Women's Health Camp Take Two

By: Chinelo Edochi

The Women’s health camp was scheduled to take place today because the previous week there were circumstances that prevented it from taking place. We started out at 12:00 pm recruiting women and we got positive replies from the women about attending the program. At 12:30 pm we started off the health camp by talking to the women about breast self examinations, taking pap smear tests and getting mammograms.These women were really interested in the camp because they would go on to ask us questions on which clinics or hospitals provide them with the services and at what cost. 

We also had a nurse who is in charge of school based clinics and health services for HISD. She came out and spoke to the women about the various schools that their children or grandchildren attend and gave the specific information about what clinical services the schools provided and how they could acquire them. One thing she made them understand was that, they had the rights as parents to go to the schools and let the faculty know that they’re the parents. Even though there might be a language barrier, their children deserve to have the best health system and they should require it.

We had very positive responses from the women who came, they even asked how often we had the health camps and if we could spread the word throughout their various churches to make the population aware about it. They were very open and comfortable asking questions and with the feedback we got from them, I believe we made a positive difference.