Outreach

The Street Screening Outreach Program takes the WelCare Initiative to the streets and puts it into action.  The WelCare objective for the street screenings is to increase the target population's utilization of appropriate health care services through personal invitation, education, and referral.

Each Tuesday, the WelCare Coordinator, a volunteer medical professional and health outreach liaisons roll through the streets bringing preventative healthcare to the front door of underserved and uninsured residents.  The WelCare Team conducts free medical screenings for blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol levels at various sites.  Currently, the outreach team rotates among neighborhood sites each month within the target community sharing smiles and hopeful health information. 

The purpose of this project is to provide people with immediate feedback on their medical screening results, to prompt self awareness of medical problems and to help determine and encourage each participants readiness to act and their willingness to begin the healing process.  After the screenings, each client is given their results and invited to complete a structured survey on healthcare access.  The WelCare Coordinator invites street screening clients to St. Vincent's House for an orientation, development of an individual wellness portfolio (WelFolio) and an enrollment into the WelCare Initiative. 

If you would like the WelCare Team to visit your site, please contact Doris Bagsby, the WelCare Coordinator at St. Vincent's House (409) 763-8521.