{"id":27459,"date":"2019-10-09T15:07:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T19:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2019\/10\/09\/health-wellness-fair-planned\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:19:21","slug":"health-wellness-fair-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/10\/09\/health-wellness-fair-planned\/","title":{"rendered":"Health &amp; Wellness Fair Planned"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_19764\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2019\/02\/health-professions-fair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19764\" class=\"wp-image-19764 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2019\/02\/health-professions-fair-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"health and wellness fair photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Faculty, staff and students walk through last year&#8217;s health and wellness fair.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Drowsy driving, the dangers of vaping, and alcohol awareness through mocktails are just a few of the health topics explored during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\">Northern Essex Community College\u2019s<\/a> health and wellness fair on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, from 9 a.m. to noon, in the foyer of the Dimitry Building, 45 Franklin St., Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p>This event, sponsored by NECC\u2019s Center for Health Professions, is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Come and talk to health professionals as well as health students about health conditions and the health care programs that are offered by NECC. 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There will be table displays on topics like alcohol awareness, healthy relationships, dental and oral health, anxiety, and nutrition.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from NECC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/credit-programs\/health\/\">health programs<\/a>\u00a0will be on site to answer questions and discuss each of NECC\u2019s health care programs in depth.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex offers associate degrees in\u00a0General Studies: Health Specialization, Exercise Science, and Public Health, and certificates in Community Health Worker, Healthcare Tech (Phlebotomy &amp; EKG), Medical Billing, Medical Coding, Medical Office Assistant, Nursing (ADN),\u00a0Nursing Advanced Placement: LPN to RN,\u00a0Paramedic Technology,\u00a0Radiologic Technology,\u00a0Business Management: Healthcare Practice\u00a0and\u00a0Respiratory Care; Dental Assisting,\u00a0Medical Assistant Day Program,\u00a0Paramedic Technology,\u00a0Practical Nursing (PN), and\u00a0Sleep Technologist; and a course in\u00a0EMT-Basic.<\/p>\n<p>Raffles will also be available for those in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information, contact Linda Comeau at <a href=\"mailto:lcomeau@necc.mass.edu\">lcomeau@necc.mass.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drowsy driving, the dangers of vaping, and alcohol awareness through mocktails are just a few of the health conditions explored during Northern Essex Community College\u2019s health and wellness fair on Monday, Oct. 21, from 9 a.m. to noon, in the foyer of the Dimitry Building, 45 Franklin St., Lawrence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":27461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Health &amp; 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