9Health Fair – April 18-26, 2009

Take Charge of Your Health!

The annual 9Health Fair is preparing to kick off its 30th year of community service to the Denver area.  It runs from April 18th-April 26th.

Their mission is to promote health awareness and to encourage individuals to assume responsibility for their own health.

At an annual cost of nearly $4 Million, this is a huge event that needs lots of donors and lots of volunteers.

The only costs you may pay at a 9Health Fair are for the blood chemistry screening, the prostate specific antigen (PSA) for men, the colon cancer screening take-home kit and the blood count screening, if it is offered at your 9Health Fair location.  For detailed costs, click here . All other screenings and health education is free.

From a 9Health Fair press release:

Anyone 18 and older across Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska can find out over 20 key health numbers this year by attending one of more than 170 volunteer-run 9Health Fair locations, April 18-26. “In today’s tough economic times, it has never been more important for people to really take control of their health and prevent unnecessary health emergencies,” said Jim Goddard, President and CEO of 9Health Fair. “9Health Fair offers over 20 free and low-cost critical health screenings, and with over 170 locations for people choose from this year, there is no better time than now to get those key health numbers.” Approved by 9Health Fair’s Medical Advisory Committee, free health-related information from hundreds of local medical organizations is available for people to access at 9Health Fair, as well. Low-cost screenings available at all 9Health Fair sites include: $30 Blood Chemistry screening; provides participants with a baseline check on their cholesterol, blood glucose, liver, kidneys, thyroid and more $15 Blood Count screening; identifies a person’s ability to fight infection, risk for anemia and blood-clotting abilities by checking white and red blood cells, hematocrit and hemoglobin levels $25 Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) screening; identifies a man’s risk for prostate cancer $20 Colon Cancer Screening Kit; this take-home/mail-in kit checks for human blood in the stool which can lead colon cancer. Volunteer 9Health Fair nurses and doctors will call participants with abnormal results.

Free screenings include:

• Oral Finger-Stick Glucose Osteoporosis 
• Talk with a Health Professional 
• Talk with a Pharmacist 
• Skin 
• Breast 
• Pap Smears 
• Prostate/Testicular 
• Foot 
• Blood Pressure 
• Hearing 
• Height/Weight/Body Mass Index (BMI) 
• Body Fat Skinfold Measurement 
• Body In Balance 
• Vision 
• Eye Health 
• Cardiac Risk Assessment 
• Mental Health 
• Metabolic Syndrome 
• Nutrition 
• Pulse Oximetry

Thanks to Metro Taxi/Taxi Latino, free transportation is available to and from Metro Denver 9Health Fair locations and free interpretation and translation language services are available, as well. Participants with serious health issues are notified by volunteer nurses and doctors within 72 hours of their 9Health Fair visit and encouraged to seek immediate medical attention. Follow up resources are available for those with little or no health insurance. 

For full details, including search capabilities to find a location near you, visit the 9Health Fair site by clicking here.