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Florida Rural Health Educational Summit

The 24th Annual Rural Health Educational Summit will be held from March 27 to 28 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando. The summit, hosted by the Florida Rural Health Association (FRHA), will focus on “Rural Florida: Healthcare, Politics and Funding in Uncertain Times.”

Featured topics will include: crisis leadership, rural veterans and mental health, safe opioid prescribing, rural tobacco cessation and prevention, alternative revenues for rural health, and federal health policy update. Dr. Larry Mullins, Diane Calmus, E. Blake Fagan and Jessica Joiner will be […]

January 30, 2018

2018 Area 3/13 Ryan White and HOP Survey

The North Central Florida CARE Consortium is encouraging persons infected with HIV to indicate their satisfaction with the care they received in 2017 from our Ryan White clinics, medical case management, eligibility and our HOP (housing) programs by taking the 2017 Area 3/13 Ryan White and HOP Survey. This annual survey is for individuals who receive HIV services in the following counties: Alachua, Bradford, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Lake, Levy, Marion, Putman, Sumter, Suwannee and Union. Individuals who take part in the […]

January 24, 2018

Get ready, get set, go! Babies compete in benefit Diaper Derby

Gainesville Sun
By Christopher Baldwin

Held Sunday at Sun Country Sports in Jonesville, the derby benefits the Alachua County Perinatal Mental Health Coalition’s All Bottoms Covered Diaper Bank program.

He came. He crawled. He conquered.

One-year-old Foster, in a series of quick, successive spurts, won back-to-back heats to secure the golden baby bottle trophy during the inaugural Gainesville Diaper Derby.

Held Sunday at Sun Country Sports in Jonesville, the derby benefits the Alachua County Perinatal Mental Health Coalition’s All Bottoms Covered Diaper Bank program.

The event, which saw baby athletes […]

January 8, 2018

Brad Rogers: Resolutions and statistics

Ocala Star Banner

Turns out, I have a gym membership. Oh, it’s not like I was completely clueless. I just chose to ignore it … since, oh, about 2012. I have good excuses (note the plural). I’m really busy. The gym is always crowded. It won’t do any good. I’m tired. Did I mention I’m really busy?

So when my buddy Ben Marciano — who owns The Zone and collects the monthly gym fee from the Rogers household, whether I go or not — mentioned my perpetual […]

January 5, 2018

Free Training: Improve Patient Care Through Collaboration

Rural Health Partnership, WellFlorida Council and the Florida Department of Health are hosting a free course entitled Critical Access Hospitals and Regional Trauma SystemPartners Improve Patient Care Through Collaboration. The agenda for this training session will include:

Regional Trauma Plan
Uniform Trauma Transport Protocols
EMS and Emergency Preparedness Issues for Critical Access Hospitals
Pediatric and Geriatric Trauma
What to Do for Trauma Patients (coding, assessment, treatment, etc.)
Quality Assurance for Transportation and Care

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for nurses and other health professionals have been applied for […]

January 2, 2018

Cancer support group

Gainesville Sun
Are you or someone you care about in need of a cancer support group, transportation for medical treatments or financial assistance with prescription drugs?

Locate resources for these needs and more on the website www.CancerResourceGuideNCF.org. The Cancer Resource Guide of North Central Florida is a public service of North Central Florida Cancer Control Collaborative, the WellFlorida Council and the Florida Department of Health Cancer Control Program.

The Cancer Resource Guide of North Central Florida lists support groups, community and caregiver resources, financial support services […]

December 5, 2017

DSME Mini-Grant Funding Awarded

WellFlorida Council is pleased to announce that the following agencies have been awarded Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) mini-grants:

Florida Department of Health in Alachua County

Accent Endocrinology

Thank you to all of those who applied, and congratulations to the awardees!

DSME is a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to disease management that meets national standards. People with diabetes who complete a DSME program are better able to manage their disease and prevent or delay complications.

To extend the reach of the DSME mini-grant funding opportunity, WellFlorida was selected as one of three […]

December 4, 2017

Ahead Of World AIDS Day, 26 Get Free HIV Testing At UF

WUFT
By Randi Ziegler

Tessa Walters received what she considers the bare minimum of sex education in high school.

The vice president of Planned Parenthood Generation Action at UF, a student group, said she did learn about sexually transmitted infections in her freshman biology class, but the lessons lasted only a few days.

“In Florida, there is no standardized sex education,” the 20-year-old said. “Our current system isn’t effective.”

Later in high school, at age 16, she went to a Planned Parenthood clinic for testing.
“I only went for a […]

November 30, 2017

World AIDS Day

On December 1, World AIDS Day, we recognize the fact that more than 1 million Americans have HIV, and about 1 in 7 of them don’t know it. According to HIV.gov, southern states bear the greatest burden of HIV, accounting for half of the new infections recorded in 2014. In 2016 alone, nearly 5,000 Floridians were diagnosed with HIV, with about 78% of those cases involving men and 22% involving women. HIV disproportionately affects MSM (men who have sex with men) as well as people […]

November 16, 2017