Contact the AARP (American Association for Retired Persons) for information on older adult health as well as benefits available to seniors country-wide.
Arthritis Education (A,O)
Contact the Arthritis Foundation or materials on arthritis and how to care for it.
Back Health (ALL)
Ask your local chiropractor to show a display of the backbone and discuss the importance of posture and having a healthy back. Let the care provider know he or she can advertise the practice through this booth by giving out free notepads, pencils, etc. with the business information printed on them.
CPR and First Aid (ALL)
Ask your local EMS (Emergency Medical Services), EMT (Emergency Medical Technician), or paramedic to demonstrate CPR, first aid techniques, and give a tour of an ambulance.
Dental Care (ALL)
Ask your local dentist to provide an exhibit or booth on dental care. Ask if toothbrushes, dental floss, etc. could be given away free of charge at the booth. Let the dental care provider know he or she can advertise the practice through this booth.
Disability Awareness (C, Y, T)
Have a booth with stations to help kids understand how people have to adapt when they become disabled or unable to perform daily tasks due to age-related ailments. Try having participants put cotton balls in their ears and then listen to instructions at each station throughout the booth.
Stations could include putting plastic bags tightly over the hands and securing with rubber bands (e.g., arthritic hands), then have participants try to pick up objects; or put socks on their hands and have them try to pick up a dime. Have participants try to pull a sticker off their back without raising their arms above their chests (e.g., loss of flexibility).
Have participants put on non-prescription glasses covered with petroleum jelly and try to read a label on a pill or cough medicine bottle (e.g., blurred vision). For those participants with glasses, you can place plastic wrap over their glasses for a similar effect. Use a wheelchair to race around cones or have a race on crutches. Have participants try to read, seeing what a Dyslexic individual sees.
Hand-washing (C, Y, TP, AP, GP)
Have a demonstration booth on hand-washing. Put a small amount of glitter on participants’ hands. Let one participant wash their hands in a bowl with soap and one without soap. Show how soap gets rid of the glitter (germs) better than water alone (be sure to have pitchers of fresh water available). Or, put glitter in your hand, shake the hands of participants, and show them how the glitter was transferred. Explain how germs are transferred in this way. (This activity could also be done as a short program, rather than a booth, during your health fair.)
You can also call the American Cleaning Institute at (202) 347-2900, or go to their website to order the following:
•Home Safe Home for Your Explorer – poster illustrating potential dangers and how to prevent accidents. For persons responsible for the care of young children. Free.
•Handwashing Activity and Coloring Sheets – colorful seasonal reminders for when to wash hands with a coloring or activity page on the back. Handwashing posters and brochures are also available. Free.
•Handwashing Bookmarks – Reminds adults and children when to wash hands and how. Available in English and Spanish.
You can also call the Glo Germ Company at 800-842-6622 and order their materials which include a light and liquid to show if hands were washed properly. Charges vary depending on which kit is selected.
Home Health Center (A, O)
Make a display of the health care medicines, supplies, and information to have on hand in the home, including self-care tools (e.g., thermometer, humidifier, cold pack, etc.), over-the-counter products (e.g., cough expectorant, cough suppressant, anti-diarrhea, hydrocortisone cream etc.), and information such as family medical records and self-care resources. Local retailers might wish to donate some of these things as door prizes.
Mental Health (T, A, O)
Contact your local mental health facility; some have stress monitors and computer programs for biofeedback, which they may be willing to provide during your health fair.
Nutrition (ALL)
Use the following exhibits to talk about proper diet, cutting down of fat, and reading labels:
•Where’s the Fat (available at district Extension offices and Extension Educational Resource Library)
•Food Guide Pyramid (available at district Extension offices and Extension Educational Resource Library)
•Lose the Fat with Small Changes (available at district Extension offices) (Spanish and English versions)
•Low Fat Express Curricula (has visuals that can be used, such as tubes of fat)
Occupant Protection (ALL)
Have a booth with exhibits on passenger safety. These could include the following exhibits:
•Child Safety Seat (parents, grandparents, caregivers)
•Pick-Ups ‘N Kids (parents, grandparents, caregivers)
•It’s Your Choice (adults)
•Beat the Odds (teens)
•Safe & Sober (teens, adults)
•You Booze, You Cruise, You Lose (teens, adults)
•Speed Interactive Board (teens, adults)
You may also request the Roll Over Convincer to demonstrate what happens to adults and children when a vehicle rolls and seat belts are unattached or improperly fastened. This should be requested 4 to 6 months in advance.
