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Farm Family Health Screening

Farm Bureau members in Fulton County were given a special opportunity to have a comprehensive health checkup during the Farm Family Health Screenings in Fulton County. For $45 members could receive the following: executive lab profile, blood pressure, blood sugar, pulmonary function test, vision screening, audiometric test, dietician consultation, podiatry screening, skin cancer screening, take-home occult blood test, body composition, oral screening, and flexibility screen with customized exercises. Other optional tests offered were prostrate specific antigen, allergy screen blood test, pesticide/herbicide blood test and a lead blood test. All tests combined would normally cost more than $200.

Screenings were held at St. Luke’s Hospital and the Fulton County Health Center and typically lasted an hour. While waiting between tests members could visit health information booths.

The results of the blood tests were sent to the members’ homes, and they were encouraged to share the results with their family physicians for review and guidance. If members did not have a family physician, the hospitals provided assistance in finding one that met their needs.

"We were happy to have numerous agricultural, healthcare professionals and private organizations promoting this event," Roy Norman, OFBF organization director for Fulton, Henry and Williams counties, said. "More than 400 farmers took advantage of this great opportunity."

The specialized screenings identified health risks for a number of participants. Norman said many farmers do not take the time for a complete checkup unless they are sick. The Farm Family Health Screening allowed the farmers to learn measures they can take to improve their health.

Caption: Farm Bureau member Marge Shininger receives a vision test during the Farm Family Health Screening in Fulton County.