Community Outreach and Education Programs
At
St. Agnes we not only care for you—we teach you how to care for yourself.
Our family of outreach and education programs, collectively called
the Healthy Heart Program, covers a range of topics related to the prevention
of heart disease as well as general wellness techniques.
Heart Wellness Screening Services
Reaching
out to the surrounding community, our Heart Wellness Program offers free
screening services and speakers at such convenient locations as area churches,
businesses and community associations. Screening services include cholesterol
and blood pressure checks, nutrition education and physician referral.
Early Heart-Attack Care
The goal of
the Early Cardiac Outreach Program is a vital one to educate the
community to the fact that occasional, central chest pain can signal
the start of a major heart attack. The program teaches recognition
of common symptoms and when to seek immediate treatment, building awareness
where it can do the most good.
Cardiac Access
This comprehensive community
service initiative marks a new step in aiding Baltimore’s medically
underserved and indigent. Focusing on the West Baltimore area, the
program seeks to give this population better access to cardiac services
by eliminating financial and educational barriers.
For more information
on the community outreach programs,
please call 410-368-3216.