Children's Day--a cooperative effort in planning a health fair.
Children and Hospitals Week has traditionally been a vehicle for educating the community and health care professionals about the psychosocial needs of hospitalized children. An effective way of reaching both populations is by hosting a children's health fair. This paper describes how the staff of a 531 bed community based hospital collaborated to implement such an event.
Cohen
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St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Pontiac, MI 48053.
Heiney
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D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006277:Health Fairs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008824:Michigan; D011641:Public Relations