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Women’s Wellness Forum
This spring event is a chance for a woman to make time for self discovery. She can get fired up by a keynote speaker, attend workshops, and network with more than 300 of her peers. Mogollon Health sponsors the program with several community stakeholders including Payson Regional Medical Center and Eastern Arizona Health Education Center. The 15th Annual Women’s Wellness Forum will be held March 23, 2013 on the Payson High School Campus.
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Assistance Grants for Patients in Dialysis
Mogollon Health Alliance is able to make need-based, financial assistance grants to dialysis patients, not for treatment, but for ancillary items that might be required with the lifestyle changes and burdens to the family that go hand in hand with treatment, such as wheel chair ramps or safety bars.
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Health and Care Fair
Each November, the Community Health and Care Fair is a one-stop destination for people to discover ways to improve their bodies and increase their philanthropic activity. Health care providers are on-hand to give free and low-cost medical screenings. Representatives of civic clubs and advocacy groups are there to help someone in need and share their organization's goals with those who are interested. MHA is one of the principle sponsors.
The 15th Annual Community Health and Care Fair will be held November 2, 2013 at the Julia Randall Elementary School Gym, 902 W. Main St.
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MHAX III Health Plus
“How can I improve my physical health?”
At MHAX III Health Plus that person can take charge of a key part of the answer: Exercise.
Individuals enroll in MHAX III with a doctor's approval and prescription, then a Personal Trainer and Clinical Rehabilitation Assistant review each of their clients’ health needs and goals to create custom fitness programs. Clients start off on the treadmills, stationary bicycles, weights and exercise balls in a private area inside the Payson Athletic Club but have access to the entire gym.
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Fire Department and other community health grants
Overall, eleven rural Gila County fire departments have received assistance from MHA, and $20,000 of the money the MHA Auxiliary raised in 2009 was awarded to rural fire departments in Gila County. The cost of sending a firefighter for EMT or paramedic training is fast approaching $5,000, so these scholarships are just another way the organization has a hugely positive impact on the community. Babysitters have also learned all about safety through Fire Department and MHA sponsored trainings. MHA also partnered with Payson and Diamond Star Fire Departments and placed ten automated external defibrillators or AEDs around Payson—four in police cruisers and six in businesses with lots of public foot traffic.
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CPR and First Aid classes
MHA sponsors free CPR classes several times per year taught by paramedics from the Payson Fire Department. MHA sponsors a First Aid class once per year. Watch our calendar for upcoming dates.
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Vial of Life
MHA's "Vial of Life" program is something local emergency personnel know to look for when they are called into a home. Stickers placed on the front door and/or refrigerator door indicate that a plastic vial, is in the refrigerator. The vial contains a medical record sheet that includes family and physician information, a list of prescriptions, allergies, and Advance Directives and their location. Available at the MHA office, 308 E. Aero Drive, Payson.
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MHA Auxiliary Scholarships
The Pink Ladies and Men in Maroon invest approximately $20,000 of the money they raise each year through the Almost New Shop, La Boutique Gift Store, bi-annual arts and crafts and other sponsored sales into health occupations scholarships. The next round of scholarships opens in January 2013.
Click here for 2013 Scholarship Form
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Children’s Safety
Gracie Lee Haught Children’s Memorial Fund offers financial assistance to families in crisis with children’s medical bills, and children’s safety programs that include bike helmets and car seat. From more information, click here:
http://www.gracieleehaught.com/Need_Help.html
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Gracie Lee Haught Education Resource Center
The education center, conveniently located across the parking lot from the hospital, opened to nursing students on October 1, 2006. Because of the facility, area medical response personnel were able to participate in a cadaver laboratory about the creation and maintenance of airways. Later students were and are able to role-play patient scenarios on medical mannequins (an adult and an infant). Nursing students are able to monitor their mock patient's blood pressure, heart rate and breathing. The $10,000 mannequins can be programmed with gastric and breathing sounds. It can be programmed to vomit, and if students poke its arm for a blood test real fluid comes out. It can also pose as male or female. Health care professional call MHA to inquire: (928) 472-2588.
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