Trinity Health Of New England’s Men’s Health Institute partnered with UConn Health, My People Community Services, and CT Area Health Education Center to host a “Men’s Health is Community Health” event at Saint Francis Hospital’s Connecticut Institute of Primary Care Innovation (CIPCI).
The event, which was free to the public, provided various health screenings including blood glucose, blood pressure, prostate cancer, and oral health, as well as education on sickle cell anemia. The screenings were performed by UConn School of Medicine Urban Service Track medical, dental, nursing, pharmacy, and physician assistant students. In addition, attendees participated in a town hall seminar with physician experts to discuss primary care, cancer care, cardiology, rehabilitation, urology, and weight management. Local community organizations were also in attendance with informational tables.
Trinity Health Of New England specialists included Kwame Asante, M.D., Rehabilitation; David Inyangetor, M.D., Primary Care; Anthony Kim, M.D., Urology; Michael Malinics, D.O., Cardiology; Zachary Solomon, M.D., Weight Management; John Testa, M.D., Primary Care; and James Yu, M.D., Radiation Oncology.
“The Men’s Health Institute at Trinity Health Of New England is committed to providing care and education to all members of our surrounding communities,” said Dr. York Moy, Regional Director of Urology and the Men’s Health Institute at Trinity Health Of New England. “In conjunction with our partners, we are proud to offer these Men’s Health Events to reach the underserved community members and help empower them to take control of their health. Bringing preventative screenings along with education to convenient, non-clinical spaces is an invaluable way to improve health equity in our local communities.”