Saturday was our second health fair this fall, although it was more like the first because it was a joint APhA event. MOD teamed up with Operations Heart Burn, Immunization and the Maryland Regional Operation Hypertension at the CommUNITY Fest at "The World Famous Lexington Market" http://www.lexingtonmarket.com/. Check out the local Baltimore Flare!!
CommUNITY Fest was hosted by the University of Maryland School of Medicine Chapter of the SNMA (Student National Medical Association). The theme of the event was “CommUNITYFEST 2009: Healthy Childhoods, Healthy Futures.” Many services were provided to reach the goal of making CommUNITYFEST festive and informative for a diverse audience of all ages and backgrounds. There were free health screenings including: glaucoma provided by the medical students, blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar provided by nurses from Maryland General Hospital, and mini oral exams provided by the dental students. Health information and education on topics such as diabetes, immunizations, hypertension, heartburn (by our ASP chapter) and asthma, mental health, children's health, tobacco use prevention, teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections was also provided by various other organizations. ASP members also represented the school of pharmacy by teaming with the Maryland Poison Center to give medication safety information to parents and children. Overall, it was a fun event attended by over 600 people. It was great to see the health care professional students working together for the undeserved populations in the immediate area.
Our first video entry with both of us was taken outside of the market. Be sure to check it out, but give us a break, it's our first time on camera :P
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Ashley and Erica welcoming the community!
It was slow at the beginning.
Entrance to Lexington Market.
Student National Medical Association Board
View from above.
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