Sunshine Community Health Center Offers Monthly Clinics
Contributed by Sierra Winter Smith
Sunshine Community Health Center is a federally funded, non-profit health center with a mission to serve the underserved. We provide a full spectrum of high-quality, comprehensive, culturally competent, primary medical, behavioral, and dental care services. We are committed to accessible, proactive, quality healthcare, promoting community wellness through outreach and education. Our vision is to become the healthiest rural area in the United States of America, and we are proud to offer affordable health care to our Northern Valley communities.
We want to thank our community members for prioritizing their healthcare needs. Each month we will have a different monthly clinic focus and those who schedule the specified services on the selected dates will be given a thank-you gift at check-out. Some of our gifts include winter hats, t-shirts, sunglasses, exercise equipment, and more. We encourage you to call 1-907-376-2273 (CARE) to schedule our monthly clinics at either of our clinic locations.
March 12th & 13th || Well Child Checks
Well Child Checks are preventive health care services that are recommended at different ages throughout your child’s life. Services include physical exams, measurements, vision, hearing, and oral health risk assessments.
April 9th & 10th || Medicare Annual Wellness Visits
Medicare Annual Wellness Visits are meant to enhance your health and focuses on your well-being through interviews and assessments of your lifestyle factors.
May 14th & 15th || Women’s Health Clinic
These visits focus on preventive care for women which may include PAP Smears and referrals for additional services as decided by you and your provider.
June 11th & 12th || Men’s Health Clinic
These visits focus on preventive care for men which may include PSA screenings and referrals for additional services as decided by you and your provider.
July 9th & 10th || Memory & Dementia Screening & Treatment
These screenings consist of a series of questions and/or tasks designed to test memory, language skills, thinking ability, and other intellectual functions.
August (All Month) || Sports Physicals and Well Child Checks
Get ready for your favorite activities with a sports physical and a well-child check. We will also be having our Community Celebration part with vendors, live music, and good food on August 10th. Stay tuned for more information.
September 10th & 11th || Women’s Health Clinic
We may also have the Mobile Mammogram and other classes scheduled on these dates. More information coming soon.
October (All Month) || Immunizations
Talk with your provider about what immunizations you and your family should have and ask questions to understand how to protect your loved ones.
November 12th & 13th || Tobacco Cessation
Learn about resources and make a cessation plan with your provider to help you quit tobacco use.
December 10th & 11th || Dental Screening
Oral health is very important, and we love to see our community members smiling.
Follow us on social media and visit our website to stay up to date on events, services, and more happening in our northern valley communities. We look forward to thanking you for taking care of your health.
Sunshine Community Health Center
www.sunshineclinic.org
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Northern Valley Health Coalition
www.nvhealthco.org
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