Tuesday, August 31, 2010

AAHI at Southern Asian Seven Day Adventist Church (SASDAC)

This past Sunday, August 29th, AAHI participated in another successful health fair at SASDAC. The event was held at the community's church. AAHI staffers, Atyya and Sanjana were in attendance along with four new health promoters, Jimmy, Kusuma, Monique, and Simran and four seasoned health promoters, Leigh, Peter, Jean and Shamim. This event was a wonderful learning experience for the new health promoters.
AAHI provided the very popular bone density screening. Participants found this screening very helpful, they were filling out forms until the very last minute! In addition to bone density and osteoporosis education, AAHI provided education on breast health and demonstrations on how to conduct a self-breast exam. Furthermore, AAHI provided an opportunity for low-income/uninsured individuals to sign up for a free breast cancer screening. At the general AAHI table, there was educational materials on cancer and diabetes, along with AAHI information and giveaways.

We want to thank Southern Asian Seven Day Adventist Church for allowing us to participate in their Community & Health Fair.




Health promoter, Monique, handing out bone density screening forms to attendees waiting in line.









Health promoter, Simran, educating participant about her bone density results.












Monique and health fair participant practicing how to do a self-breast exam.













Health promoter, Leigh demonstrating exercise that can strengthen bones.














Leigh conducting the bone density screening on a wheelchair-bound participant.











Simran educating another participant about his bone health.










Leigh conducting a bone density screening on a participant, while his children observe.













Health promoters, Peter and Kusuma managing the general AAHI table.

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