Visit Health Fairs
Wagner said health fairs offer health screenings at little to no cost. Many health fairs measure height, weight, blood pressure, vision, anemia and blood chemistry, and offer oral screenings, podiatry exams, hearing tests and glaucoma screenings, according to Unite for Sight, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving eye health and eliminating preventable blindness. But the organization warned that inaccurate results from screenings are possible and should be verified by your doctor.
Still, even fairs that offer information alone can have positive impacts on attendees’ health. For example, one study published in the Journal of Public Health Research found that 45 percent of people who received information about cancer screenings at community health fairs shared their newfound knowledge with others, 15 percent subsequently spoke to a healthcare provider about cancer screenings and 40 percent said they intended to do so.
