UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center to Provide Health Screenings Dec. 1 in Observance of World AIDS Day
| LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th Street Health & Wellness Center invites the public to participate in free health care services at its “Health on 12th for the Holidays” from 4-7 p.m. Dec. 1 at the center, 4010 W. 12th St.
In observance of World AIDS Day, free HIV testing provided by Jefferson Comprehensive Care Systems Inc. will be available using a mouth swab and without needles. People also are invited to receive free blood pressure checks, body mass index estimates, glucose and general physical examinations.
“The center is glad to be working closely with Jefferson Comprehensive Care Systems on World AIDS Day to give patients this opportunity to participate in HIV testing,” said Lanita White, Pharm.D., director of the UAMS 12th Street Health and Wellness Center. “According to the Arkansas Department of Health, 5,264 Arkansans are living with HIV/AIDS but only 2,579 of those individuals, 49 percent, actually are in care. ‘Health on 12th’ gives us a chance to reach out to this underserved community.”
Activities for children also are slated for the event, and food will be served. For more information, visit www.Healthon12th.uams.edu or call the UAMS 12th Street Health and Wellness Center at (501) 614-2492.
The 12th Street Health & Wellness Center is a free clinic run by students under supervision of faculty. It provides students from the UAMS Colleges of Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and the Graduate School an avenue to learn from each other in an interprofessional center. The center provides information about healthy living, preventive care, consultations and screenings for chronic health conditions to residents of the Little Rock Promise Neighborhood and surrounding areas.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,485 students, 915 medical residents and fellows, and seven dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 11,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.
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