{"id":137919,"date":"2023-05-03T08:36:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T12:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=137919"},"modified":"2023-05-08T13:13:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T17:13:12","slug":"wright-state-medical-students-to-host-inaugural-community-health-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2023\/05\/03\/wright-state-medical-students-to-host-inaugural-community-health-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State medical students to host inaugural Community Health Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2022\/04\/21\/boonshoft-school-of-medicine-tops-in-diversity-in-ohio\/bsom-2021-700x550\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-123055\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-123055\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2022\/04\/BSOM-2021-700x550-1-260x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a>Residents of Dayton and surrounding communities can receive free health screenings at the inaugural Wright State University <a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wright.edu\/about\/news-and-events\/boonshoft-school-of-medicine-community-health-fair?utm_source=press&amp;utm_medium=newsroom-article&amp;utm_campaign=health-fair-23&amp;utm_id=health-fair-23\">Boonshoft School of Medicine Community Health Fair<\/a> on Saturday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the <a href=\"https:\/\/hopecenterdayton.org\/\">Hope Center<\/a>, 1816 Harvard Blvd. in Dayton.<\/p>\n<p>This student-run event is open to all ages and will give Dayton-area residents the opportunity to take charge of their health through free screenings, including blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose, hemoglobin A1C checks and many more.<\/p>\n<p>Participants should register at <a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wright.edu\/about\/news-and-events\/boonshoft-school-of-medicine-community-health-fair?utm_source=press&amp;utm_medium=newsroom-article&amp;utm_campaign=health-fair-23&amp;utm_id=health-fair-23\">wright.edu\/bsom-health-fair-23<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs medical students at <a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wright.edu\/\">Boonshoft School of Medicine<\/a>, we have decided to come together to create an annual community health fair for the people of Dayton,\u201d said Rita Kamoua, a medical student at the Boonshoft School of Medicine and event marketing chair. \u201cAs future physicians, commitment to service is important to us. With this event we hope to collaborate with our community, to learn from the citizens as well as serve them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to screenings, there will also be a Zumba instructor, a Kid\u2019s Zone, music and snacks. Participants can enter a raffle to win prizes, including tickets to the Ohio State Fair, Fitbit watches and grocery store gift cards.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, email <a href=\"mailto:bsomhealthfair@gmail.com\">bsomhealthfair@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wright State medical students will provide free health screenings at the inaugural Boonshoft School of Medicine Community Health Fair on May 6 at the Hope Center. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2023\/05\/03\/wright-state-medical-students-to-host-inaugural-community-health-fair\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":123055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[722,2025,725,2149,2016,715],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-community-service","category-home-news-sidebar","category-medical-students","category-medicine","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137919"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138282,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137919\/revisions\/138282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}