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The Nelson Community Health Fair will be held on Saturday, July 20, 2024, from 10:00am to 2:00pm at the Nelson County High School! This event offers free health education and resources for the entire family. From providing sports physicals and immunizations for students to connecting you with local health resources. Over 30 local organizations will be participating, offering plenty of valuable information and services. COE team members will provide both cancer screening navigation and education services.
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Events for June 2024 – Nelson County Virginia (nelsoncounty-va.gov)
The task force aims to prioritize, act on, and decrease cancer disparities in the region, ensuring proactive cancer screenings and vaccinations. The next meeting is scheduled for July 22, 1- 3 pm, at the United Way Meeting Space in Danville. For more information, contact Ashley Banegas.
Providing cancer screening navigation services with a monthly educational focus on a cancer type and increasing awareness about cancer prevention strategies.
Community outreach event providing cancer screening navigation services and spreading general cancer screening awareness.
The purpose of these bi-weekly (every two weeks) events is to advance community engagement and health equity for all. At Fifeville Health Station, residents can receive free blood-pressure and blood-sugar checkups, get help accessing their cancer screenings, as well as take home fresh produce via a pay-what-you-can farm stand.
Location: 782 Prospect Ave, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
Providing cancer screening navigation services with a monthly educational focus on certain cancer types and/or cancer prevention information. A COE Navigation Team member will be present to provide cancer-related navigation services.
The Sunbeatables program begins a 16-course at Buena Vista City Public Schools- FW Kling ES on August 27, 2024.
The University of Virginia’s Comprehensive Cancer Center works with school programs to implement Ray and the Sunbeatables®: A Sun Safety Curriculum. This free, evidence-based curriculum educates children, parents, and teachers about sun protection and promotes sun safety behaviors to reduce children’s lifetime risk of developing skin cancer. The curriculum was developed by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
For more details about this program, contact Iqra Haji @ aay3kj@uvahealth.org
What: This event will be providing fresh produce from the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, free clothes for community members, and cancer screening navigation services.
COE’s role: The cancer screening navigation team will be using the cancer screening checklist to inform attendees of the screenings they may be due for, and will be providing navigation services for local resources.
UVACC COE will be present but not hosting this event.
Providing cancer screening navigation services with a monthly educational focus on a cancer type and increasing awareness about cancer prevention strategies.
UVACC COE will be in attendance at event but not hosting.
Present on cancer screenings and offer cancer screening navigation services
Community outreach event providing cancer screening navigation services and spreading general cancer screening awareness.
The purpose of these bi-weekly (every two weeks) events is to advance community engagement and health equity for all. At Fifeville Health Station, residents can receive free blood-pressure and blood-sugar checkups, get help accessing their cancer screenings, as well as take home fresh produce via a pay-what-you-can farm stand.
Location: 782 Prospect Ave, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA