Health Screenings for the Uninsured
Focus is on
blood pressure,
stroke, diabetes
and obesity
Beginning on Tuesday, March
15 to March 26, the Urban League
and Walgreens will embark on a
nine day W ellness Tour across
Portland and Vancouver with a fully
equipped health education and
screening vehicle.
Health professionals will provide
The Urban League of Portland individuals with free screenings for
has joined forces with the National cholesterol levels, blood pressure,
Urban League and Walgreens drug glucose, bone density, body mass
store to offer free health care screen index and waist circumference.
ings to Portlanders who have little
The screenings are designed for
or no health insurance.
detection and prevention of dis
eases such as high blood pressure,
stroke, diabetes and obesity. These
preventable diseases are on the rise
in all communities.
"Many people in Portland are los
ing their health insurance during this
difficult economy and many more do
not have access to any health ser
vices,” said Ty Schwoeffermann,
health equity organizer for the Urban
League of Portland.
Schwoeffermann said the health
screenings tour highlights the over
whelming need for health services
in the region.
“Early detection can save lives,”
he said. “We have built partner
ships with community clinics, non -
profits, and churches to help people
gain access to services where they
are available."
The Wellness Tour schedule is as
follows: March 15,10a.m.to5p.m.at
Walgreens, 2829 N. Lombard St.;
March 17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at
Walgreens, 2103 S.W. Burnside St.;
March 18,10a.m. to5 p.m. at Pioneer
Square, downtown; March 19,11 a.m.
to 5 p.m. at Portland Community Col
lege, Cascade Cam pus, 705 N.
KillingsworthSt.;March20,1 p.m. to
7 p.m. at Highland Christian Church,
7600N.E.GlisanSt.;March22,9a.m.
to 3 p.m. at The Multicultural Seniors
Center, 5325 N.E. Martin Luther King
Jr. Blvd.; March 24,11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
at W algreens, 2521 M ain St.,
Vancouver; March 25, 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. at Walgreens, 6116 N.E. Martin
Luther King Jr. Blvd.; March 26, 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. at Rosa Parks School,
8960 N. Woolsey Ave.
Abstinence Grows Among Youth
Experts say this generation may be more cautious
(A P )- - Fewer teens and young
adults are having sex, a govern-
ment survey shows, and theories
past decade has had some influ
abound for why they're doing it predecessors, more aware of sexu- ence.
less. Experts say this generation ally spread diseases. Or perhaps
Or maybe they're just too busy.
may be more cautious than their em phasis on abstinence in the
The study, released Thursday, is
based on interviews of about 5,300
young people, ages 15 to 24. It shows
the proportion in that age group
who said they'd never had sex rose
in the past decade from 22 percent to
about 28 percent.
There are other surveys of sexual
behavior, but this is considered the
largest and most reliable.
Health scientist Anjani Chandra
of the Centers for Disease Control
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She declined to speculate on the
reasons. It's difficult to look for a
trend earlier than 2002 because pre
vious surveys did not gather as
much detail about various types of
sex, she added.
However, data over the years on
vaginal intercourse among never-
married adolescents shows a steady
decline since 1988. That seems to be
in sync with other CDC studies show
ing an overall drop in teen preg
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