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Health Hive: Enhancing Well-Bee-ing
The College of Health and Human Services' Health Hive is committed to providing community-based services to reduce health inequities and promote health and well-being in the local and greater Sacramento Region. The Health Hive is a mobile team of students, staff, and faculty who offer a variety of health care and community support services.
Examples of services the Health Hive team can offer include:
- Hearing, speech and language, and pre-diabetes screenings
- Fitness assessments (cardiopulmonary, strength, body composition, blood pressure)
- Exercise education for a healthy lifestyle
- Group fitness classes
- Sports and recreation lessons
- Information about domestic violence/interpersonal violence, sexual harm, and human trafficking including community resources
- Foot care
- Childhood literacy events
- Information, presentations, and resources on variety of health topics
To invite the Health Hive to your community or facility please complete the Health Hive Form.
If you have questions for the Health Hive, email the College of Health and Human Services.
To learn more about the College of Health & Human Services Community Services visit their website at:
Upcoming Health Hive Events
| Date | Host | Event | Faculty Coordinator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | ACC Senior Services | ACC Senior Services Event 1: Audiology and Physical Therapy, Hearing and Balance Assessment and Education. | Dr. Soumya Venkitakrishnan |
| Spring 2026 | ACC Senior Services | ACC Senior Services Event 2: Audiology and Physical Therapy, Hearing and Balance Assessment and Education. | Dr. Soumya Venkitakrishnan |
| Saturday, September 6, 2025 | Tentatively: Mobility, BP, fall prevention | Ohana Walk with Asian Community Center | TBD |
| Saturday, October 4, 2025 | CSAD: Hearing screening | Divide Wellness Health Fair: with Marshall Hospital | CSAD: Dr. Hagge |
Media & Photos
May 9, 2025: Sacramento State’s Health Hive is on the move, delivering free medical tests, immunizations, fitness screenings and more to people across the region.
May 2, 2025: Big Day of Giving Telethon 2025, featuring Robert Pieretti.
April 24, 2025: Sac State researchers study long COVID’s impact on hearing, 'brain fog': Months or even years after recovering from their initial infections, many COVID survivors still suffer from a host of lingering illnesses.
Literacy & Book Drives
Health Hive is grateful to Dr. Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin for providing us with new and gently used books for our Health Hive Literacy Events in the field. Consider donating new or gently used books to Dr. Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin’s Love-Talk-Read Children’s Book Drive.
Please see the Love, Talk, Read webpage for more information.
Book Donation Location:
Folsom Hall Lobby
7667 Folsom Boulevard
Sacramento, California 95826
You may also contact Dr. Roseberry-McKibbin directly at:
Previous Heath Hive Events
| Date | Title/Location | Department/Topic | Engagment |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2025, Friday | First Step Communities - Health Fair | Criminal Justice: Providing information about Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking | Community : 30-40 Faculty: 1 Students: 1 |
| Thursday, May 1, 2025 | Big Day of Giving and Open House: Health Fair with ACC Senior Services | Nursing: Blood Pressure checks KINS: Body Composition, Upper body strength assessment |
Community: 62 (BP screenings - 33. Hand grip assessments - 29) Faculty: 4 Students: 6 |
| Saturday April 26, 2025 | Rancho Cordova Kids day in the Park | RPTA: Science related facilitated group games/activities CSAD: Audiology hearing education CSAD: Literacy (gently-used children books and Love*Talk*Read swag including bags, pencils, post-it notes and more); Distribute SLP & AuD clinic fliers KINS: Promote physical activities/ Education |
Community: 200-400 Faculty: 1 Students: 7 |
| Saturday, April 12, 2025 | Apple Accessibility Features Workshop | Resource Fair - CSAD, SLP, PT | Community: 50 Faculty: 6 Students: 23 |