Poisonous Snakes (ALL)
Contact the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife to show a snake display and explain how to know which snakes are poisonous and most likely to exist in your area.
Poison Prevention (ALL)
Have a booth to teach participants to beware of “look a likes.” Many items look similar and can be mistaken for one another. For example, children often mistake medicine for candy or liquid cleaners for beverages. Make a poster with different pills and candies. Have flaps to conceal what each item is called. See if participants can discriminate between the candy and medicine.
In the bathroom, many adults and older adults mistake one product for another due to rushing or vision problems. Try placing masking tape over the labels on toothpaste tubes, arthritis/muscle cream, and hemorrhoid cream; or eye drops, nasal spray, and ear drops. See if participants can tell the difference. Contact your area Poison Control Center for displays and other information that may be available.
Skin Cancer Prevention (ALL)
Present the Skin Cancer Exhibit available in Spanish and English (available at district Extension offices, urban county Extension offices, and Extension Educational Resource Library). Talk about the importance of applying sunscreen, using appropriate SPF (sun protection factor), and wearing the right clothing outside.
Tobacco Use Prevention
There are a multitude of resources you can use to present a booth on preventing the use of tobacco, including:
•(C, Y, T) – Smoking and Youth exhibit: Spanish and English (1995) (available at district Extension offices, urban county Extension offices, Extension Educational Resource Library, and American Cancer Society)
•(TP, AP) – Smokeless Tobacco exhibit: With Mr. Dip Lip Model/Bilingual (available at district Extension offices, urban county Extension offices, and Extension Educational Resource Library)
•(ALL) – Medical Hazards of Smokeless Tobacco Display and carrying case. This very graphic display delivers an amazing series of images that show how “smokeless” is the most harmful nicotine induction vehicle. It defines what smokeless tobacco is, and then tells how it is used. It also demonstrates some oral health problems and displays additional dangers of smokeless tobacco (available at district Extension offices).
•(ALL) – Smoking Effects and Hazards Display with carrying case. This display shows why tobacco is America’s #1 health problem. It helps viewers understand the initial and long-term effects of nicotine and smoke by-products on the human body (available at district Extension offices).
•(ALL) – Death of a Lung. The first model in this display shows regular contours and healthy color of the normal, non-smoker’s lung tissue. The second model depicts the soft, irregular shape and blackened color of tissue from an emphysematous lung, with collapsing air sacs within the lung wall like the ones that will eventually smother the smoker. In the third model, cancer of the lung appears as a large, whitish-gray mass (available at district Extension offices).
•(ALL) – Second-Hand Smoke Demo. This model collects the tars in second-hand smoke from a cigarette smoked in an enclosed chamber. The residue collected on a filter measurably demonstrates how much cancerous smoke a nonsmoker’s lungs absorb from someone else’s cigarette (available at district Extension offices). Usually, this model should not be taken into schools or other governmental buildings because tobacco cannot be brought into these sites or because smoke alarms could be activated. Check your facility before using.
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Short Programs and Activities
Health fair ideas - wellness fair ideasAlternative Remedies (A, O)
Present a program on alternative medicine, such as vitamins, herbs, phytochemicals, homeopathic remedies, etc. Refer to Dietary Supplements: Health or Hoax? for information on these topics. Be sure to present a section on avoiding health fraud and quackery; provide a handout on how to avoid being a victim of fraud.
Bicycle Rodeo (C, Y, T)
Hold a bicycle rodeo. Provide children, adolescents, and teens with an educational program about bicycle safety. Have each participant go through a safety course where they must use appropriate hand signals, etc. Then have each participant ride through an (age-level appropriate) obstacle course. Have door prizes and giveaways for the best, safest riders. Requires approved bicycle helmets.
Breast Self Exams (T, A, O)
Present a program that allows participants to see and feel breast lumps so they can identify one in their own breast self exam and teach others how to identify br
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