Health screening and testing will be provided FREE !
Health screening will be administered by the: The Ebony Nurses Association of Tacoma and the Mary Mahoney Nurses.
Screening, in medicine, is a strategy used to identify disease in an unsuspecting population. Unlike most medicine, in screening, tests are performed on those without any clinical indication of disease.
The intention of screening is to identify disease in a community early, thus enabling earlier intervention and management in the hope to reduce mortality and suffering from a disease. Screening is very good at increasing the health of a population by early detection of disease.
Screening/Tests include:
The Puget Sound Blood Center Blood Drive
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Bone Marrow Registration
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Oral HIV/AIDS testing - Macedonia MBC Operation Hope
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Rapid HIV/AIDS testing - PierceCounty Community Health
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Breast screenings - Breast Care Express/Swedish Hospital - The Swedish Mobile Express features the latest in digital full-field mammography technology as well as a complete rooftop satellite system enabling the transmission of images to radiologists at Swedish.
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Breast/Cervical screenings: Mammogram, CBE (Clinical Breast Exam) and pap under the BCHP (Breast Cervical Health Program).
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Diabetes screening - Bayer Health Care
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Sickle Cell screening - Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force
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Glaucoma, High Blood Pressure, Sight & Hearing Loss Screenings - Northwest Lions Foundation
Swedish Mobile Mammography Program
The Swedish Cancer Institute's Mobile Mammography Program delivers potentially life-saving technology to communities that would otherwise have little to no access to advanced breast-cancer screening. The program's goals are to make screening more convenient, increase outreach to underserved communities and reduce the disparities in care due to access.
Thank you to our Community Partners
www.bayerdiabetes.com/US/Index.asp
American Cancer Society