Pediatric Mobile Services Program

Pediatric Mobile Services in South Jersey - Virtua

Care on Wheels

Virtua's Pediatric Mobile Services provides children in underserved communities throughout South Jersey with health services they need. Services are available to children from infancy to age six.

The fully-equipped program on wheels offers a range of services, including dental and developmental screenings, blood lead level testing, lead poisoning education, flu shots, back-to-school physicals, vision and hearing screenings, health education, community resources, and referrals to specialized services.

Call 609-304-0151 to schedule an appointment.

Calendar

Check out our monthly calendar to see days/times when Virtua Pediatric Mobile Services will be coming to a neighborhood near you.

Please note changes to schedule and check back regularly for updates. To make an appointment call (609) 304-0151. Walk-ins welcome!

January

Monday, January 4

Flu Clinic – Mastery Charter School, 415 North 9th St., Camden, 8 am - Noon
https://masterycharter.org/

Tuesday, January 5

Flu Clinic – Veteran’s Family School, 800 North 26th St., Camden, 8 am - Noon
http://camdencityhbwilson.ss12.sharpschool.com/

Wednesday, January 6
Developmental Screenings, Vision Screenings, Hearing Screenings -
Head Start, 33 W Haddon Ave, Oaklyn, 9 am - Noon
https://www.centerffs.org/early-learning/preschool-locations-hours

Thursday, January 7

Dental Screenings – Lumberton Early Learning Child Development & Pre-school, 100 Maple Grove Blvd., Lumberton 9 am - Noon

http://www.bccap.org/

Thursday, January 7
Flu Clinic – Veteran’s Family School, 800 N. 26th St., Camden, 8 am - Noon
http://camdencityhbwilson.ss12.sharpschool.com/

Friday, January 8

Flu Clinic - Lumberton Early Learning Child Development & Pre-school, 100 Maple Grove Blvd., Lumberton, 8 am - Noon

http://www.bccap.org/

Monday, January 11

Flu Clinic - Mildred Magowan Elementary School, 405 Cherrix Ave., Edgewater Park, 8 am - Noon

http://www.edgewaterparksd.org/

Tuesday, January 12
Flu Clinic - Rutgers Early Learning Research Academy, 501 Cooper St., Camden, 8 am - Noon
https://www.camden.rutgers.edu/node/3998

Wednesday, January 13

Developmental Screenings -

Lumberton Early Learning Child Development & Pre-school, 100 Maple Grove Blvd., Lumberton, 9 am - Noon

http://www.bccap.org/

Thursday, January 14

Dental Screenings - Hispanic Day Care, 3908 Westfield Ave., Camden, 9 am - Noon
https://www.nj.gov/dcf/families/childcare/centers/04HIS0002.shtml

Monday, January 18

Blood Lead Screenings - Lumberton Early Learning Child Development & Pre-school, 100 Maple Grove Blvd., Lumberton, 9 am - Noon

http://www.bccap.org/

Tuesday, January 19

Physicals - Lumberton Early Learning Child Development & Pre-school, 100 Maple Grove Blvd., Lumberton, 9 am - Noon
http://www.bccap.org/

Wednesday, January 20

Developmental Screenings – Delanco Early Learning Child Development & Pre-school,

2431 Burlington Ave., Delanco, 9 am - Noon

http://www.bccap.org/

Thursday, January 21

Dental Screenings – Over the Rainbow Child Care Center, 146 Route 130, Bordentown, 9 am - Noon

https://overtherainbowcdc.com/

Friday, January 22
Flu Clinic – Veteran’s Family School, 800 N. 26th St., Camden, 8 am - Noon
http://camdencityhbwilson.ss12.sharpschool.com/

Monday, January 25

Blood Lead Screenings - Delanco Early Learning Child Development & Pre-school, 2431 Burlington Ave., Delanco, 9 am - Noon

http://www.bccap.org/

Tuesday, January 26

Physicals - Delanco Early Learning Child Development & Pre-school, 2431 Burlington Ave., Delanco, 9 am - Noon

http://www.bccap.org/

Wednesday, January 27

Developmental Screenings –
Browns Mills Early Learning Child Development & Pre-school, 405 Lakehurst Rd., Browns Mills, 9 am - Noon
http://www.bccap.org/

Thursday January 28

Dental Screenings - Over the Rainbow Child Care Center, 146 Route 130, Bordentown, 9 am - Noon

https://overtherainbowcdc.com/

Friday, January 29
Flu Clinic - Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center, 100 Arney's Mt. Rd., Pemberton, 8 am - Noon
https://www.pemberton.k12.nj.us/PECEC

February

Monday, February 1
Physicals - Mastery Charter School, 601 Vine St., Camden, 9 am - Noon
Masterycharter.org

Tuesday, February 2
Blood Lead Screenings – Over the Rainbow Child Care Center, 146 Route 130, Bordentown, 9 am - Noon
https://overtherainbowcdc.com/

