Beat End-of-Summer Rush – Health Plan of San Joaquin & Partners Helping Kids Get Ready for Back to School!
(French Camp, CA) –Health Plan of San Joaquin is advising members to contact their family doctor or clinic and schedule well-visits for the regular childhood immunizations and checkups their children need to start the new school year and stay healthy.
Well-visits can help parents:
- Track milestones – “Is your child growing at a good pace? Are they talking enough?
- Stay updated on regular childhood immunizations – The best way to prevent many illnesses, including those that once were devastating for kids, like diphtheria, rubella, whooping cough, measles, mumps and polio
- Screen for any issues – Including lead blood screening, hearing and vision screenings
Caravan for Health – 2022 Season Wraps
To further help local parents stay on track, HPSJ and partners are wrapping up this summer’s Caravan for Health (CFH) with a kids care focus and health fair with FREE give aways at local baseball games at Stockton Ports (July 17, 2022, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., Banner Island Ballpark) and Modesto Nuts (July 29, 2022, 12 p.m. – 7 p.m., John Thurman Field). At each baseball game, there will be FREE testing and health screenings available to the community. For more information HPSJ members, providers and community are invited to visit www.hpsj.com/care.
Media Contact:
Jill Center, Health Plan of San Joaquin
jcenter@hpsj.com or 209.461.2372; www.hpsj.com