Settlement Health - Health Screening Programs and Events

PATIENT SERVICES FOR SCREENINGS, SUPPORT GROUPS
AND MORE

The clinic offers many specialty services, including women's health services, senior services, cancer-screening programs and community health education programs.

Free Breast Care Screening Program
Free Prostate Screening Program
Childbirth and Parenting Classes (must be a patient of Settlement)
Alzheimer's Support Group
Diabetes Support Group
HIV Support Group (must be a patient of Settlement)
Electronic Medical Records (English)
Electronic Medical Records (Espa�ol)
Click HERE for brochure on Electronic Medical Records
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SETTLEMENT HEALTH LIBRARY

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The Settlement Health Library aims to provide patients and clinicians with access to up-to-date health information. The library project is funded by a grant from the National Library of Medicine and supported by staff from the New York Academy of Medicine. www.nyam.org/library

Settlement Health Library Hours
Monday - Friday, 10am-5pm

until 6pm on Tuesday & Thursday

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Located on the 2nd floor

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Contact
Tel: (212) 360.2645 | E-mail: library@settlementhealth.org

Electronic Resources

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Get involved with your healthcare. Ask your healthcare provider questions about your condition, diagnosis, and treatment or medication.

What do I have?

What should I do?

What tests/procedures am I getting?

What medications are you prescribing for me?

Use Medicines Wisely

1. Read the label

Read the ingredients, warnings, and expiration date.

2. Avoid problems

Organize your medicines.
Do not skip taking your medicines.
Do not share medicines.
Do not take medicine in the dark.

3. Ask questions

Why am I taking this medicine?
When should I take it?
How should I take it?
How much should I take?
How long am I to take it?
What problems should I watch for?

4. Keep a record of medicines you use

Show your doctor all medications you are taking (including over the counter medicines) so that the nurse or doctor may review them with you.

Have your doctor, pharmacist or nurse report serious medication problems to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 www.fda.gov

New York State Preferred Drug Program/ Programa de medicamentos Preferidos https://newyork.fhsc.com

Useful Health Information Web Sites

MedlinePlus www.medlineplus.gov
The National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus is a great consumer health resource. It includes information on over 650 diseases and conditions and includes lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia, a medical dictionary, prescription and non-prescription drug information, and more. MedlinePlus has interactive tutorials on a huge variety of topics.

MedlinePlus is also available en Espa�ol.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/pancreatitisspanish/htm/_no_100_no_0.htm

Need Health Information?

NOAH, New York Online Access to Health www.noah-health.org
Collection of links to consumer health Internet resources compiled by librarians. NOAH provides information in both English and Spanish.

Databases (password may be required: contact the librarian)

Gale InfoTrac
A suite of databases including:

Health & Wellness Resource Center
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Junior Edition K12
A selection of newspaper databases

EBSCOhost
A suite of databases including:

Alt Healthwatch (alternative and complementary medicine)
Health Business Elite (health care administration)
MasterFile Select (multidisciplinary)
PsychInfo (psychology and related disciplines, citations only)
Sociological Collection (sociology and related disciplines)

This site contains HIV prevention messages that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Since HIV infection is spread primarily through sexual practices or by sharing needles, prevention messages on this site may address these topics.