Norton Healthcare Prevention and Wellness
The Norton Healthcare Prevention & Wellness team offers health screenings and education to help you stay healthy. Screenings are important as they can detect early signs and symptoms of disease or monitor your current health. Many of the services are offered at low cost or no cost.
The nurse practitioners, registered nurses, certified mammography technologists and others on the Norton Healthcare Prevention & Wellness team provide preventive health screenings throughout Louisville and Southern Indiana.
Norton Healthcare Mobile Prevention Center
The Norton Healthcare Mobile Prevention Center connects people to wellness, with health screenings at multiple locations every week in Louisville and the surrounding area, and serves women age 40 and over with or without health insurance.
Screening mammograms and annual wellness exams often are covered by insurance. Funding may be available for Kentucky and Southern Indiana residents who don’t have insurance.
Tobacco Cessation
No-cost group classes are available. Each group class consists of eight sessions in seven weeks, each lasting approximately one hour. Classes are available at locations around Louisville and Southern Indiana.
Get Healthy Walking Club
It’s free to join! Get early access to the Louisville Zoo in spring, summer and fall. Walking club members are able to access the zoo from 8 to 9:30 a.m. daily! This can give you an early start if you are also a zoo member! You must leave the zoo before 9:30 a.m.
Screenings and Education
Either through the Norton Healthcare Mobile Prevention Center or at a Norton Healthcare facility, we offer screenings for cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, colon cancer, cervical cancer and other conditions, as well as education on a range of topics.
In addition to the Norton Healthcare Mobile Prevention Center, we offer screenings for cardiovascular disease, colon cancer, bone density and skin damage, as well as health education, at convenient community locations.
El equipo de Norton Healthcare de Prevención y Bienestar proporciona exámenes de salud y educación para ayudarle a mantenerse saludable. Los exámenes de detección son importantes ya que pueden detectar signos y síntomas tempranos de enfermedad o ayudarle a mantener su estado de salud actual. Muchos de los servicios se ofrecen a bajo costo o sin costo.
Las enfermeras registradas de práctica avanzada, las enfermeras registradas, las técnicas certificadas en mamografía y otros miembros del equipo de Norton Healthcare de Prevención y Bienestar ofrecen exámenes preventivos de salud en todo Louisville y el sur de Indiana.
La Unidad Móvil de Prevención de Norton Healthcare
La Unidad Móvil de Prevención de Norton Healthcare conecta a la gente con su salud, proporcionándole exámenes de salud en varias ubicaciones cada semana para mujeres de 40 años y mayores, incluyendo a las mujeres sin seguro médico.
Las mamografía de rutina y los exámenes anuales preventivos generalmente están cubiertos por el seguro médico. Ayuda financiera puede estar disponible para las que viven en Kentucky y el sur de Indiana que no cuenten con seguro médico.
Ayuda para dejar de fumar
Cursos gratuitos para dejar de fumar están disponibles. Cada curso consiste de ocho clases en siete semanas y los participantes asisten a una clase por semana. Cada clase es de aproximadamente una hora. Los cursos están disponibles en diferentes lugares alrededor de Louisville y el sur de Indiana.
El Club de Caminar para estar saludable
¡La membresía es Gratis para unirse al club! Obtenga acceso diario gratuito al zoológico de Louisville por las mañanas antes de abrir al público entre 8 a 9:30 de la mañana en la primavera, verano y otoño. Tiene que salir del Zoológico antes de las 9:30.
Exámenes adicionales y educación
Además de La Unidad Móvil de prevención, nuestras educadoras de salud y enfermeras registradas ofrecen exámenes de detección de enfermedades cardiovasculares, cáncer de colon, densidad ósea, daño solar de la piel y educación para la salud en lugares convenientes de la comunidad.
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