Clinics to Take Part in Public Health Week
Discouraging adolescent obesity, offering free blood pressure and pregnancy tests, providing breast exam education and promoting regular exercise are among the goals of Ventura County Public Health Week ‘97, which runs April 7 to 13.
Services aimed at promoting better health from Ojai to Thousand Oaks will be offered all week at the county’s public health clinics, senior centers, hospitals and community service groups.
Water aerobics for arthritis sufferers, sessions on how to deal with depression and anxiety, safety tips for children and emergency preparedness training are among the dozens of offerings during the event, sponsored by Ventura County Public Health Department and other groups.
Health screenings include weight and height checks administered by the Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program, pregnancy tests, tuberculosis tests, blood pressure tests, immunizations for children, body composition analysis and blood glucose testing.
Free health screenings will be offered between 8 a.m. and noon and 1 to 5 p.m. at county clinics on the following days:
* Monday at Oxnard Public Health, 2500 C St., Suite D.
* Tuesday at Ventura Public Health, 3147 Loma Vista Road.
* Wednesday at Simi Valley Public Health, 660 Los Angeles Ave.
* Thursday at Santa Paula Public Health, 620 W. Harvard Blvd.
* Friday at Oxnard Public Health.
Call 1-800-781-4449 or 652-5916 for times, dates, places and fees of health week offerings.
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