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YOU MAKE our work<br />
POSSIBLE<br />
MOBILE UNIT<br />
The Mobile Unit services are available throughout Ventura County at community events<br />
to help prevent problems from undiagnosed health conditions, such as diabetes. In <strong>2016</strong><br />
out of 1,050 adults and children who were tested, 183 tested abnormal, and 83 had no idea<br />
that they were diabetic or pre-diabetic and were immediately referred for medical care.<br />
The Mobile Unit staff also provided free immunizations and flu shots to children and<br />
adults, blood pressure screening, BMI testing, and hemoglobin tests.<br />
MOTHER AND CHILD WELLNESS<br />
“Only when all children have the same opportunity for<br />
a healthy start and when mothers, babies, children and<br />
families have the best possible support for their health<br />
and well-being can we, as a nation, say that we are<br />
thriving.” W. K. Kellogg Foundation.<br />
We are committed to ensuring that babies and their<br />
mothers have a healthy start in life. St. John’s Regional<br />
A $20,000 grant from<br />
Livingston Memorial<br />
supported immunizations<br />
and vaccines through our<br />
mobile unit.<br />
Medical Center’s Healthy Beginnings program does just that. Its focus is on improving<br />
the health of pregnant women to improve the health of mother and infant, especially for<br />
women who are challenged by social and economic circumstances. Healthy Beginnings<br />
offers pre-to post-natal education, medical care, enrollment in health programs, and<br />
referrals to community services.<br />
MEDICAL CAMP PARTNERSHIP<br />
In partnership with our Lady of<br />
Guadalupe Parish and Sathaiy Sai<br />
Baba, St. John’s Healthcare Foundation<br />
sponsored Ventura County’s only free,<br />
full service medical camp, staffed by<br />
physician and nurse volunteers. This<br />
annual event is a highlight in our quest<br />
to improve community health. More<br />
than 500 adults and children received<br />
health screenings (blood glucose,<br />
hemoglobin, BMI, cholesterol, blood<br />
pressure) and evaluation at the <strong>2016</strong><br />
event. Additional services provided:<br />
• 435 vision exams, with 400<br />
prescription glasses donated by<br />
the Oxnard Lion’s Club.<br />
• 326 dental screenings<br />
• 44 mammograms<br />
• 57 pap-smears<br />
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