Prevention and Wellness
Your health is important to us. Find out more about diseases,
health education and immunizations.
Learn about the conditions and diseases that may affect you
and your family. Enter a topic into the box below to view information from
the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
Click
here to view a podcast on topics such as overweight and obesity, heart, lung,
and blood diseases.
Health education
Maryland Physicians Care
provides printed brochures on specific disease topics to
members, daycare facilities and schools, before
and after-care programs, and health fairs.
Trained health educators are available to provide community-based support to Maryland
schools and organizations on health topics
based upon the nationally recognized health observances. For more information on
the services below and to speak with the Prevention
and Wellness department, please call (410)
401-9451.
- Provides health education information, chronic disease information
and health education
programs
- Focuses on prevention
and health maintenance through community outreach, intervention and program activities
- Develops interventions and programs targeting specific needs
- Plans interventions based on
the National Health Observances Dates
Stay healthy!
It is important to keep your immunizations up-to-date. Please
refer to the following immunization schedules.
If you need help making appointments, please contact Maryland Physicians Care HEDIS Department at
(866) 651-7838.