St. John's Community Health Education Department provides bilingual (English and Spanish) health and wellness programs for patients and the community, including:
- Shots for Kids
- Immunizations
- Home Generated Sharps Collection
- Natural Family Planning Orientation
- Healthful Living with Diabetes Classes
- Foot Disease Screenings for People with Diabetes
- Low Cost Health Screenings
- Blood Sugar Screenings
- Blood Pressure Checks
- Adult Diabetes Support Groups
- Energizers Walking Program
- Exercise Clinics
- Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP)
- Wellness Clinics (at various Senior Centers throughout Oxnard)
- and more!
Classes and Events
Join us for any of the following classes and events offered by St. John's Community Health Education Department. (Please note: St. John's Regional Medical Center, which is located at 1600 North Rose Avenue in Oxnard, will be referenced as SJRMC, and St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital, which is located at 2309 Antonio Avenue in Camarillo, will be referenced as SJPVH.)
Ongoing Diabetes Education and Support Group (Free)
Thursday, January 5, 2012 • 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Motivation and Weight Loss with Robert Ferguson
SJRMC Conference Room 2
Thursday, February 2, 2012 • 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Diabetes Medications with Debbie Zelaya
SJRMC Conference Room 2
Diabetes Eye and Foot Screenings (Free)
Eye Screening: February 9 and 15, 2012 • 9 to 11 a.m. (must attend both dates) at SJRMC
Foot Screening: February 15, 2012 • 1 to 3 p.m. at SJRMC
Please call (805) 988-2865 for an appointment.
Free and Low Cost Screenings: Know Your Numbers
Thursday, February 23, 2012 • 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at SJRMC
The following screenings will be available: blood glucose, BMI, blood pressure, anemia, HbA1C (free), and cholesterol/HDL/triglycerides ($10).
Please call (805) 988-2865 for an appointment.
Shots for Kids and Adults
Second Tuesday of each month • 3 to 5 p.m.
Camarillo Health Care District
Please call (805) 988-2865 for an appointment.
Third Tuesday of each month • 3 to 5:30 p.m.
SJRMC
Please call (805) 988-2865 for an appointment.
Vaccines for children are offered free of charge; vaccines for adults are offered for free and at low cost (depending on the vaccination); tuberculosis screenings are offered for $20.
Healthful Living with Diabetes Classes (Free)
Saturday, January 14, 2012 • 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
SJRMC
Please call (805) 988-2865 to register.
Chronic Disease Self-Management Course (Free)
Mondays, February 27, March 5, 12, 19, 26 and April 2, 2012 • 9 to 11:30 a.m.
SJRMC
Please call (805) 988-2865 to register.
Diabetes Horizon Program (Free)
This six-month program is designed to help you control your diabetes. The following screenings will be offered: lipid panel, blood glucose, HbA1C and blood pressure.
To make an appointment, please call (805) 988-2865.
Blood Pressure and/or Blood Glucose Screenings (Free)
Blood Pressure and Blood Glucose: Fourth Tuesday of each month • 9 to 11 a.m.
Christ the King Church (535 Cooper Road in Oxnard)
Blood Pressure: Second Tuesday of each month • 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Pleasant Valley Senior Center (1605 E. Burnley Street in Camarillo)
Blood Pressure: First Wednesday of each month • 9 to 10 a.m.
Alma Via of Camarillo (2500 Ponderosa Drive North in Camarillo)
Wellness Clinics (Free): Blood Pressure, Weight and Blood Glucose Screenings
First Monday of each month • 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Wilson Senior Center (350 North C Street in Oxnard)
Fourth Tuesday of each month • 8:30 10 a.m.
South Oxnard Center Senior Program (200 East Bard Road in Oxnard)
Fourth Wednesday of each month • 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Colonia Senior Center (126-B Amelia Court in Oxnard)
St. John’s reserves the right to cancel and change dates for classes and services.
For more information, please call (805) 988-2865.
Health Ministries
St. John's Health Ministries Program provides bilingual (English and Spanish) health and wellness programs for community members.
The Basic Needs Program serves the poor and disenfranchised in the community. The Parish Health Ministries serve the congregations of different faiths in the community to provide health and wellness programs at the parish level. Various programs and services are offered through these programs, including:
- Hot Meals
- Brown Bag Meals
- Loan Assistance
- Clothing Assistance
- Holiday Programs (including Thanksgiving Food Baskets, Christmas Food Baskets and a Holiday Adopt-A-Family Program – pre-registration is required)
- Parish Health Needs Assessments
- Parish Health Cabinets
- Parish Health Fairs
- Health Screenings
- Community Health Lectures
For more information, please call Health Ministries at (805) 988-2651.
Healthy Beginnings
Are you pregnant? Do you have Medi-Cal? Are you Medi-Cal eligible?
If so, you are invited to enroll in St. John's Healthy Beginnings Program, which offers health education, nutrition counseling, social services, vitamins and pregnancy and breastfeeding classes. We also offer pregnancy tests and help with Medi-Cal applications.
Make an appointment to enroll – your baby deserves a healthy beginning. Healthy Beginnings provides bilingual (English and Spanish) health and wellness programs for MediCal-eligible pregnant women in our community.
For more information, please call (805) 988-2619.
Chronic Condition Management
Are you or a loved one living with a chronic condition? St. John’s Healthy Living with a Life-Long Condition program is a free six-week program that offers health management and health improvement information and strategies for those living with a life-long condition, or those caring for someone with a life-long condition. The program will help you learn to:
- Set achievable goals
- Make daily tasks easier
- Control your pain
- Deal with fatigue, frustration and isolation
- Start an exercise program and increase your energy level
- Handle stress and relax
- Eat well
- Use medications effectively
- Solve problems and meet personal goals
- Talk to your doctor about your health
- Work with others
- Make choices about your treatment
For more information and to register, please call (805) 988-2865.
Immunizations
Getting your immunization is one way to avoid influenza (flu) and stay healthy. St. John's has immunization clinics each fall throughout the community. Call us at (805) 988-2865 for a listing of immunization clinic dates and times.
Shots for Adults
Many adults have not received the recommended vaccinations to protect them against certain diseases. Low-cost Tetanus-Diptheria, Measles, Mumps and Rubella, and Hepatitis B immunizations are available at St. John's.
Shots for Kids
Immunizations for children are offered through St. John's Shots for Kids Program and are free of charge. There is no charge to assess immunization needs.
For more information, please call (805) 988-2865.
Contact Us
For more information about any of our programs, classes or services, please call St. John's Community Health Education Department at (805) 988-2865.
St. John's Community Health Education Department is located at St. John's Regional Medical Center, 1600 North Rose Avenue in Oxnard, on the Garden Level.
