St. Dominic Community Health Services Helps Museum Goers Bone Up on Health

Care-A-Van Director Sonya Walker, RN, (right) checks the bone density of Rhonda Lee (left) during the health event at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. Lee took advantage of the free screenings offered on May 6 by St. Dominic Community Health Services.

St. Dominic Community Health Services participated in a health event hosted by the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science at LeFleur’s Bluff State Park in Jackson on May 6. The free health screenings and information were provided in conjunction with the museum’s “Bone Up on Bones” Exhibit which runs through May 11. St. Dominic’s also served as a major sponsor of the exhibit.

Appropriately, the St. Dominic Care-A-Van staff provided free bone density screenings for those who attended. Representatives from New Directions for Over 55, St. Dominic’s senior adult wellness program, and a registered dietitian were also on hand to distribute information on healthy lifestyles.

St. Dominic Community Health Services is a subsidiary of St. Dominic Health Services and incorporates mainly the outreach ministries which serve the health and wellness needs of members of the community. Those ministries include HealthLine Wellness Center, the Care-A-Van mobile screening program, New Directions for Over 55, and the Community Health Clinic which serves the homeless and working poor of Jackson’s inner city.