Category: Community

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Penn State Health patient councils support unique needs and interests of diverse populations

Oct 26, 2023

Penn State Health is working to address the unique interests, issues and needs of these patient populations through the work of three diverse patient advisory councils.

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How childhood trauma can affect health for a lifetime

Oct 25, 2023

Those who experience four or more adverse experiences during childhood are at significantly higher risk of developing chronic health problems and serious mental illness.

Penn State Health employees gathered outside to collect unwanted, unneeded or expired medications from the community.

Dispose of medications safely on National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Oct. 28

Oct 20, 2023

Penn State Health will collect unwanted, unneeded or expired medications, needles and syringes for safe disposal on Saturday, Oct. 28, as part of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.

Top photo: A group of 17 stand together and smile at the Lancaster Heart Walk. Behind them are balloons and trees. The Penn State Nittany Lion mascot is lying in front of the group. Bottom photo: A group of 13 people stand in a row and smile at the Capital Region Heart Walk. Behind them are balloons and trees. A woman on the right has a baby in a stroller.

Penn State Health teams raise money to save lives at Heart Walks

Oct 18, 2023

Nearly 140 walkers on more than a dozen teams represented Penn State Health during American Heart Association Heart Walk events in Harrisburg and Lancaster, raising more than $8,000.

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Penn State Health’s work with school health assessments pays dividends for students, communities

Oct 16, 2023

The annual health screenings, a requirement of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, have been performed at Lebanon School District in partnership with Penn State Health since 2013.

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Penn State addresses rural health through community informed research, outreach

Oct 11, 2023

Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute and Penn State College of Medicine are leading the way in improving health for rural Pennsylvanians through research, education and community outreach.

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Heads, necks, hearts, minds: Penn State Health community nurse helps others process effects of trauma

Sep 12, 2023

A Penn State Health community nurse and a Harrisburg-based nonprofit are helping teachers, therapists and students cope with trauma.

A kneeling woman touches a metal plate on the side of a cart that sits at the entrance of a hospital hallway. A bassinet sits on top of the cart. An electrical cord and a bag of wipes sit on the lower shelf of the cart. Three nurses stand in the background. Posters and railings hang on the hospital walls. In the hallway on the right are two doorways. A tall cart sits in the corner at the end of the hallway.

St. Joseph Medical Center welcomes Caring Cradle donation for grieving families

Aug 23, 2023

Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center has received a special bassinet that gives grieving families more time to say goodbye to their infant.

Three men in blue hospital volunteer vests, one in a wheelchair, talk to a male hospital employee in a hospital entryway.

Volunteers from The Arc of Cumberland & Perry Counties lift up Penn State Health patients and staff

Aug 11, 2023

Dedicated volunteers from The Arc of Cumberland & Perry Counties (CPARC) spend two hours at Penn State Health Holy Spirit and Milton S. Hershey medical centers each week lifting patients’ spirits, helping staff and sharing their positive attitudes with everyone they meet.

A man and a woman sit side by side on a couch in a waiting room. Overhead, flags from many different countries are attached to the ceiling.

Allison Hill’s secret gem: Clinic provides care, hope for residents

Aug 8, 2023

For two decades, the Penn State Health Medical Outreach Service clinic affiliated with Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center has been an important thread in the fabric of the Allison Hill neighborhood it serves.

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