Save the Date: First Annual Carrollton Project Connect |
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Project Connect is a one-day public health outreach event designed to help underserved and uninsured adults find needed community resources. All services offered are free.
Free rides to Carrollton Project Connect can be scheduled on a first come first serve basis by calling Chris at 816.588.1151 at least two days prior to the event.
Your organization is invited to participate by providing health information, informational/interactive booths, social services, health screenings, OR any other service that can be delivered that day. Click here to find a sheet to return by email to suzanne.smith@hccnetwork.org by Friday March 11 to reserve your spot for the event!
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Youth Mental Health First Aid Workshop |
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Please join HCC Network, Santa Fe Agri-Leaders, and First Call KC for this free workshop open to anyone interested in learning the risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems for youth. Participants will learn symptoms of mental illnesses including anxiety, depression, and ADHD, as well as common signs of substance use and eating disorders. This workshop will also teach participants how to interact with youth in crisis and how to connect them to help. We encourage anyone working with youth, especially teachers, school staff, coaches, youth group leaders, and parents to participate!
Cost: Free
Date: March 22 and March 24 from 5 - 8 p.m. (must attend both meetings)
Location: Santa Fe High School Ag Room, 108 Chiefs Ave., Alma, MO 64001
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Upcoming Community Events |
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Save the Date for these Upcoming Social Care Events:
HCC Network’s Community Health Workers (CHWs) will be visiting various locations in our community this month to provide enrollment support in Medicaid, Food Stamps, Disability, Child Subsidies, Unemployment, and more. There is no cost for these services. We hope to see you there!
This week, our CHWs will be located in:
Carrollton Library from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., March 29
Lexington Library from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., March 30
Lexington Laundry Mat from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., March 31
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Memory Care Home Solutions is hosting Dementia Hacks 2.0 on April 8, 2022. The annual, full-day conference will cover best practices in dementia care as well as provide six hours of continuing education credits for most healthcare disciplines including physicians, nursing home administrators and therapists. Community health workers and family caregivers are also encouraged to attend. Attendees who do not require CEU credit will receive a greatly reduced fee. Speakers will include Memory Care Home Solutions staff members and physicians, an adult day center manager, caregivers, and social media star "Mom of my Mom" who will give a keynote presentation on her life story and experience with her mother. |
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Save the Date: Missouri Rural Behavioral Health Summit |
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The Missouri Rural Behavioral Summit will take place June 15 from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Holiday Inn and Expo Center in Columbia, MO. The summit, in partnership with the Missouri Rural Health Association and the Missouri Behavioral Health Council, will bring rural communities together to provide training, tools, and engagement in different areas of behavioral health.
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Join us for the Community Health Worker Conference |
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The Community Health Worker Association of Missouri (CHWAM) invites you to attend the annual CHW conference. The conference will be held virtually, March 15-16, 2022. Anyone is welcome to attend, even if you are not a certified CHW. Admission to the conference costs $100 and includes a one-year CHWAM membership. Already a paid member? Your cost will be prorated!
The conference will feature 15 continuing education credits (CEUs), including three ethics hours. Conference topics include:
- Self-care and resiliency for healthcare professionals.
- CHW best practices.
- Integrated healthcare.
- Social determinants of health.
- Opioid crisis response.
- Preventing sexual violence.
- Resources.
- And more!
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HCC Members Offer:
Get a FREE COVID-19 Test!
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When:
Tuesday, March 22, 5-7 p.m.
Thursday, April 7, 5-7 p.m.
Where:
State Fair Dental Hygiene clinic located in the Fred E. Davis Multipurpose Center
State Fair Dental Hygiene students are currently looking for qualifying clinical exam patients to complete a dental cleaning to obtain state licensure.
What we are looking for:
- Patients that have not had a dental cleaning in 3+ year
- Patients that would be available in April 2022 to travel to either Joplin or Kansas City, Missouri for the clinical exam
Qualifying patients that agree to attend the exam will receive up to $1,000 worth of FREE dental care. All travel expenses will be paid by the dental hygiene student, and you will receive a FREE Oral-B electric toothbrush.
Contact:
For additional questions, contact the clinic at 660.596.7309.
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A “booster shot” is not unique to COVID-19. In fact, booster shots are common for many of the vaccines that doctors and health officials recommend for everyone. The most common booster shots people get are annual flu vaccines and boosters for Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis) recommended every 10 years.
COVID-19 booster shots help your body maintain a higher level of immunity and protection against breakthrough COVID-19 infections. A breakthrough infection occurs when someone who is fully vaccinated gets COVID-19. That person can still get sick and spread the virus to others—although most vaccinated people will have milder symptoms.
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Una “inyección de refuerzo” no es exclusiva de COVID-19. De hecho, las vacunas de refuerzo son comunes para muchas de las vacunas que los médicos y los funcionarios de salud recomiendan para todos. Las vacunas de refuerzo más comunes que las personas reciben son las vacunas anuales contra la influenza y las de refuerzo para la Tdap (tétanos, difteria y tos ferina) recomendadas cada 10 años.
Las inyecciones de refuerzo de COVID-19 ayudan a su cuerpo a mantener un mayor nivel de inmunidad y protección contra las infecciones de COVID-19. Una infección progresiva ocurre cuando alguien que está completamente vacunado contrae COVID-19. Esa persona aún puede enfermarse y transmitir el virus a otras personas, aunque la mayoría de las personas vacunadas presentarán síntomas más leves.
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The pediatric Pfizer vaccine for ages 5 to 11 is also available every Monday and Wednesday by appointment only.
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Alcohol Use Disorder in Primary Care Setting: Best Practices for Rural Communities
March 23, 2022
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Preventing Violence in Health Care: What Do We Know So Far?
March 23, 2022
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2022 Rural Health Clinic Conference
April 5-7, 2022
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The Role of Social Determinants of Health in Value-Based Payment Models During COVID-19: An Evolving Rural Perspective
April 19, 2022
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2022 Annual National Rural EMS & Care Conference
April 19-21, 2022
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2022 Rural Child Hunger Summit
April 27-28, 2022
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