Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Jackson County Campus will host a health fair on September 20, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., in the campus gymnasium. Those who visit all stations at the fair will receive a prize.
During the fair, information will be available on behavioral health, neurology, addiction, family planning and unplanned pregnancy prevention, smoking cessation, Zika virus, cancer, dental, weight loss, and the Mercy Housing and Human Development organization. Tests will be available for fitness, BMI and body fat percentages, blood pressure, and sexually transmitted infection. STI/STD counseling will also be available.
As September is Unplanned Pregnancy Awareness Month at MGCCC, Medical Analysis will be providing important facts and statistics as well as other information on unplanned pregnancy.
“Studies show that more than 60 percent of community college students who become pregnant after enrolling in college do not finish their degree,” said Karin Ford, clinical consultant with Medical Analysis. “Even students who already have children find college challenging, since they have to find suitable childcare and must deal with the financial complication of having a family and attending school. Our encouragement for students is to ‘Create a better life before creating life.’”
Medical Analysis will provide a variety of information on unplanned pregnancy, birth control options and sexually transmitted infections.
Following the fair, there will be a weight-room orientation at 2 p.m. upstairs in the gym and the annual De-Stress to Success 5K Run, which will begin at 3:30 p.m. on Main Campus Drive. Certificates will be given for first through fifth places.
For more information on the health fair or the 5K run, contact Ray Bigelow, coordinator of Wellness and Recreation, 228.497.7735 or ray.bigelow@mgccc.edu.
