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2009 CityMatCH Urban MCH Leadership ConferenceScreenings are also available for:• STD/HIV,• Pregnancy,• Fitness,• Blood pressure and diabetes,Other topics/ Services provided:• Keeping the Do Done: Taking care of natural hair,• Managing Debt: Financial Planning,• Chair and hand massages,• Yoga,• And much moreParticipants complete a health assessment upon entry to the event, visiting educational tables for smallgroup sessions that rotate every 20 minutes, or screening tables. Participants can go in whatever orderinterests them. Spa services are available first come/first serve. Each education session, screening or otherservice earns the participant a stamp. Stamps are redeemable with an event evaluation upon exiting for t-shirts, bags, and other give always. Each participant receives a one-on-one review of their healthassessment and a statement of their potential birth outcomes based if they were to become pregnant nowon their individual scoreACCOMPLISHMENTS/RESULTSThe Health Assessment information is used to determine the kind of educational information needed atfuture events. The exit survey has shown this to be a very effective way of getting health information outto a hard to reach generation. Currently, a pre and post-test to assess knowledge acquisition is beingtested.Evaluation Plan: These events have resulted in over 200 young women receiving a preconception healthassessment, as well as important health/wellness information. These assessments have clearly shown howmuch this information is needed. Samples of some of the results follow:• 74% of all attendees have scored in the moderate risk category.• 10.9% report having been physically abused.• 12.9% report having had an STD in the past.• 34% report having had a pregnancy scare.INFORMATION FOR REPLICATIONBudget: $2,000 per eventResources: Student event monies on Campuses, and “creative financing”Key Partners: Public Health, Academic Institutions, High Profile student groups on campus75