They will also provide mini-facials to help make the day an extra special one. Refreshments during Wig Day are being provided by South Nassau’s Cancer Center.
All cancer patients, their families and friends are invited to attend Wig Day on the grounds of the historic Hewlett House. Men, as well as women, with any form of cancer are encouraged to avail themselves of services. All services as well as wigs are free.
Hewlett House is open Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. and on weekends by appointment. No one is ever turned away.
Hewlett House and staff members of the Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition (1 in 9) who volunteer their time at the cancer resource center receive support from the Nassau County Department of Health, hospitals and others.
For more information, please contact Hewlett House at (516) 374-3190
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NUMC hosts inaugural Nat'l Best Practices Conference
With healthcare reform as a primary agenda item for the Obama administration, the Institute for Healthcare Disparities at Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) in Long Island, in partnership with the National Association of Public Hospitals, is holding its 1st Annual Best-Practices Conference, “Creating Sustainable Change in Our Communities,” at the Garden City Hotel, located at 45 Seventh Street on April 16-18. The goal of the conference is to bring key stakeholders together from across the country to share, discuss, and learn about programs that are working to achieve health care equity for all Americans. The 1st Annual Best-Practices Conference, “Creating Sustainable Change in Our Communities,” will feature national keynote speakers such as Harriett Washington, best-selling author of the book, Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans From Colonial Times to Present; John W. Bluford, III, president and CEO, Truman Medical Centers, Henrie M. Treadwell, PhD., director and Senior Social Scientist for Community Voices: Healthcare for the Underserved, and Michael Sparer, JD, MPH, professor of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. The conference will also present workshop sessions with nationally renowned experts in the field of healthcare disparities who will be part of roundtable and panel discussions on a range of topics from reducing health disparities through effective leadership and collaboration to creating new models of healthcare for underserved populations to minimizing the culture and language barriers and innovative hospital collaborations that are working to reduce healthcare disparities.
In the spirit of the healthcare equity movement, the 1st Annual Best-Practices Conference, “Creating Sustainable Change in Our Communities,” will work to create an environment that fosters rich discussion, peer-to-peer networking, community involvement and unifying connections in efforts to create a solid foundation for all attendees to advance the field in Nassau County and across the country.
Registration is required. For more information and to register for the 1st Annual Best Practices Conference: “Creating Sustainable Change in Our Communities, visit www.numc.edu and click on “News & Events” on the homepage or call Karen Banks at (516) 572-0170 or e-mail at kbanks@numc.edu.
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