2016 San Fernando Health and Safety Fair

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For over 10 years the University of Texas Health Science Center Briscoe Library has provided health information resources from the National Library of Medicine to attendees of the San Fernando Health & Safety Fair. The fair offers health screening to individuals in the community who have no insurance or are underinsured. Over 400 volunteer doctors, nurses, health specialists, community volunteers and students provide the screening services.

Briscoe  Outreach Librarian Peg Seger met with over 75 exhibit table visitors on the morning of October 1 to discuss ways to find reliable health information. A key part of the Briscoe Library outreach services is to improve community health literacy through the promotion of accurate and authoritative health information.

 

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