Brevard Tobacco Initiative Promotes Cessation with ‘5 As’

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The Brevard Tobacco Initiative, known as the “5 A’s,” are guidelines that promote tobacco cessation by helping healthcare practitioners such as doctors, nurses and medical staff screen patients for tobacco use during every visit.

Dr. Cronin Fascinated By Film

THE ‘BOYS’ ON THE RED CARPET: Among those welcoming the crowd to last year’s Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival were Dr. Terry Cronin, Jeremy Zajonc, Noah Miller, Karen Michel, Logan Miller, Pat Martin and Bob Lizek.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Imagine that you’re a kid and your father is a respected dermatologist. That’s nice, but imagine that your dermatologist dad is also an accomplished filmmaker with a penchant for quirky horror flicks based in Melbourne, and that, to boot, he has developed a kamikaze television food show and is also a comic book writer whose works are available around the globe.

Get Active! Brevard Addresses Childhood Obesity

GET ACTIVE! BREVARD is for children 5 to 12 years of age, and their parents, and provides wellness education.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The Brevard Healthcare Forum is taking aim at childhood obesity by hosting “Get Active! Brevard,” a free family event set for Saturday, Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Viera Regional Park.

Brevard Health Alliance Features Dedicated Volunteers

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THE BREVARD HEALTH ALLIANCE fills the gap for the uninsured and under insured on the Space Coast. BHA operates three clinics and a mobile medical unit, treating patients regardless of their ability to pay.

Brevard Health Alliance Serves the Needy

MARSHA VENDETTI, RN, calls the Brevard Health Alliance “the best environment I’ve ever worked in.” She began working in local community health programs under the HOPE clinic program, the forerunner of the BHA clinic system and community healthcare partnership. Their patients are often among Brevard County’s neediest residents — working families with no health insurance, single moms with no money left over for doctor’s visits, people for whom local emergency rooms are often the health care of last resort.

THE BCA’s PATIENTS are often among Brevard County’s neediest residents — working families with no health insurance, single moms with no money left over for doctor’s visits, people for whom local emergency rooms are often the health care of last resort.

Afghanistan: A Medical Journey of Hope

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MOTIVATED BY a desire to make a difference in some of the world’s most desperate places, medical mission trips not only drew Brevard, Flordia physicians Steve and Kellie Griffith together as a couple, it’s a commitment that now defines their life.

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