Mission Statement | Partnership | Health Education & WellnessFees | Hours | Confidentiality | Student Health Services

Coahoma Community College
Student Affairs
Multi-Complex Center
3240 Friars Point Road
Clarksdale, Mississippi
(662)621-4197 

Mission Statement
The Coahoma Community College Health Center ’s mission, through sound partnerships, is to provide quality health care services to all students, faculty, and staff of the Coahoma Community College campus community.  The center further strives to educate its populous on the importance of leading healthy lifestyles by providing a wide array of programs that will be beneficial academically, personally, and socially.

Partnership
The Coahoma Community College Health Center shares a partnership with the Aaron E. Henry Community Health Center. A medical doctor is available upon referral. The Health Center also refers students to the Coahoma County Health Department and the Cooper/Pang Clinic if deemed necessary.

Health Education and Wellness
The Health Center focuses on health promotion and prevention of health-related problems.  The center provides individual consultation on topics such as nutrition, substance use/abuse, stress management, and sexual health issues.   The center provides programs on health-related topics for the campus community.    

Fees
There are no charges for services of staff nurses.  A charge will be made for injections, prescriptions, laboratory tests, and physical examinations at your local clinic.  When a student is referred to a specialist outside the Health Center, or when a student is referred for x-rays or special laboratory tests, all costs, including transportation, must be assumed by the student.

Hours
Monday – Thursday
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Friday
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Confidentiality
Medical information and records are strictly confidential.  Information or records are not released to College officials, friends, or family members without the student’s permission.  In addition, information will not be shared with therapists or physicians who are not involved in the student’s immediate care without the student’s permission.

Student Health Services:

• Acute care for illness and injury
• Care for chronic illness
• Physical examinations
• Preventative health
• Referrals to specialists
• Health education
• Counseling
• Blood Pressure Monitoring
• Glucose monitoring
• Minor aches and pains
• Family Planning (condoms)

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Health Facts:

1. When combined with exercise, a healthy diet can help you lose weight, lower your cholesterol level and improve the way your body functions on a daily basis.
   
   
2. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are infections you can get by having sex with someone who has an infection. These infections are usually passed by having intercourse, but they can also be passed through other types of sex. STDs can be caused by viruses or bacteria. STDs caused by viruses include hepatitis B, herpes, HIV and the human papilloma virus (HPV). STDs caused by bacteria include chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis.
   
   
3. If you've ever had sex, you may be at risk for having an STD. Your risk is higher if you have had many sex partners, have had sex with someone who has had many partners or have had sex without using condoms.
   
   
4. Smoking causes changes in your body and in the way you act. The changes in your body are caused by an addiction to nicotine. The changes in the way you act developed over time as you bought cigarettes, lit them and smoked them. These changes have become your smoking habit.
   
   
5. Insomnia is the body's way of saying that something isn't right. Things that may cause insomnia include stress, too much caffeine, depression, changes in work shifts, and pain from medical problems.
   
   
6. One way to prevent tooth decay and periodontal (gum) disease is by eating a balanced diet and limiting the number of between-meal snacks. If you need a snack, choose nutritious foods such as raw vegetables, plain yogurt, cheese or a piece of fruit.

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H1N1

Symptoms
Symptoms of H1N1 flu infection in humans are similar to classic flu-like symptoms, which might include:

• Fever above 100.4 °F
• Cough
• Sore throat
• Headache
• Chills
• Muscle aches
• Diarrhea
• Vomiting

Precautions
Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue away after using it.
Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. You may also use alcohol-based hand cleaners.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth, to avoid getting infected by germs.
Avoid close contact with sick people.
If you do get sick, consider staying home from work or school.
Routinely clean areas that ill people touch with regular cleaners.  Special cleaning with bleach is not necessary

When to Seek Help:
Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
Sudden dizziness/Confusion
Flu-like symptoms improve but return with fever and worse cough

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