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VCH - Spring ‘19 Week 1

Winter Health Fair Recap
First EVER Health Fair at Westminster Rose Center

365 PATIENTS SERVED! (MOST)

44 % OF PATIENTS HAVE AN INCOME 7 % AT RISK FOR DIABETES

LESS THAN $20, 000
22 % WITH DIABETES
14 % OF PATIENTS DO NOT HAVE
INSURANCE 32 % AT RISK FOR HIGH
CHOLESTEROL
20 % OF PATIENTS DON’T SPEAK ENGLISH
9 % WITH HIGH CHOLESTEROL
WELL OR DON’T SPEAK ENGLISH AT
ALL
57 % OF PATIENTS AT RISK FOR/HAVE
HYPERTENSION
… ALL THANKS TO YOU!!!
Spring Upcoming Events!
● Health Sites
○ Week 1 Sun, Week 2 Sat + Sun, Week
3 Sat, Week 7 Sun
● Health Fair
○ Week 4 Saturday!!!
● Dim Sum + Boba Fundraiser Week 7 Tues;
● Various special sites/collabs and socials!
○ Game night Social Week 1 Thurs
○ Relay for Life Week 5 Saturday
○ Ice-blocking Social Week 9 Wed
● Banquet Week 9 Sat
 Congratulations to our
Volunteer of the Quarter,
JOSE ELIZALDE!

Thank you for all your hard work

and dedication to VCH! We
appreciate you! <3
Active Membership Requirements
● Attend 3 General Meetings
● One Health Site OR One Special Site OR Two Fundraiser Shifts
● Quarterly Health Fair
○ Make sure to be HIPAA Certified!
○ Purchase VCH Polo ($20)

Active Membership Benefits

● End-of-Year Banquet (Spring Quarter)
○ Certificate of recognition
● VCH Test Bank
Committees are back!
Patient Education & Wellness
Our Goal: Meeting Time: Thursdays 5-6 PM (Weeks 2-7)

Facilitating patient education and lasting health Location: TBD

awareness by cultivating a culturally responsive
environment and understanding the overall health of
the focused demographics

Projects:

● Cultural Responsiveness Presentation for

Spanish-speaking communities
● Health Insurance Crash Course Presentation
● Case-studies
Nutrition
Our goal: Help create patient resources that Meeting time: TBD
are centered around healthy eating and
lifestyle habits specifically geared towards Location: TBD
Asian American populations.

Project: You will be working in teams of 3-4

committee members to have a completed
project to present/distribute to patients at
our Spring 2019 Health Fair.
Navigators
Our Goal: Master the health fair floor layout and have Commitment:
knowledge on the services provided in order to help ● Wednesdays (5:30-6:30 pm)
patients navigate through health fairs to optimize patient ● Location and dates: TBD
experience

Project:
● Work with HF coordinators and committee members
to create health fair layout
● Acquire skills necessary to conduct health fair surveys
throughout event
● Learn how to professionally and respectfully
communicate with providers and patients alike
Language Development
Our Goal:
Recognize the importance of language in delivering effective health care. To this end, we hope to Improve
the quality of interactions between our volunteers and service recipients by providing answers to
common language barriers.

Projects:
● Health Site Vocabulary Videos
● Translate Patient Education and Nutrition Brochures

Meeting Times: Odd Weeks

TBD through When is Good - generally 45 mins
Outreach
● Our goal: Increase transparency between members and service
recipients, specifically through phone communication and
member banquet involvement
○ How?
■ Reaching out and staying in touch with our service recipients
to earn their continued support Meeting times:
■ Informing patients on tips and tricks of health fair and health Even Weeks, TBD
site to better their overall experience
■ Surveying patients past experience to make improvements on Meeting place:
future events On campus, TBD
■ Brainstorming ideas for outreach to new members
■ Participating in cameos for banquet videos!!