| 1. Friday, February 28 20252. March 18, 2025 | Saint John's/SCUSD Event for Families | HHS Dean’s Office, CSAD (Dr. Hagge): Books and swag related to literacy development, Love-Talk-Read initiative distributed | 40 families at event 1 15 families at event 2 |
| Thursday, February 27, 2025 | Sac State’s Community Engagement Center- Network Cafe | HHS Dean’s office: Dr. Pieretti, Dr. Fell - Information provided about the Health Hive | 35 agencies attended the event |
| December 5-7, 2024 | California International Marathon | Kinesiology and Public Health | Engagement: Blood pressure - 1 Body composition assessments - 47 Hand grip assessment- 35 |
| October 18, 2024 | First Step Communities, Roseville Road | CSAD Audiology: Hearing screening and cerumen management | Community: 6 Faculty: 1 Students: 5 |
| October 11, 2024 | Health Fair at ACC Senior Services | CSAD Audiology: Hearing screening and cerumen management Nursing: Blood pressure monitoring Sac county: Flu vaccinations |
Community: 18 flu shots, 31 hearing screenings, 46 cerumen management sessions, 17 BP screenings Faculty: 2 Students: 8 |
| October 5 & 6 | Urban Cow | Stall promoting awareness about Health Hive and departments/ services/ research in HHS | Community: over 500 |
| October 5, 2024 | Hearing screening at Marshall Medical CenterDivide Wellness Center, Georgetown | CSAD Audiology: Hearing screenings | Community: 27 Faculty: 1 Students: 6 |
| September 7, 2024 | ACC Senior Services | Physical Therapy: physical therapy screenings and provided educational info regarding exercise, fall prevention and diabetic foot care Nursing: Blood pressure and blood glucose monitoring NSSLHA: Engagement activity |
Community: Over 150 Faculty: 2 Students: 11 |
| April 29, 2024 | Rancho Cordova Kids Day in the Park | RPTA: Science related facilitated group games/activities CSAD: Audiology hearing education CSAD: Literacy (gently-used children books and Love*Talk*Read swag including bags, pencils, post-it notes and more); Distribute SLP & AuD clinic fliers KINS: Promote physical activities/ Education |
Community: Over 1500 Faculty: 4 Students: 43 |
| April 26, 2024 | First Step Communities - Health Fair | CSAD: Audiology screenings/ cerumen management | Community: 26 Faculty: 3 Students: 6 |
| April 20, 2024 | CHPPR Conference: Spotlight on Mental Wellness | CSAD: Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Table SWRK: Mental Health Resources |
Community: 170 Faculty: 1 Students: 3 |
| April 1-5, 2024 | Participant's home or at ACC Senior Services | Kinesiology: Adapted Physical Activity | Community: 2 Faculty: 1 Students: 2 |
| March 29, 2024 | Wellness Without Walls | CSAD: Audiology Screenings/Cerumen management | Community: 13 Faculty: 3 Students: 8 |
| February 17, 2024 | Health Fair organized by Assembly member Stephanie Nguyen | CSAD-Audiology: Hearing Screening | Community: 31 Faculty: 1 Students: 6 |
| October 7, 2023 | CHPPR Distinguished Speaker Event: Rebuilding Identity in Stroke Recovery | Physical Therapy: Community clinic resources and vitals screening Social Work-Educational resources for healthcare providers on working with patients with disabilities, burnout screeners for caregivers, support group flyers, and information on coping with the emotional side of life after a stroke. RPTA-Increase your quality of life through purposeful and goal-oriented recreation and leisure: Recreational Therapy! CSAD-Audiology and Speech and Language Clinic Resources and community programs SSIS-Cardio Wellness Program HHS-Recruitment fliers for relevant CSUS HHS research studies |
Community: 175 Faculty: 10 Students: 9 |
| July 19, 2023 | Greater Sacramento Urban League | CSAD-Literacy: Gently-used children’s books and Love Talk Read bag swag | Community: 15 Faculty: 2 Students: 0 |
| Spring 2023 | Greater Sacramento Urban League | Nursing-Screenings | Community: Faculty: 2 Students: |
| May 17, 2023 | Greater Sacramento Urban League | CSAD-Literacy: Gently-used children’s books and Love Talk Read bag swag | Community: 25 Faculty: 3 Students: 0 |