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St. Vincent Randolph Hospital - Farm Health Initiative
This hospital’s farm health initiative “goes where the farmers are†and provides preventive, screening and wellness services to farm families. The program provides education and encourages farm families to find a primary care provider. Screenings have included tetanus shots, blood pressure, skin cancer, depression, blood sugar, and lung capacity. The program has many innovative facets including farm hazard education for children and farm-setting rescue training for first responders.
What is it?
This hospital’s farm health initiative “goes where the farmers are” and provides preventive, screening and wellness services to farm families. The program provides education and encourages farm families to find a primary care provider. Screenings have included tetanus shots, blood pressure, skin cancer, depression, blood sugar, and lung capacity. The program has many innovative facets including farm hazard education for children and farm-setting rescue training for first responders.
Who is it for?
Local farmers and their families.
Why do they do it?
Farmers and farm families work in a high-stress, hazardous environment and are likely to carry only catastrophic health insurance with high deductibles.
Contact: Kathy Beumer
Executive Director
St. Vincent Randolph Hospital Foundation
Telephone: 765-584-0004
E-mail: kebeumer@stvincent.org
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