Wednesday, February 3
Developmental, Vision and Hearing Screenings - Lumberton Early Learning Child Development & Pre-school, 100 Maple Grove Blvd., Lumberton, 9 am - Noon
https://www.centerffs.org

Thursday, February 4
Dental Screenings – Head Start, 33 W Haddon Ave, Oaklyn, 9 am - Noon
https://www.centerffs.org/headstart

Monday, February 8
Physicals - Mastery Charter School, 601 Vine St., Camden, 9 am - Noon
Masterycharter.org

Tuesday, February 9
Blood Lead Screenings - Over the Rainbow Child Care Center, 146 Route 130, Bordentown, 9 am - Noon
https://overtherainbowcdc.com/

Wednesday, February 10
Developmental, Vision and Hearing Screenings - Delanco Early Learning Child Development & Pre-school, 2431 Burlington Ave., Delanco, 9 am - Noon
https://www.centerffs.org

Thursday, February 11
Dental Screenings - Different & Wonderful World Learning Center, 483 Woodlane Rd., Westampton, 9 am - Noon
Different & Wonderful Learning Center

Friday, February 12
Flu Clinic - Forrest Hill Elementary School, 1625 Wildwood Ave., Camden, 9 am - Noon
Forest Hill Elementary School (sharpschool.com)

Monday, February 15
Physicals - Mastery Charter School, 601 Vine St., Camden, 9 am - Noon
Masterycharter.org

Tuesday, February 16
Blood Lead Screenings - Browns Mills Early Learning Child Development & Pre-school, 405 Lakehurst Rd., Browns Mills 9 am - Noon
https://www.centerffs.org

Wednesday, February 17
Developmental, Hearing & Vision Screenings – Browns Mills Early Learning Child Development & Pre-school, 405 Lakehurst Rd., Browns Mills, 9 am - Noon
https://www.centerffs.org

Thursday, February 18
Dental Screenings – Different & Wonderful World Learning Center, 483 Woodlane Rd., Westampton, 9 am - Noon
Different & Wonderful Learning Center

Monday, February 22
Physicals – Mastery Charter School, 601 Vine St., Camden, 9 am - Noon
Masterycharter.org

Tuesday, February 23
Physicals - Forrest Hill Elementary School, 1625 Wildwood Ave., Camden, 9 am - Noon
Forest Hill Elementary School (sharpschool.com)

Wednesday, February 24
Developmental Screenings - TBD

Thursday February 25
Dental Screenings - Hispanic Day Care, 3908 Westfield Ave., Camden, 9 am - Noon
https://www.nj.gov/dcf/families/childcare/centers/04HIS0002.shtml

Friday, February 26
Flu Clinic - Forrest Hill Elementary School, 1625 Wildwood Ave., Camden, 9 am - Noon
Forest Hill Elementary School (sharpschool.com)

2021 Flu Vaccine Clinics

Virtua Pediatric Mobile Services is offering free Flu Vaccine Clinics for Fall 2020. No appointments are necessary. Walk-Ins are welcome! Please check the schedule frequently for updates.

January

Monday, January 4

Flu Clinic – Mastery Charter School, 415 North 9th St., Camden, 8 am - Noon
https://masterycharter.org/

Tuesday, January 5

Flu Clinic – Veteran’s Family School, 800 North 26th St., Camden, 8 am - Noon
http://camdencityhbwilson.ss12.sharpschool.com/

Thursday, January 7
Flu Clinic – Veteran’s Family School, 800 N. 26th St., Camden, 8 am - Noon
http://camdencityhbwilson.ss12.sharpschool.com/

Friday, January 8

Flu Clinic - Lumberton Early Learning Child Development & Pre-school, 100 Maple Grove Blvd., Lumberton, 8 am - Noon

http://www.bccap.org/

Monday, January 11

Flu Clinic - Mildred Magowan Elementary School, 405 Cherrix Ave., Edgewater Park, 8 am - Noon

http://www.edgewaterparksd.org/

Tuesday, January 12
Flu Clinic - Rutgers Early Learning Research Academy, 501 Cooper St., Camden, 8 am - Noon
https://www.camden.rutgers.edu/node/3998

Friday, January 22
Flu Clinic – Veteran’s Family School, 800 N. 26th St., Camden, 8 am - Noon
http://camdencityhbwilson.ss12.sharpschool.com/

Friday, January 29
Flu Clinic - Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center, 100 Arney's Mt. Rd., Pemberton, 8 am - Noon
https://www.pemberton.k12.nj.us/PECEC

February

Friday, February 12
Flu Clinic - Forrest Hill Elementary School, 1625 Wildwood Ave., Camden, 9 am - Noon
Forest Hill Elementary School (sharpschool.com)

Friday, February 26
Flu Clinic - Forrest Hill Elementary School, 1625 Wildwood Ave., Camden, 9 am - Noon
Forest Hill Elementary School (sharpschool.com)

About the Program

Such tremendous need exists in the medically underserved areas across Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties, and our youngest residents, children from infancy to age six, often quietly suﬀer the most. Without access to routine exams and screenings, children with developmental delays and other health concerns are not identiﬁed early, so issues go undetected and unaddressed during a critical period of their development.

