ESTAR Sanos - Be Healthy

Grateful beyond words to be part of the Hope in Christ Fellowship in Monterey, TN today! 🙏 Our day was filled with giving back through a clothing and essentials drive. Huge thanks to ESTAR Sanos team& the Whitson Hester School of Nursing for their incredible support! Feeling blessed by the generosity of members, students, faculty, and the incredible community at Tennessee Tech University. Together, we're making a difference! "

Excited to be a part of the Hispanic Heritage Fiesta at Dogwood Park, Cookeville, TN! 🎉🌟 Grateful to the hosting parties for having us!
¡Emocionados de ser parte de la Fiesta de la Herencia Hispana en Dogwood Park, Cookeville, TN! 🎉🌟 ¡Agradecidos a los anfitriones por darnos la bienvenida!

Back to school bash!!! 🧒👦👧📚

“I'd like to thank Dr. Melissa Geist and Mrs. Cary Cass for the opportunity to join the ESTAR!


"The Changemaker Award recognizes individual achievements in advocating for a cause, working toward community growth and improvement, and/or seeking to advance peace and human dignity. Corina Crook is a vital member of the ESTAR Sanos grant team. This interdisciplinary and cross-cultural team conducts monthly community outreach programs, sharing a "be healthy" message to h-lispanic and rural populations in the Upper Cumberland Region. In this capacity, our recipient helps design and deliver educational materials in Spanish to support the program's outreach efforts. An effective communicator who consistently demonstrates the ability to engage individuals in difficult conversations, this student responds to misinformation without judgment by providing evidence-based information in an accessible way. According to her nominator, this student contributes excellent ideas for events, and strategies to convey the message to the target populations. She is passionate about improving the lives of others through "boots on the ground" interactions, lifting the target populations one conversation at a time."

Our students are a HUGE part of what makes us so great! Esmeralda is one of our AWESOME Junior 2 students! Check out her student spotlight! Stay tuned for more to come! 🦅…She is also a valued member of our ESTAR Sanos cultural team!! She does it all!!
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Find out how to become a WHSON student at our website! Link in bio 💜
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Merry Christmas!!!
We would like to thank you all for love and support. We hope everyone enjoys time with friends and family. I know why I celebrate Christmas, do you?
What is your favorite part about Christmas?

Meet Dr. Mark Groundland! Dr. Groundland is part of our leadership team at ESTAR Sanos. Dr. Groundland does many things for our team at ESTAR. This includes being the lead language advisor, acting as a translator and interpreter, communication analytics, and promoting our mission to numerous individuals in the community!

“Dr. Mark Groundland is a tenured-faculty member in the Department of Foreign Languages at Tennessee Tech University where he teaches Spanish language, culture, and literature. He happily joined the ESTAR Sanos team to help educate the Hispanic populations in the Upper Cumberland region about COVID-19, preventive strategies, and new vaccination opportunities. He finds it personally fulfilling to help bridge language and cultural gaps and is honored to be part of the ESTAR Sanos team.”

“El Dr. Mark Groundland es miembro titular del Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras de la Universidad Tecnológica de Tennessee, donde enseña lengua, cultura y literatura españolas. Felizmente se unió al equipo de ESTAR Sanos para ayudar a educar a las poblaciones hispanas en la región de Upper Cumberland sobre COVID-19, estrategias preventivas y nuevas oportunidades de vacunación. Él encuentra personalmente gratificante ayudar a cerrar las brechas lingüísticas y culturales y se siente honrado de ser parte del equipo de ESTAR Sanos.”

PODCAST !!!
Spreading the word about diversity, misinformation, disinformation, vaccine confidence, and ways to encourage others to advocate for a brighter future!
We stand strong in the bravery and courageous hearts of nurses and those alike!

Meet Liezl! Liezl is part of our multi-lingual team at ESTAR Sanos. Liezl does many things for our team at ESTAR including promotion of our events, social media development, communication, and promoting our mission to many individuals in the community!

Being on the ESTAR team has been one of the most rewarding experiences in my college career. I love the personal connections we make while providing others with the support and resources necessary to lead healthy lives :)

Estar en este equipo ha sido una de las experiencias más gratificantes para mí en la universidad. Me encanta conectar con otros mientras proveerles el apoyo y los recursos necesarios para ESTAR SANOS :)

It’s important to understand the difference between isolation and quarantine.

Isolation – separates sick people with a contagious disease from people who are not sick. Example: restricting and isolating to a room separated from others in the household.

Quarantine – separates and restricts the movement of people who were exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become sick. Example: staying home and out of the public.
If you test positive for COVID-19 you should isolate for a minimum of 5 days from the start of symptoms AND after at least 24 hours of symptoms in the absence of fever-reducing medications and with improvement of other COVID-19 symptoms. The first day of symptoms is day 0.

