Health Safari

Categories: Diabetes Prevention,Promote Health and Wellness

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona launched the Health Safari program to educate students in grades K-6 about healthy living and provide them with a free, basic exam to check their height, weight and blood pressure; screen them for head lice; and evaluate their dental, vision and hearing status.  If a problem is detected, school nurses follow up with the students' parents.  School nurses also provide parents with a booklet containing their child’s personalized screening data and recommended immunization schedule.