Spring is the perfect time to catch your child up on routine immunizations and sports physicals. By getting a jump start on your “back to school” health list, you will beat the end of the summer rush with visits to the doctor.
- Access Health Louisiana (AHL) has 34 convenient community health centers and school-based health center locations in 12 parishes that offer same-day appointments and even telemedicine appointments for busy families.
- All patients are welcome regardless of their ability to pay. Most insurance types are accepted including Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial. If you’re uninsured, a sliding fee discount scale is offered. This means that everyone receives high-quality, affordable care with the convenience of primary care and behavioral health services in their local community.
- Visit our website here to find the AHL clinic near you.
This spring, make caring for the health of your family fun with these spring-themed recipes and activities.
Arts And Crackers Snack
This tasty and healthy treat makes snacking fun. Engage kids in prepping this snack by cutting cheese slices with fun cookie-cutter shapes.
- Use 1in. cookie cutters to cut the cheese slices.
- Then, pair them with some Triscuits!
- To add a sweet mix to this savory combo, sauté diced apples in butter. Add cinnamon and preserves and cook until soft. Spread this warm apple treat across the Triscuits and top it with the fun cheese shapes. You can find the full recipe from Taste of Home at the link found here.
Are you looking for help supporting a heart-healthy diet for you and your family? AHL’s health coaches are here to help! Our health coaches such as Tearani Nance at our Kenner Community Health Center can provide you with diabetes education and help you feed your family a heart-healthy diet. Call (504) 712-7800 to schedule an appointment today.
DIY Shape Bubble Wants with Cookie Cutters
Spending time outside with your family is a great activity this time of year. Make playing with bubbles even more fun with this bubble wand craft.
- Using cookie cutters as a shape guide, wrap pipe cleaners around cookie cutter shapes.
- At the end of the shape, wrap the pipe cleaner around itself to close it off.
- Then, use the remaining excess of the pipe cleaner as the handle of the bubble wand.
- Decorate the handle with beads then fold the end to keep the beads in place.
- And there you have it!
This is a fun and simple way to elevate your bubble activities. For a detailed step-by-step guide to this craft, visit Red Ted Arts article found here.
Encouraging outside play with your family is a great way to promote healthy movement in children. Along with physical activity, routine well visits and vaccinations are the best way to set your children up for healthy lives. Access Health Louisiana community health centers have board-certified pediatricians and nurse practitioners, along with therapists who can offer your child integrated care including well child visits, acute and diagnostic care, immunizations, and personalized therapy. Pregnant, nursing, or moms with children up to age five may also qualify for WIC benefits at one of our clinics. To learn more about our pediatric services, visit the link found here.
Our team at Access Health Louisiana is here to support you in whatever health needs you may have. All our clinics accept most commercial insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid. If you don’t have insurance, AHL is here to help you. We utilize a sliding fee scale based on family size and income. No one will be denied care due to their ability to pay. Additionally, our care team can help enroll your family in Medicaid while you are in our clinic.
Do you have children enrolled in public schools? Access Health Louisiana operates school-based health centers (SBHC) in Jefferson, Orleans, St. Charles, Iberville, Washington, Allen, and St. James Parishes. These SBHCs place behavioral and primary care services in the location your children spend most of their time, their schools. Children can access routine vaccinations, sick visits, sports physicals, behavioral health visits with Licensed Social Workers and counselors, and get prescriptions. Visit our school-based health center location page found here to see if your children’s schools host an AHL clinic.
Whether you visit our providers at a school-based or community health center, the benefits of being an Access Health Louisiana patient go beyond our quality of care. Once you are a patient, you can benefit from our 340B discount pharmacy program. Our Access Health Louisiana Pharmacy brings you your prescriptions at a discounted price and offers next-day delivery. To learn more about our pharmacy, visit our website at the link found here. To schedule an appointment at the Access Health Louisiana clinic near you, call our toll-free number at 1-866-530-6111 or visit our website at accesshealthla.org.
