VCHCONNECTIONS Health is Gold.

Sức Khỏe Là Vàng Fall '23

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Overview of Events Thank you to all of our volunteers and providers for all your
∙ Spring 2023 Health Fair @ help last quarter! We are extremely grateful to everyone as
Westminster Rose Center our Health Fair could not have been as successful as it was
∙ Health Fair Statistics without our collaborators and providers. Thank you to: UCLA
∙ Spring Recap of Events Vietnamese Dental Student Association, SCCO SVOSH,
∙ Committee Highlights Western University Vietnamese Student Association,
∙ Volunteer of the Quarter Magnolia Medical Imaging Center, CSULB Nursing Student
∙ Upcoming Events Association, Stroke Force @ UCLA, CalOptima Health, Team
∙ Message to our Alumni HBV @ UCLA, Regal Medical Group, HEAR Center, Deaf and
VCH is funded by Community
Activities Committee (CAC) and is
Hard of Hearing Screenings and Outreach, Dr. Thuong Hai,
a proud member of the USAC Dr. David Dung Thanh Phan, Dr. Quynh Dinh, Dr. James
Community Service Commission
(CSC). Tran, Dr. Thomas Quach, Dr. Duc Do, Dr. Brian Nguyen, Dr.
Brian Nguyen, and Kevin Nguyen!
Spring 2023 Health Fair at Westminster Civic Center
For our Spring Health Fair, our 63 volunteers were pleased to serve over 205 patients. Through
our collaborations with providers, VCH was able to provide screenings such as vision,
cholesterol, hemoglobin and many more services to help alleviate some of the health disparities
within the Vietnamese and Hispanic communities. We would not have been able to achieve this
level of success without the support of our providers and compassion of our volunteers.
 SPRING HEALTH FAIR STATISTICS
Compared to California State
Total Number of Patients 206 Patients
Statistics

Average Age of Patients 66 years old –

8.57% – Pre-Hypertensive 28 % – Adults Diagnosed with High Blood

At Risk for Hypertension
63.81% – Hypertension Pressure

12.7% – Borderline
At Risk for High Cholesterol 30 % – Adults with High Cholesterol
5.5 % – High Cholesterol

Hemoglobin 40.81% – Abnormal Levels –

29% – Pre-Diabetic
Diabetes 9.8%
24.7% – Diabetic

Limited English Fluency 56.83% -

No Health Insurance 15.8% 7.3%

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. AskCHIS 2016. Available @ http://ask.chis.ucla.edu

“US Census Bureau QuickFacts: Westminster city, California.” Census Bureau,

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/westminstercitycalifornia/IPE120220#IPE12
0220.
 SPRING QUARTER RECAP
Health Sites
Asian Garden Mall and Santa Ana Plaza

This quarter, our volunteers were able to serve over 75 patients at Santa Ana Plaza and
Asian Garden Mall in Westminster. Through our 7 successful health sites throughout weeks
3-9, we were able to offer basic health screenings such as hypertension, vision, and BMI to
our service recipients.

Banquet!
Last Spring, VCH celebrated all of our volunteers’ hard work by hosting the first ever
VCH Games Banquet! It was a night filled with fun, festivities, previous memories, and
bittersweet goodbyes. We are excited to see what our volunteers accomplish this year!
 Committee Highlights
We encourage VCH volunteers to get involved by contributing their ideas in our committees! Every quarter,
the committees educate the community and improve the patient experience through a variety of projects.

Language Development Nutrition

LD worked with VietMed Terminology to
lead a workshop and teach new
vocabulary in Vietnamese! They also
translated VCH infographics and
newsletters created by other committees!
This quarter, Nutrition worked on 2
projects, focusing on nutrition in chronic
disease management and the nutritional
needs and challenges in aging! They were
able to present what they learned at a GM!

Patient Outreach Navigators

PO contacted patients and informed
them of VCH’s Spring Health Fair! They
also worked with Nutrition on various
infographics for VCH’s patients and
created their newsletter!
Navigators made HF posters, input
patient survey information, and worked
on language cheat sheets for HF
volunteers. They also helped guide
patients and providers on the day of HF!

Patient Education & Wellness

(PEW)
This quarter, PEW created videos and
presented on topics like cultural
responsiveness, the differences between
Western and Eastern Medicine, Health
conditions disproportionately affecting
VCH’s patients and Asian Discrimination.
 RECOGNITION
Volunteer of the Quarter Volunteer of the Year Intern of the Year

Dylan Do Jesus Gonzalez Pauline Vuong

Thank you
for always going above and beyond for VCH!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

Upcoming Events for Fall '23
Health Sites: Asian Garden Mall (AGM) • General Meetings
and Santa Ana Plaza (SAP) • Tues, Weeks 3, 5, 7, 9
• Week 3 Sat. 10/21 @ AGM 6:00-7:00 PM @ Royce 362
• Week 4 Sat. 10/28 @ AGM • Health Fair
• Week 4 Sun. 10/29 @ SAP • Week 9 Sun. 12/03
• Week 5 Sat. 11/04 @ SAP • Special Site
• Week 5 Sat. 11/05 @ AGM • Week 10 Sat. 12/09
• Week 6 Sun. 11/12 @ AGM • Court of Sciences Fundraiser
• Week 7 Sat. 11/18 @ AGM • Week 7 Thurs. 11/16
• Week 7 Sun. 11/19 @ SAP

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 SPECIAL MESSAGE TO OUR ALUMNI

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We are recruiting information from our alumni to learn about
the impact of VCH on their lives and where they are now. If you
are interested in providing some insight to be displayed on our
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