Health Fair Planning Guide
The Health Fair Planning Guide provides information for planning, implementing, and evaluating a health fair. It can assist educators in conducting a successful health fair. The possibilities for health fair activities are limitless. This guide provides suggestions; you may think of others. You may also find that many modifications will be necessary for your health fair. For example, you may have a narrow focus, such as one particular worksite. In other cases, selecting a location may not be an issue because there is only one possible location; selecting a date when that one location is available might be more important in that case. This guide will provide you with ideas that you and your committee members may change to meet your needs.
If you see or create other health fair activities that help people actively learn about health, please send those ideas to Carol Rice, Ph.D., R.N. Extension Health Specialist, 2251 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77845-2251, fax (979) 845-6496, or e-mail at crice@ag.tamu.edu.
Download printable PDF version of the Health Fair Planning Guide
Step 1: Objectives and Planning of a Health Fair
Step 2: Setting Up Committees and Duties
- Chair or Co-Chairs
- Planning/Coordinating Committee
- Clinical Subcommittee
- Administrative Subcommittee
- Facilities Subcommittee
- Procurement Subcommittee
- Food Subcommittee
- Clerical/Staffing/Scheduling Subcommittee
- Publicity/Community Relations Subcommittee
- Health Fair Time Table
Step 3: Activity Ideas for Health Fairs
- Plan a County Extension Booth
- Booths, Exhibits, and Demonstrations
- Short Programs and Activities
- Scavenger Hunt
Step 4: Evaluating the Health Fair
Appendix
- Time Table Checklist for the Health Fair
- Health Resource Organizations for Health Fairs – Texas Resources
- Health Resource Organizations for Health Fairs – National Resources
- Exhibitor’s Evaluation
- Participant Evaluation
- Waist-to-Hip Ratio
- Health Observances: Year at a Glance (National Information Center website)
