Celebrating Our Clinicians in Carlsbad and Oceanside
10.21.09 - The first in a series of North County Health Services (NCHS) “Celebrating our Clinicians” evening receptions was held in Carlsbad on October 21st. NCHS will be holding these gatherings to recognize our outstanding clinicians and their work in providing medical and dental services in each individual community we serve.
The informative receptions are a way to update our donors on new NCHS programs, to continue our outreach to the public and to introduce new community and business leaders to NCHS services. We also want the public to know that during these trying economic times and with the significant amount of job losses we have faced, many of our friends and neighbors are without healthcare coverage and do not know where to turn, we want the community to know that they can come to NCHS for their healthcare needs.
NCHS was fortunate to host employees from Covidien at the reception who presented a $10,000 gift in support of the NCHS “Preventing Obesity in Children with Asthma” program. The money will allow NCHS to expand their Family Nutrition Program, which was created in response to a general trend of higher Body Mass Indexes (BMI’s) in pediatric patients who suffer from Asthma. Asthma is a common diagnosis in children with a Body Mass Index (BMI) at or greater than 25. At present, NCHS has 1,023 children diagnosed with Asthma and of these, 753 or 73.6%, have a co-morbidity of obesity. NCHS utilizes a family-centered health care approach that is characterized by a partnership between the family and medical providers.
Many NCHS programs, such as the Family Nutrition Program, are not possible without the support of our donors and community partners. If you would like more information about North County Health Services, would like to volunteer or would like to attend a Clinician Celebration Reception, please contact Dana Withall, Development Director at 760-736-6710.
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