Mobile Health and Wellness Unit Services |
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The mission of the Mobile Health and Wellness Unit is to provide preventative services and health promotion activities to the medically under-served and uninsured of rural Kentucky. Services will be provided by students and faculty in collaboration with other healthcare providers. The target area in which services are provided is the ten county Barren River Area District Development (BRADD) area.
Services provided to people in the BRADD:
Dental Services
- Cleaning
- General dental screenings
- Oral cancer screenings
- Sealants
Health Education/Promotion
- Educational materials and educational counseling provided by MHU staff
Health Screenings
- Cholesterol
- Diabetes
- Hearing
- Hypertension
- Speech
- Visual
- Bone density
- Child safety seat inspections
Spring 2008 MHU SCHEDULE
For more information on any of these services contact: beth.whitfield@wku.edu
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News
12/04/2008
Bowling Green, Ky – Charlie Harris, a student in WKU’s Nonprofit Administration (American Humanics) minor program, has been selected to receive a national “Next Generation” nonprofit internship award of $4,500. A panel of national nonprofit leaders selected Harris from among students at American Humanics affiliated colleges and universities nationwide.
11/19/2008
On October 20, 2008, 13 graduate students enrolled in Fall 2008 Air Quality Management class undertook a field trip to “Trace Die Cast” in Bowling Green. Dr. Emmanuel Iyiegbuniwe, the course instructor, has incorporated field trips in the form of City as Text” or “Industry as Text” as pedagogical techniques for teaching air quality management and other environmental health sciences to both undergraduate and graduate students. Simply stated, City as Text or Industry as Text is based on the concept of “active learning” or “experiential learning” (Kolb 1984).
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