Institute for Healthcare Advancement to Sponsor Free
Health Fair at La Habra’s 4th Annual Eggstravaganza on March 19th
-- Immunizations, Medical Information
and Dental Screenings Among Offerings --
La Habra, Calif. – March 14, 2005 – The Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA), a non-profit organization that provides a wide variety of educational and community healthcare services, will sponsor a free community health fair this Saturday, March 19th, at the City of La Habra’s Fourth Annual Spring Family Eggstravaganza.
The event, which is expected to draw as many as 3,000 people, will be held at El Centro Park, located on North Cypress Street, just north of La Habra Blvd., in La Habra. It will take place from 8 a.m. to Noon.
IHA and its Friends of Children Health Center will be providing community residents with information and referrals regarding school readiness, physical examinations, required immunizations, dental care, child safety and other health education issues. The event will also include jumpers/bounce houses for kids, a petting zoo, a pancake breakfast, on site health insurance application assistance for children, and health screenings for adults (e.g., body mass index, blood pressure, etc.). Once again, free children’s bicycle helmets and fittings will be conducted at the spring family event. The helmets will be provided to the first 200 children who arrive, courtesy of the City of La Habra.
For more information about the Health Fair, please call the IHA at (562) 690-4001.
The Institute for Healthcare Advancement is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing healthcare delivery through demonstration of innovative healthcare practices and education of healthcare professionals and consumers. The Institute provides healthcare information with particular emphasis on and attention to health literacy issues. It publishes the “What To Do For Health” book series, all written at a 3rd to 5th grade reading level, and available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. It also operates the Friends of Children Health Center, a model community medical and dental clinics providing low cost care for needy and uninsured youngsters in La Habra, Calif.
The IHA is headquartered at 501 S. Idaho St., Suite 300, La Habra, CA 90631; 1-800-434-4633. For more information, go to the Institute’s Web site at http://www.iha4health.org.
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