Top five selected in âWomen with Heartâ scholarship contest
Voting now open to select 2021 winners Health care (Source: Raycom Image Bank) By Austin Sandy | March 8, 2021 at 12:06 PM CST - Updated March 9 at 1:25 AM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - The Christus Trinity Mother Frances Louis and Peaches Owen Heart Hospital in Tyler has completed the submissions phase of the 2021
Women with Heart scholarship contest. The top five videos have been selected by the committee and released to the community for voting. The top three videos will receive a scholarship in the amounts of $1,500, $2,500 and $5,000. The video entries were created in February - Heart Health Awareness Month - with hopes of building awareness of womenâs heart disease.
Pearlie Harris raises awareness for breast cancer on Project CommUNITY Conversations
Harris discusses breast cancer and its effects on the minority community Share Updated: 2:45 PM EST Feb 26, 2021 Jane Robelot
Harris discusses breast cancer and its effects on the minority community Share Updated: 2:45 PM EST Feb 26, 2021
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Show Transcript It s not just the leaves that change color in October, things are also turning pink. It is breast Cancer Awareness Month. The University of South Carolina study shows that the five year survival rate for African American women diagnosed with breast cancer is about 78%. And for Caucasian women, the survival rate from breast cancer is 89%. Our Jane Rabello addresses the racial disparity in today s community conversation. Yeah, when Pearly Harris retired as an educator, she became very involved in Bon Secours, Saint Francis and in 2000 and nine became the very first woman and African Am
School district goes green for mental health
Noticing a spike in counseling for students, Kenowa Hills school social worker says the conversation about mental health needs to start at a young age. Author: Alana Holland (WZZM13) Updated: 6:55 PM EST February 10, 2021
WALKER, Mich. Across each school building, the administration building, and bus garage at Kenowa Hills Public Schools, there is green.
The color is all over windows, on posters in the hallways, and in art projects by the students.
The green represents mental health awareness, and marks the newest project at the district, Paint Kenowa Green. The goal is to talk about mental health at all grades, and to get the conversation started about how the students feel.
The National Institutes of Health indicates that there has been an increasing focus on children s health.
Children have begun to be recognized not only for who they are today but for their future roles in creating families, powering the workforce, and making American democracy work.
For all of these reasons, Falls Community Health, here in Sioux Falls, is reminding us, that February is both National Children s Oral Health Month and National School-Based Health Awareness Month.
521 N. Main Ave), of course, but did you know they also have clinics located in three Sioux Falls elementary schools? I certainly didn t!
The clinics are located in Hawthorne, Hayward, and Terry Redlin Elementary. They provide medical and dental services to students, school staff members, and community members. One of the great advantages of these clinics is that children can be cared for, without parents having to take time off from work to take them to health appointments.
Falls Community Health
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com)Â Falls Community Health has three-school based clinics along with their main location downtown.
Did you know that in addition to Falls Community Healthâs main location downtown, we also have three school-based clinics? The clinics are located inside of Hawthorne, Hayward, and Terry Redlin Elementary Schools, where youâll find medical and dental providers available to students, school staff, and the community.
This February, it is both
National Childrenâs Oral Health Month and
National School-Based Health Awareness Month. Weâd like to take this time to share the importance of childrenâs oral health care. Our clinics are able to provide exams, X-rays, fluoride, sealants, and restorative care. Our school-based clinics help to eliminate parents taking time off work and students missing class.