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Latina Health Fair

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Hosted by Sea Mar Community Health Centers

Date: 5/18/2013
Time: 10am-2pm
Partner organization(s): University of Washington

Location:
South Park Community Center
8319 8th Ave S.
Seattle, WA 98108

Description: The annual Latina Health Fair (LHF) is a community-based, culturally and linguistically appropriate event focused on the Latina population in King County and neighboring counties. The Latina Health Fair will accomplish the following: •Provide health education, community resource information and health screenings to the Latina/o community from King County and surrounding areas. • Help eliminate health disparities and promote health equity in King County. •Encourage healthy behaviors among Latinas of all ages and their families such as healthy eating, physical activity, and accessing preventative screenings/care. •Collaborate with partnering organizations and communities with similar goals and target populations, to assist in the organization of the Latina Health Fair. •Collect demographic data and feedback from health screeners and fairgoers, needed to understand community needs, barriers and successful tactics for disseminating health care information.

This is a public event and is open to the general public.

Fee: This is a free event

Event activities/topics:

Chronic disease prevention and/or treatment
Clinical screening and exam
Foot health
General wellness
Health coverage or insurance
Healthy aging
Heart health
HIV and STI prevention and/or treatment
Mental and emotional health
Nutrition
Oral health
Physical activity and fitness
Reproductive health
Skin health
Smoking
Substance abuse prevention and/or treatment
Vision health
Weight management

For more information about this event:

Contact name: Ismenia Gaviria

Email: LatinaHealthFair@seamarchc.org

Phone: 206-764-8045 extension: 40045

Website: http://www.seamar.org/

For more information about Sea Mar Community Health Centers :

Address: 8915 14th Ave South
Seattle , WA 89108

Phone: 206-764-8045 extension: 40045

Website: http://www.seamar.org/

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Content last updated May 29, 2013.

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