September 2011 - Page 3 of 4 - Healthy Communities Online

Free tickets to an amazing event on Breast Cancer Awareness!

September 16, 2011 Elizabeth Radl

This Saturday evening in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, The Kate Theatre will be hosting a reflective concert on Breast Cancer called “Dancing in Pink”. I will be attending the event will AmeriCorps member Tasha Germain. We will be promoting the Community Health Center’s Early Detection Program (EDP) and its initiative to provide breast cancer screening to uninsured and underinsured women in the Middlesex County. What people are saying about Saturday’s event… “The Kate Theater in Old Saybrook, CT is the setting…

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Intro to Early Detection Program

September 16, 2011 Elizabeth Radl

As a new AmeriCorps member serving the Early Detection Program (EDP), I have taken on the initiative to promote screening for cervical, breast and colorectal cancer through means of social media. This blog is one of the routes I will be using. I hope to encourage women and men to take responsibility for their health by encouraging prevention through avenues of screening. I also want to encourage all of you to be gentle and kind to your bodies and to…

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Dr. Paul Cleary, dean of the Yale School of Public Health and chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

September 14, 2011 Sofia Dupi

This week, Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Paul Cleary, the dean of the Yale School of Public Health, about why engaging the community is so important in the school’s latest research, and about some of the ways quality measures and patient satisfaction surveys are improving health outcomes.

Thank You to the Entire Special Project of National Significance (SPNS) Staff

September 12, 2011 Sofia Dupi

The following is an email from CHC’s Director of HIV Services, Kasey Harding about the Special Project of National Significance (SPNS). To Norwalk, Stamford and SPNS staffs, Dr. Drozdowski – Maule and I would like to take this opportunity to express our deep gratitude to all of you for your hard work and dedication to the SPNS Program. It is hard to believe that five years ago, when CHCI was awarded the SPNS grant our Norwalk Smiles Day Street site…

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Stand Down 2011

September 9, 2011 Sofia Dupi

Today, CHC staff participates in the 16th annual Stand Down, an event that provides free services, assistance and information to Connecticut Veterans. Our mobile dental staff is providing oral cancer screenings as well as doing cleanings and some restorative dental work. The event is taking place at the State Veterans Home campus on West Street in Rocky Hill and free transportation is provided to veterans from across the state. Over 1000 veterans are expected to receive services this year. Update:…

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Early Detection

September 8, 2011 Sofia Dupi

One of our new AmeriCorps members, Elizabeth Radl, records a quick, off the cuff video about our discussions promoting our early detection efforts via social media using our Qik account