"Health happening" educates community, enhances hospital's image.
A health fair sponsored by St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, ME, demonstrated that the public is definitely interested in participating in its own health care. "Health Happening '77" thus proved to be a valuable public service as well as an effective marketing tool and image enhancer for the hospital.
D000846:Anniversaries and Special Events / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006266:Health Education; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008281:Maine; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011641:Public Relations / Q000458:organization & administration*