{"id":9033,"date":"2011-05-31T08:03:15","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T12:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=9033"},"modified":"2011-05-31T09:01:26","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T13:01:26","slug":"fort-charlotte-urban-renewal-holds-community-health-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2011\/05\/fort-charlotte-urban-renewal-holds-community-health-fair","title":{"rendered":"Fort Charlotte Urban Renewal Holds Community Health Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About 200 cases or more have been discovered of seniors in Fort Charlotte that have diabetes and high-blood pressure and related diseases. (BIS Photo \/ Gena Gibbs).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nassau, The Bahamas \u2013 Healthy Lifestyle Immunity is the common factor for reducing obesity, cancer, diabetes, and high-blood pressure cases throughout The Bahamas.\u00a0 Community walkabouts have proven to be a successful method of finding out who in the community needs the most assistance so Urban Renewal can provide them with the needed resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are hosting a health fair and we want to do it on an annual basis.\u00a0 We are encouraging the different communities to come out and get their blood pressure checked,\u201d said Patricia Walker, manager of Fort Charlotte Urban Renewal.<\/p>\n

On May 28, Fort Charlotte Urban Renewal held a Healthy Lifestyles campaign at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Chippingham.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a lot of seniors that have diabetes and high-blood pressure and related diseases and we want to encourage them to come out continuously, probably about 200 cases or more.\u00a0 When we do our walkabout we have a lot of them that tell you about their illnesses and all the other things they have,\u201d said Ms. Walker.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of them are not able to come out, so the walkabouts are effective because we go to them.\u00a0 We have all the names of the persons that are mobile and we are trying to work with Baillou Road Clinic and the other healthy lifestyles programmes to see if we can get nurses to go into them and do maybe a one-on-one with the ones that cannot move.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cancer cases for women have increased, but are being counteracted with preventative care measures due to women getting regular annual PAP smear tests.\u00a0 Men tend to not get an annual exam for their prostate and only go get checked after they begin to pass urine.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to have people more aware that it is important to be tested for cancer, especially breast cancer.\u00a0 We have a high increase of young women developing breast cancer.\u00a0 May was cancer month and we have a lot of clinics doing free testing for pap smear and breast exams,\u201d said Sherilyn Miller, a volunteer from the Cancer Society.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a good turn out at most of the clinics but the men are still afraid to be checked for some reason.\u00a0 The earlier you start checking the better for you because if you have any pain or discomfort, swelling or discolouration, get it checked.\u00a0 Most people say they are under the age when they should be concerned but young people develop cancer as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fort Charlotte Urban Renewal Centre, Baillou Hill Road Clinic and the Cancer Society encourage Bahamians to not be afraid to get a check up even if nothing seems wrong. All groups encourage residents in The Bahamas to practice health prevention strategies to control the growing epidemic of lifestyle diseases.\u00a0 High blood pressure, diabetes, and cancer, to name a few, are costing government millions of dollars in rising health costs.<\/p>\n

By Gena Gibbs
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