Selma residents attended a health fair sponsored by Tabernacle of Praise Church and the UAB EPIPHANY project.
SELMA, Ala. - Cars lined the street outside of the Tabernacle of Praise Church in Selma to speak with medical organizations and providers at a community health fair on Saturday.
The reason that health fairs like this one are so important in the Black Belt is the disparity in health care there. Residents are more likely to suffer from cancer, stroke and many other health issues. “African American and other minority populations which are deprived of health care services, they don’t have accessible and affordable health care,” Andrabi said. “So our goal is to remove those health disparities by making the programs which are affordable, which are accessible to them.”
“We’re enrolling African American men and women who may be at risk of developing high blood pressure,” EPIPHANY program director Sh’nese Holmes said. “We’re going to teach them habits to help them keep their blood pressure down, hopefully not develop it in the future.”
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