Healthy Living Pavilion
For the second year in a row, the Asian Heritage Street Celebration will feature a health section entitled Healthy Living Pavilion. This area of the street fair will comprise of many community health groups and sponsor booths that will collectively promote health and wellness. The Healthy Living Pavilion, which will be located on Larkin Street between Fulton and McAllister, will include a variety of free and low-cost health services, professional medical advice and health-related educational material for the community.
Hepatitis B Screenings and Education
To spread awareness of hepatitis B, which affects 1 in 10 Asian and Pacific Islanders, the fair will offer free educational brochures, hepatitis B screenings and MD consultations. This section is a collective effort by California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), Subaru, Brown & Toland Physicians, Gilead, Onyx Pharmaceutical, Genentech, and Bristol Myers Squibb.
Other Health Screenings & Tests
Blood Pressure Screenings, hosted by Kaiser Permanente
Lupus Education, hosted by the San Francisco Lupus Support Group
Eye Screenings, hosted by Newman Lasik
Rapid HIV Tests, hosted by the Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center
Glucose Tests, hosted by North East Medical Services
Whooping Cough Vaccinations, hosted by CVS
Family Support Services
Educational material on disaster preparedness, hosted by the Red Cross, in addition to a variety of other family support services will be available to the public at the fair.
Hep B Testing at AHSC.
Health Education
In addition to hepatitis B education, the community will have access to free educational material and advice about various health concerns.
Survey Passport
A wide array of prizes is in store for those interested in a fun, interactive way to learn about health education. In order to collect prizes, fair-goers must use a Survey Passport to record their answers to questions located at several booths. Upon completion of this Survey Passport, individuals will have the opportunity to fill out a raffle card to win an Apple IPAD sponsored by Subaru! More information can be found at the Healthy Living Pavilion Information Booth.
Ask Your Doctor Public Health Forum
One of the newest features of this year’s health section will be the “Ask Your Doctor Public Health Forum.” From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., fair-goers will be able to ask health-related questions to a panel of certified medical doctors, most of whom are general practitioners.
“The ‘Ask Your Doctor’ program is essentially a public forum for community members to speak privately with doctors at the street fair,” said Peter Swing, communications consultant for the Asian American Justice Center. “We hope that in bringing together healthcare providers, business leaders, corporate representatives and the Asian American community, we can engender not only healthy conversation between diverse groups, but practical solutions and services to those who need it the most,” said Swing.
