The Bay Pines VA Healthcare System (VAHCS) Women Veterans Program is sponsoring a Healthy Heart Health Fair to raise awareness of heart disease in women and to highlight the comprehensive care available to eligible Veterans through the Women Veterans Program. The program will highlight the major components of comprehensive women’s health care and will emphasize Wellness and Health Promotion Services. Comprehensive Women’s Health Services include state of the art mammography, gender-specific primary care, women’s health pharmacy consultation, cardiovascular preventive care, gynecological care, maternity care coordination, women’s health specific mental health services, specialty care referral and health promotion programs such as smoking cessation and weight management.
Featured activities include a yoga demonstration, healthy heart conversations with women’s Health pharmacist and nutritionist; heart healthy teaching kitchen demonstration, blood pressure readings, fitness assessment (% body fat and BMI), wellness wheel health quiz, wellness information and prizes. Please join us for this fun and informative event.
When: Friday, February 17th, 2017 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Where: C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center, Building 100, 4th Floor – Room 4A-106 (View driving directions at: www.baypines.va.gov/locations/directions.asp)
Who: Sponsored by the Bay Pines VAHCS Women Veterans Program
For questions, contact Julia Adams, Women Veterans Program Manager, at 727-398-6661, extension 14312.