Name: Wellness Wagon serves more than 200 Islanders at the Community Health and Safety Fair in 2000
Start: 2000-09-16
End: 2000-09-16
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 2000-09-16
Kind: Medical
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Rural Health Center
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcareemergency-managementeducationcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Northern Michigan Hospital Foundation-supported Wellness Wagon made its first trip to Beaver Island aboard the Emerald Isle in connection with the Community Health and Safety Fair. It screened seventy fifth- through twelfth-grade students and served more than 200 Islanders with blood-pressure, blood, weight, and body-composition screenings and health information.

Evidence limits

The report documents participation and services offered but not individual medical results or a complete event attendance register.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 2000, “Wellness Wagon Travels to Beaver Island.”
Reports the mobile health unit’s first trip aboard the Emerald Isle, screenings for seventy Community School students, and health information and screenings for more than 200 Islanders at the Community Health and Safety Fair. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 2000, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the published results report.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Wellness Wagon serves more than 200 Islanders at the Community Health and Safety Fair in 2000”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wellness-wagon-health-safety-fair-2000/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2000, “Wellness Wagon Travels to Beaver Island.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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