AUBURN - With age, often comes the inevitable onset of health problems such as diabetes, hypertension and elevated risk of cancer.
Angela Kershner / The Citizen
County Health Program Coordinator Sue Shaw goes through a questionnaire with two patients at the Spring Into Good Health wellness event at the Booker T. Washington Community Center in Auburn Tuesday.
County Health Program Coordinator Sue Shaw goes through a questionnaire with two patients at the Spring Into Good Health wellness event at the Booker T. Washington Community Center in Auburn Tuesday.
Those issues are even more difficult for people with limited or no health insurance, as they often lack the ability to receive proper medical screening and treatment.
A program called “Spring Into Good Health,” sponsored by the Cayuga County Department of Health, however, helps set those people's minds at ease.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Booker T. Washington Community Center in Auburn, was the site of the fourth annual health program presented by the Healthy Men & Women Partnership, a division of CCH.
The free event, took place in the gymnasium, and included booths for blood-pressure checks, diabetes testing and information on chiropractic care and healthy diets, among others.
“The best thing about this (program) is that we do all the testing here,” said Valerie White, the CCH staff member in charge of organizing the annual affair.
White said she began the program in 2003 by modeling it after similar ones in other counties.
“(Those programs) had arrangements with doctors where they would open their doors twice a month to uninsured patients,” she explained.
“That gave me the idea that (Cayuga County) needed to have a day to let people get tested for free.”
Participants pre-registered for the event and were limited to men age 45 and older and women who were 30 plus.
After signing in, people had choices of several services. At one table were nurses from Auburn Memorial Hospital who dispensed blood pressure tests.
In a hallway outside the gym were two rooms where physicians gave routine cancer screenings.
Providing prostate cancer exams was Dr. William Foresman of Lake Region Urology, in Auburn, who said he has been giving screenings annually since the program began.
“I think it's important that people are tested and with prostate cancer, men are often understandably hesitant to get (tests) done,” he said. “But prostate is one of the most common forms on cancer in men, so every test we give helps.”
A program called “Spring Into Good Health,” sponsored by the Cayuga County Department of Health, however, helps set those people's minds at ease.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Booker T. Washington Community Center in Auburn, was the site of the fourth annual health program presented by the Healthy Men & Women Partnership, a division of CCH.
The free event, took place in the gymnasium, and included booths for blood-pressure checks, diabetes testing and information on chiropractic care and healthy diets, among others.
“The best thing about this (program) is that we do all the testing here,” said Valerie White, the CCH staff member in charge of organizing the annual affair.
White said she began the program in 2003 by modeling it after similar ones in other counties.
“(Those programs) had arrangements with doctors where they would open their doors twice a month to uninsured patients,” she explained.
“That gave me the idea that (Cayuga County) needed to have a day to let people get tested for free.”
Participants pre-registered for the event and were limited to men age 45 and older and women who were 30 plus.
After signing in, people had choices of several services. At one table were nurses from Auburn Memorial Hospital who dispensed blood pressure tests.
In a hallway outside the gym were two rooms where physicians gave routine cancer screenings.
Providing prostate cancer exams was Dr. William Foresman of Lake Region Urology, in Auburn, who said he has been giving screenings annually since the program began.
“I think it's important that people are tested and with prostate cancer, men are often understandably hesitant to get (tests) done,” he said. “But prostate is one of the most common forms on cancer in men, so every test we give helps.”
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