Keeping Our Community Healthy ... All Year Long

RAVNAH clinicians believe prevention and education play a crucial role in keeping people healthy and safe. We sponsor a wide range of clinics and services for both businesses and area residents, including health education, screening, testing, and immunizations. Our community wellness programs are designed to make healthcare easy for and accessible to all.

Travel Health Clinic
Adult Immunizations
Flu and Pneumonia Clinics - UPDATES ON H1N1 CLINICS
Blood Pressure and Foot Care Clinics
Cholesterol, Diabetes and Blood Pressure Screens
Occupational Health Clinics

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RAVNAH is the area’s resource for comprehensive and safe travel health services incuding vaccines and individualized disease prevention plans to international travelers.

Many international travelers are unaware of the latent health threats awaiting them at their destinations. Make sure you’re protected against the host of life-threatening diseases that are common in many countries around the globe.

For most travelers who stay in resort areas, simple preparation and taking precautions can eliminate any risks. However, if you’re traveling outside North America or Western Europe, more preparation may be needed to protect your health.

The World Health Organization advises travelers "to consult a travel medicine clinic or personal physician 4-6 weeks before departure if the travel destination is one where exposure to any vaccine-preventable diseases may occur."

The pre-travel visit with a RAVNAH travel health nurse includes:

• Pre-travel consultation and assessment
• Trip research and risk identification
• Vaccines
• Yellow Fever
• Rabies
• Typhoid fever
• Hepatitis A and B
• Meningitis
• Tetanus
• Japanese Encephalitis
• Polio
• Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)
• Varicella (chicken pox)
• HPV
• Pneumovax
• Flu Vaccine
• Health education, vehicular safety, and prevention of air travel hazards

DTP (Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis)
Meningococcal
Pneumonia
Tetanus Toxoid
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis A
Varicella/Chicken Pox
Influenza (Flu)
HPV (Human Papillomavirus)

Please call RAVNAH at 802.775.0568 to schedule an appointment or to speak with a Community Health Nurse.

H1N1 Flu

H1N1 clinics are now open to the general public. The H1N1 flu vaccine is now being offered to anyone older than 6 months of age.

There is no charge for the H1N1 vaccination.

1.  RAVNAH is holding public clinics for H1N1, seasonal flu and pneumonia vaccinations every Wednesday from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., BY APPOINTMENT, at the RAVNAH office on 7 Albert Cree Drive in Rutland.

     Please call 770-1536 for an appointment. 

     If necessary, leave your name and telephone number and our community health    nurse will return your call to arrange a appointment time for you.

2009 Seasonal Flu

• All adults 18 and older who want to reduce the risk of becoming ill with influenza or transmitting it to others.
• People who are age 50 and older.
• People with chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease or asthma.
• People with weakened immune systems.
• People who live with, or provide care for, children and adults.
• Women who will be pregnant during the influenza season.

• All adults age 65 and older who have not had a pneumonia shot.
• Adults age 65 and older who received a pneumonia vaccine before their 60th birthday.
• People age 18 and older with a history of chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease or asthma.
• People age 18 and older who smoke
• People with weakened immune systems.

Suggested Donation:
$2.00 for blood pressure screening
$5.00 for foot care

For further information, please call RAVNAH at 802.775.0568.

Why should I have my cholesterol and glucose checked?
More than 2,600 Americans die each day of cardiovascular disease. High levels of cholesterol in your blood may lead to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke. Knowing your cholesterol levels, getting your blood pressure checked, and having your risks explained is a first step to find out how you are doing.

In past years, the focus had been on simply knowing your total cholesterol level. Recent studies show that knowing and monitoring your "bad cholesterol", or low-density lipoprotein (LDL), is vitally important in preventing heart disease. The LDL cholesterol and triglycerides (fats) build up in the inner walls of your arteries. This accumulation of fat, or plaques, leads to a narrowing of the blood flow in the arteries and eventually limits the blood flow to your heart and brain. If a blood clot forms, and blocks the blood flow to your heart, it causes a heart attack. If a blood clot blocks an artery leading to or in the brain, a stroke results.

The total lipid profile is used as a guide in deciding how a person at risk should be treated. The results of the tests are considered, along with other known risk factors of heart disease, to develop a plan for you.

The costs for this tests is:

$30 for Complete Lipid Profile including Triglycerides, LDL, HDL, Total Cholesterol, TC/HDL Ratio & Fasting Blood Sugar (fasting required)

Please call in advance to register and to review test preparation procedures, if required. For Rutland County appointments call 775-0568 and for Dorset appointments call 362-1200.

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Occupational Health Clinics
RAVNAH offers confidential, on-site, occupational health clinics for area businesses. These clinics provide employers and employees with individualized Health Risk Assessments and the tools needed to make long-term health improvements. To learn more about our Occupational Health Clinics, call 802.770.1536 or email us at gohealth@sover.net.