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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation "Cover the Uninsured Week" at USM

April 13 , 2007

Mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to attend a health fair for "Cover the Uninsured Week" at the Woodbury Campus Center located on USM's Portland campus.

This is the fourth year the College of Nursing and Health Professions is participating in "Cover the Uninsured Week," a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation project which seeks to improve health care for all Americans.

"Cover the Uninsured Week" brings together business owners, union members, educators, students, patients, physicians, nurses, faith leaders and their congregants and organizations in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to demand that our nation's leaders find solutions for the more than 46 million Americans living without health insurance.

The event is sponsored by graduate nursing students from Helen Peake-Godin's leadership and health policy class. There will be blood pressure screenings, information on nutrition, smoking cessation, health care, dental, and medical coverage.

A panel of speakers will be addressing health care coverage and access to services from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
For more information, visit the Web Site http://covertheuninsured.org/ or contact Helen Peake-Godin at e-mail hpeake@usm.maine.edu

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