René Kougel, the health center manager at our Martindale-Brightwood Health & Dental Center & Eastside Health Center, is a Registered Nurse just like each one of our health center managers. She and her colleagues have a LOT of experience in the nursing. In honor of National Nurses Week, today we’re reposting one of our most [...]
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Take Care of Your Child’s Smile!
Caring for young children’s teeth is an important part of keeping their bodies healthy—and it’s never too early to get started! Strong first or baby teeth set the stage for strong permanent teeth, and help children play, learn, and grow. That’s why HealthNet’s NEW Pediatric & Adolescent Dental Center, located in downtown Indy, is pleased to offer [...]
Nurses Share Skills in East Africa
This month, HealthNet Certified Nurse Midwife Blythe Kinsey joins a team of nurses on an amazing adventure to Tanzania, East Africa. Here’s an excerpt from the team’s blog: Jambo! I just thought I would send a note from Tanzania! For those who don’t know I am working as part of a Vocational Training Team through a [...]
National Infant Immunization Week: The Power to Protect
This week marks National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), an annual observance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to share the benefits of immunizations and to improve the health of children under the age of two. Since 1994, NIIW has served as a call to action for parents, caregivers, and health care providers to [...]
Advancing Health Equity Now!
Everyone in America should have the chance to live a healthy life, regardless of who they are and where they live. That’s the message of Minority Health Month, which each April aims to raise awareness about disparities in health care affecting minorities. This year’s theme, Advancing Health Equity Now: Uniting Our Communities to Bring Health [...]
12 Ways To Spring Clean Your Health
From tackling your in-box to tossing expired meds, these little tweaks will refresh your health Ah, spring. The weather is warming up. It’s time to open those windows and start sprucing up around the house. Although many of us don’t think about it, it’s also a great time to spring clean your health. Check out [...]
Can We Become the Healthiest Nation in 1 Generation?
Let’s face it…As a nation we’re not nearly as healthy as we should be. Nearly 900,000 people die each year from causes that can be prevented. For the first time, American children may live shorter lives than their parents. Nearly 1 in 3 children are overweight or obese. More than 50 million Americans do not [...]
Living to Celebrate That First Birthday
Here’s a sobering statistic. Did you know that approximately 25,000 babies in the U.S. die annually before their first birthday? That’s a rate of 6.1 babies per 1,000 live births. Just released data, complied by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, reports that Indianapolis ranks near the bottom — 46th in the nation — in infant [...]
Take 5 minutes Today & Help Indy
Construction workers are transforming the land for HealthNet Northeast Health Center on Indy’s near east side into a sleek, two-story “medical home” that will significantly expand access to health care for some of the city’s low-income residents who are most in need. Yet even as welders and electricians prepare the building for its fall 2013 [...]
Could You Have Diabetes and Not Know It?
Here’s a statistic that bears repeating: an estimated 40 percent of adults with diabetes don’t know they have it. That’s 4 in 10 people with the disease who are not getting treatment that could prolong their life and protect them from many serious health problems, such as blindness, kidney failure, amputations, heart disease, and stroke. [...]
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