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    VCH held a successful winter health fair that provided services to over 140 patients. Key statistics from screenings found high rates of hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, and limited English proficiency among patients. Upcoming events include health sites providing basic screenings, a shower of hope volunteer opportunity, and a health fair. The newsletter recognizes volunteer and committee contributions and invites alumni to share their stories.

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    VCH held a successful winter health fair that provided services to over 140 patients. Key statistics from screenings found high rates of hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, and limited English proficiency among patients. Upcoming events include health sites providing basic screenings, a shower of hope volunteer opportunity, and a health fair. The newsletter recognizes volunteer and committee contributions and invites alumni to share their stories.

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    VCHCONNECTIONS Health is Gold.

    Sức Khỏe Là Vàng Spring '23


    .
    Overview of Events Thank you to all of our volunteers and providers for all
    ∙ Winter 2023 Health Fair @ WCC
    your help last quarter! We are extremely grateful to
    ∙ Health Fair Statistics
    ∙ Winter Recap of Events
    everyone as our Health Fair could not have been as
    ∙ Committee Highlights successful as it was without our collaborators and
    ∙ Volunteer of the Quarter providers. Thank you to: UCLA Vietnamese Dental Student
    ∙ Upcoming Events Association, SCCO SVOSH, Western University Vietnamese
    ∙ Message to our Alumni Student Association, Healing Hands for Humanity,
    Magnolia Medical Imaging Center, OC Foot & Ankle Group,
    CSULB Nursing Student Association, Westminster Foot &
    VCH is funded by Community
    Activities Committee (CAC) and is
    Ankle Group, Westminster Family Resource Center, Dr.
    a proud member of the USAC James Tran,, Dr. Thomas Quach, Dr. Duc Do, Dr. Deemer,
    Community Service Commission
    (CSC). Kevin Nguyen, and Dr. Brian Nguyen!

    Winter 2023 Health Fair at Westminster Civic Center


    For our Winter Health Fair, our 66 volunteers were pleased to serve over 140 patients. Through our
    collaborations with providers, VCH was able to provide screenings such as vision, cholesterol,
    hemoglobin and many more services to help alleviate some of the health disparities within the
    Vietnamese and Hispanic communities. We would not have been able to achieve this level of
    success without the support of our providers and compassion of our volunteers.
    WINTER HEALTH FAIR STATISTICS
    Compared to California State
    Total Number of Patients 143 Patients
    Statistics

    Average Age of Patients 63 years old –

    7.8 % – Pre-Hypertensive 28 % – Adults Diagnosed with High Blood


    At Risk for Hypertension
    48.4 % – Hypertension Pressure

    0.0% – Borderline
    At Risk for High Cholesterol 30 % – Adults with High Cholesterol
    .7% – High Cholesterol

    Hemoglobin 52.38% – Abnormal Levels –

    16.4% – Pre-Diabetic
    Diabetes 9.8%
    12.7% – Diabetic

    Limited English Fluency 34% -

    No Health Insurance 15% 7.3%

    UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. AskCHIS 2016. Available @ http://ask.chis.ucla.edu

    “US Census Bureau QuickFacts: Westminster city, California.” Census Bureau,


    https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/westminstercitycalifornia/IPE120220#IPE12
    0220.
    WINTER QUARTER RECAP
    Health Sites Shower of Hope
    Asian Garden Mall and Santa Ana Plaza Los Angeles

    This quarter, our volunteers were able


    Shower of Hope provides free showers,
    to serve over 70 patients at Santa Ana
    clothes, and other necessities to
    Plaza and Asian Garden Mall in
    individuals experiencing homelessness
    Westminster. Through our 7 successful
    at more than 20 locations in Los
    health sites throughout weeks 3-9, we
    Angeles every week. Volunteers helped
    were able to offer basic health
    to restock and hand out supplies, set
    screenings such as hypertension, vision,
    up and clean up, and were able to
    and BMI to our service recipients.
    interact with visitors.

    Internship!
    This past Winter Quarter, VCH intern class of 2023 graduated! Our interns worked
    super hard over this past quarter to work alongside staff to gain a greater
    understanding of what VCH does. Congrats interns!
    Committee Highlights
    We encourage VCH volunteers to get involved by contributing their ideas in our committees! Every quarter,
    the committees educate the community and improve the patient experience through a variety of projects.

    Language Development Nutrition


    LD created a Flyer 101 reference sheet to This quarter, Nutrition created videos
    aid VCH members for flyering at Health that highlight how to shop and prepare
    Sites. They also translated VCH for different food groups! They also
    infographics and newsletters created by created healthy recipes, focusing on
    other VCH committees! affordable ingredients!

    Patient Outreach Navigators


    PO contacted patients and informed Navigators made HF posters, input
    them of VCH’s Winter Health Fair! They patient survey information, and
    also worked on various infographics on language cheat sheets for HF volunteers.
    topics like affordable healthcare and They also helped guide patients and
    created a Tết themed newsletter! providers on the day of HF!

    Patient Education & Wellness


    (PEW)
    This quarter, PEW create a podcast of
    their choice on any health topic.
    Members had topics ranging from
    improvement in the medical field to
    smoking and lung cancer!
    VOLUNTEER OF THE QUARTER

    Alvin Lai
    Thank you
    for always going above and beyond for VCH!

    MARK YOUR CALENDARS:


    Upcoming Events for Spring '23
    Health Sites: Asian Garden Mall (AGM) • General Meetings
    and Santa Ana Plaza (SAP) • Tues, Weeks 3, 5, 7, 9
    • Week 2 Sat. 4/15 @ AGM 6:00-7:00 PM @ Franz 1260
    • Week 3 Sun. 4/22 @ SAP • Health Fair
    • Week 3 Sun. 4/23 @ AGM • Week 5 Sun. 5/7
    • Week 4 Sat. 4/29 @ AGM • Special Site: Shower of Hope
    • Week 4 Sun. 4/30 @ SAP • Week 6 Sat. 5/13
    • Week 7 Sun. 5/21 @ AGM • Court of Sciences Fundraiser
    • Week 6 Thurs. 5/11
    SPECIAL MESSAGE TO OUR ALUMNI

    You can get your story posted on our website!


    We are recruiting information from our alumni to learn about
    the impact of VCH on their lives and where they are now. If you
    are interested in providing some insight to be displayed on our
    website, please fill out the form below.

    CLICK HERE TO ACCESS


    OUR GOOGLE FORM

    MARK YOUR CALENDARS:


    Upcoming Events for Winter ‘19
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