Background
FSU Women’s Health Day is a free health education and resource event for the students, graduates, faculty, and staff of Florida State, hosted by the FSU College of Medicine and the FSU College of Medicine American Medical Women’s Association. We seek to promote education regarding five aspects of health: physical, clinical, mental, financial, and sexual health. Each aspect will have either FSU or local community professionals that will provide activities such as interactive games, screenings, health and wellness classes, CPR training and more! Event participants will have the opportunity to get a t-shirt, gift card, and free food!
History
At the FSU Health Day event of 2018, we partnered with 12 organizations, broke the world record for heart screenings on a college campus and provided health education to over 533 people. With the help of SGA, we were able to raise over $6,000 for EKGs, supplies, tents, and nutritious meals. Our goal has doubled in size for the November 1st, 2023 event.
Mission
Our mission is to support the health and wellness of our own FSU community, especially as most as many students find themselves independent from home for the first time. Amongst many of our goals for wellness, we look to promote sexual safety and screenings for students as Leon County is Number 1 in the State of Florida for sexually transmitted infections, including Chlamydia and Gonorrhea. Another notable goal is to screen as many students as we can for a typically asymptomatic heart condition that can cause sudden cardiac death. We seek to gather campus resources that can help students prioritize healthcare affordably, impacting their future medical decisions and outcome. We hope to introduce these conversations for positive change.
What to Expect at FSU Women’s Health Day
This event will offer screenings such as blood pressure readings, conducted by the College of Nursing, and HIV testing, conducted by Neighborhood Medical Center. If an individual receives a positive result, such as a high blood pressure or the HIV-Ab is found, the Florida Health Department or an alternative health care professional at the event will be notified and the individual will be referred to follow-up with their primary care physician or University Health Services for further information. All participants will be required to sign a consent form before participating in the free event. We will have local physicians, EKG screenings, basic anatomy discussions, birth control wheels, jeopardy games and more. Spend 5 minutes at 5 of our booths and gain a free gift card, t-shirt or meal!
