioux Center).
Si vienes, tendrás la oportunidad de ganar un pase gratis para Dordt College Recreation Center, para toda su la familia (valor de $380 – el pase es donado por Dordt College).
También recibirás información sobre el cuidado de la salud mental, exámenes para la detección de cáncer colorrectal, mamografías, y sobre enfermedades sexuales.
También recibirás información sobre el cuidado de la salud mental, exámenes para la detección de cáncer colorrectal, mamografías, y sobre enfermedades sexuales.
Promise Community Health Center, establecido en Sioux Center, es el único Centro de Salud comunitario Calificado Federalmente en el noroeste de Iowa. Para obtener más información, visite www.promisechc.org/espanol/.