For children with limited access to nutritious foods and basic dental hygiene, it is often too late for healthy teeth by the time they get to kindergarten and see a dentist for the first time. Furthermore, children who do not receive their immunizations are not permitted to attend public school, leaving them at home for weeks and months at a time in aging houses and apartments that expose them to dangerous levels of lead.

Through a generous gift from the Joseph Lacroce Foundation, Virtua's Pediatric Mobile Services Program aims to address the health needs of children across South Jersey. The mobile program will bring pediatric services directly to those children who are living in medically underserved and impoverished urban and rural communities across Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties.

Virtua’s Pediatric Mobile Services Program team will provide a range of services, including:

Developmental screenings
Oral health education and dental screenings
Flu shots
Lead blood level screenings
Lead education for healthy homes
Back-to-school physicals
Vision and hearing screenings
Community resources
Referrals to specialized services

The Pediatric Mobile Services Program will also equip parents with the knowledge and resources they need to help their children grow and thrive.

Partnerships

Collaboration with community partners is the key to our success. Thank you to our partners:

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This program is made possible, in part, by Virtua’s generous philanthropic partners. To make a gift, please visit GiveToVirtua.org.

Thank you to the following supporters:

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Mobile Pediatrics Services - Virtua

Health Facts

Early Detection and Intervention of Child Developmental Delay

High quality early intervention services can change a child's developmental trajectory and improve outcomes for children, families, and communities.

Services to young children who have or are at risk for developmental delays have been shown to positively impact outcomes across developmental domains, including health, language and communication, cognitive development and social/emotional development. Benefits to society include reducing economic burden through a decreased need for special education.
Early social/ emotional development and physical health provide the foundation upon which cognitive and language skills develop.

Decades of rigorous research show that children’s earliest experiences play a critical role in brain development. The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University has summarized this research:

Neural circuits, which create the foundation for learning, behavior and health, are most flexible or “plastic” during the first three years of life. Over time, they become increasingly difficult to change.
Persistent “toxic” stress, such as extreme poverty, abuse and neglect, or severe maternal depression can damage the developing brain, leading to lifelong problems in learning, behavior, and physical and mental health.|
The brain is strengthened by positive early experiences, especially stable relationships with caring and responsive adults, safe and supportive environments, and appropriate nutrition.
Early social/ emotional development and physical health provide the foundation upon which cognitive and language skills develop.|
High quality early intervention services can change a child’s developmental trajectory and improve outcomes for children, families, and communities.
Intervention is likely to be more effective and less costly when it is provided earlier in life rather than later.

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Dental Care and Oral Health

According to the Centers for Disease Control, tooth decay is among the most common chronic conditions of childhood. One in 5 children, aged five to 11, and 1 in 7 children, aged 12 to 19, have at least one untreated cavity.

These numbers are higher for children from minority and low-income families. African-American and Hispanic children are more likely than white children to have cavities in their primary (baby) teeth and are twice as likely as white children to have untreated cavities. The disparity in untreated cavities continues into the teen years.

A report by the Pew Charitable Trusts states that untreated tooth decay "can cause pain and infection that may lead to difficulty eating, speaking, socializing and sleeping, as well as poor overall health." Tooth decay can also contribute to low self-esteem and dental health problems.

Dental problems can also adversely affect both school attendance and performance. A report issued by the U.S. Surgeon General in 2000, estimated that more than 51 million school hours were lost annually due to dental-related illnesses.

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Lead Exposure and Lead Poisoning

There is no safe level of lead in children. As lead exposure continues to be an ongoing health challenge, it is important that parents take precautionary measures to keep their children safe and healthy. While exposure can damage a child’s learning and development, it can be prevented.

Lead can disrupt the normal growth and development of a child’s brain and central nervous system. While lead paint lead paint in homes built before 1978 remains the largest contributor to elevated blood lead levels in children, there are many different lead exposure sources, including water from leaded pipes and imported toys, candy, spices, jewelry, cosmetics, herbal remedies, and pottery.

The New Jersey Department of Health provides resources for parents to stay informed so child lead exposure can be avoided.

Who Is at Risk?

Children under the age of 6 years because they are growing so rapidly and because they tend to put their hands or other objects into their mouths.
Children from all social and economic levels can be affected by lead poisoning, although children living at or below the poverty line who live in older housing are at greatest risk.
Children of some racial and ethnic groups and those living in older housing are disproportionately affected by lead. For example, 3% of black children compared to 1.3% of white children have elevated blood lead levels.

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