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Beaver Island Medical Center health-risk screening, 1991

Also 1991 Michigan Health Initiative wellness screening

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Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
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TypeEvent
Dates1991-08-06 – 1991-08-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Dates
1991-08-06 – 1991-08-08
Kind
Medical
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Medical Center
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarepublic-servicecommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Medical Center sponsored a Michigan Health Initiative wellness screening on August 6–8, 1991, serving 59 pre-registered residents with low-cost health-risk assessments.

Evidence limits

This is a community-program report, not a clinical record, diagnostic dataset, or audited grant account.

Sources

  1. Reports 59 pre-registered residents, questionnaire, blood-pressure and cholesterol screening, individualized risk interpretations, a $2.80 participant charge enabled by grants, about $2,100 in costs, and more than 100 volunteer hours. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1991-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twenty-two-page issue scan confirms the screening report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1991-08_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Medical Center health-risk screening, 1991”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-health-risk-screening-1991/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1991, “HEALTH RISK SCREENING A BIG SUCCESS!!” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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