BATON ROUGE BLACK ALCOHOLISM COUNCIL DBA METRO HEALTH
ABOUT US
Metro Health is a disease intervention and youth development community-based organization that implements strategies to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases through education, provides risk reduction counseling and testing, encourages early testing, motivates behavioral changes in persons who exhibit high risk behaviors, increases awareness of preventive services, provides youth intervention services, and when possible, provides direct medical and supportive services or arrange for the provision of such services through referral to appropriate collaborative treatment centers and other partners.
SERVING THE COMMUNITY
Metro Health collaborated with BRAHL to provide outreach and health education to seniors, youth, and faith-based organizations. We were able to create and implement 8 outreach events where we were able to serve 306 individuals. At these events, we were able to provide information concerning COVID-19 testing and vaccination, medical adherence, speaking with confidence with medical providers, hypertension, and diabetes. Not only were we able to provide participants with the relevant information in the form of presentations and educational material, but we were also able to provide them with relevant tools to monitor their health.
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