Healthcare screening and other services will be offered free to the public on March 28 at the March Man-ness Men’s Health Event, presented by the 12 St. Health & Wellness Center of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
The event will be 9 a.m.-noon at the Bishop Leodies & Goldie Warren Community Development Center, 1200 Bishop Warren Drive in Little Rock. For more information, visit https://healthon12th.uams.edu/ or call (501) 614-2492.
There will be free food, live streaming basketball, giveaways, and activities. People of all ages and families are welcome. Spanish interpreters will be present to provide translation services.
While this event focuses on men’s health, women also are invited to receive free blood pressure checks; glucose, cholesterol, vision, and hearing screenings; body mass index assessments; lipid testing; and physical examinations.
Free HIV testing will be available using a mouth swab and without needles. Although fasting is not required, wait until after the test to eat for the most accurate readings of the results from the HIV, lipid, and glucose screenings. Testing will be offered for other sexually transmitted infections.
Males may have blood drawn to check prostate sensitive antigen (PSA) for prostate cancer screenings. A panel of health care professionals, dietitians, pharmacists, and physicians will be on hand along with students from various UAMS programs to answer personal health questions. There will be demonstrations for exercise and mental health education as well as good nutrition and dental hygiene.
“Public participation every year has shown there is great demand for the screenings and personal health information,” said Melissa Clark, PharmD, MPH, director of the UAMS 12th Street Health and Wellness Center. “This year’s March Man-ness will mark our seventh annual health event, and every spring it grows and offers more and more to the communities we serve.”
Sponsors are the Bishop Leodies & Goldie Warren Community Development Center, Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Minority Health Commission, ARCare, Fab44 Basketball/AR G3 Academy, War Memorial Fitness Center, and UAMS Student Wellness.