Women's Health Day at the Capitol!

March 17 2010 - by MLW

With the economic downturn, many find themselves with limited or no access to essential services, such as mental health, reproductive health, cancer screenings, HIV/AIDS, and domestic violence and sexual assault.

Women's Health Day Health Fair participants will bring attention to the important health care issues faced by women in Oklahoma and provide health information, screenings and demonstrations to the public, legislators, capitol staff, and other policy-makers while educating them about their issues.  The FREE health fair is 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the fourth floor Capitol rotunda.

The Oklahoma City Downtown Lions Club is sponsoring the Oklahoma Lions Mobile Health Screening Unit, which is equipped to screen for glaucoma, diabetes, visual acuity, high blood pressure, cholesterol, basic pulmonary (lung) functioning and bone density problems.  FREE screenings are 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the Capitol Plaza.

Organizations attending the health fair include:

Guiding Right Inc.
Health Alliance for the Uninsured
Healthy Women, Healthy Futures
Heartline 2-1-1
Insure OK
Oklahoma City Downtown Lions Club/Lions Clubs of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse (OCADVSA)
Oklahoma Health Care Authority
Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy
Oklahoma Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Planned Parenthood of Arkansas & Eastern Oklahoma (PPAEO)
Planned Parenthood of Central Oklahoma
Susan G. Komen for the Cure - Central Oklahoma
The Referral Center for Alcohol & Drug Services of Central Oklahoma
Variety Care
YWCA of Oklahoma City