You should also:

Wear a well-fitting mask around others for a full 10 days following the onset of symptoms.
You should avoid others at high risk for COVID complications (for example, the elderly, nursing home residents, hospitalized patients or immunocompromised) for at least 10 days. In addition, you will want to avoid places where you are unable to wear a mask (such as restaurants) for 10 days.

Testing can be considered on day 5. Antigen testing is preferred if available. If you continue to test positive, isolation should continue for 10 days.

Our Team

Meet Tai! Tai is part of our leadership at ESTAR Sanos. Tai does many things for our team at ESTAR including coordinating events, communicating with stakeholders, and promoting our mission to many individuals in the community!

“I joined ESTAR because I believe in their mission. As a nurse, I want to see the people in our communities living healthy lives, and I am grateful for the opportunity to serve on a team that gives others the support and resources necessary to help achieve their personal health goals. I’m proud to call myself an ESTAR team member!

Stay tuned for more “meet the team” moments on our page!

Interested in working with us!? DM us if you’d like to collaborate! We will send you our mission and initiatives!

Parents, it's okay if you still have questions about the COVID-19 vaccine for your child. There is a lot of information to consider.

Talk to someone you trust for reliable information:

Your healthcare provider
Sick Kids: https://bit.ly/2WHIfxU
Vax Facts: https://shn.ca/vaxfacts/
Vaccine Confidence Line: 1-833-943-3900.

We know how confusing this information is! Let us help you with any questions you may have! This includes vaccine questions, healthy lifestyle promotion, reduction in co-morbidities, and ways to promote a long quality life!

Our Team

Meet Trevor! Trevor is part of our leadership at ESTAR Sanos. Trevor doesn’t just do one thing at ESTAR. He does quite a lot and finds it a privilege to be working alongside so many amazing individuals.

“I feel lucky to have been provided this opportunity. ESTAR Sanos is more than one person. Our goals and initiatives perfectly aligned with my thought process and I felt the calling to serve my community. I work with an amazing amount of people at ESTAR and cannot wait for the big things ahead!”

Stay tuned for more “meet the team” moments on our page!

Interested in working with us!? DM us if you’d like to collaborate! We will send you our mission and initiatives

From the Editorial Board:

"The pandemic is over" is surely what everyone wanted to hear. President Biden made the declaration in a Sunday "60 Minutes" broadcast.

But before rushing out to the ticker-tape parade, sit down. The pandemic is still raging — in the sense that a dangerous virus is infecting, sickening and killing people, mutating to survive and haunting the globe.

The pandemic has shifted — and normalcy has returned in many ways — but it is not over.

Why Biden said otherwise is obvious. The midterm elections are coming, and Americans feel an overwhelming sense of fatigue. "If you notice, no one's wearing masks," the president told journalist Scott Pelley. "Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape. And so I think it's changing."

No hard-and-fast rules mark the exact moment a pandemic ends. The nation and the world have come a long way since the early lockdowns and the devastating delta and omicron waves. Vaccines against the coronavirus are safe and highly effective, giving people confidence to resume many activities.

Classrooms are back in person, air travel has revived, commuter traffic is picking up. A lot of the worst misery is in the rearview mirror. But the pandemic is surely not over. The seven-day moving average of daily deaths in the United States is nearly 400 and has plateaued at this terrible level since April. The average of new daily cases is 60,000, way higher than in the spring.

Weighed down by the virus, average life expectancy of Americans fell in 2020 and 2021, the sharpest two-year decline in nearly 100 years. Covid-19 is the thirdleading cause of death in the United States after heart disease and cancer. Long covid — those suffering a constellation of maladies after the immediate symptoms dissipate — threatens millions of people.

The natural progression of the pandemic emergency will be transformation into a more predictable pattern — endemic disease, such as the flu. But waves of new variants have been anything but predictable. The arrival of omicron was just last Thanksgiving. What's in store next? No certainty exists, except that the virus is still mutating.

Mental health MATTERS! ♥️
The pandemic has not only hurt us physically, but mentally as well. Mental health is vital to a long, fulfilling life. When we adjust our thinking towards “wellness” that encompasses what we say, what we do, what we eat, who we intersect with, who we don’t interact with, mindfulness, and so much more. Take a moment and reflect on what matters most in life. The pandemic and the problems of today are only a snippets in time. Be grateful and show love to those who most need it!
Thank you, for everything you do!
For more information, follow and DM them if you’re local and need direction! ♥️

Join .tn as the have something up our sleeves!

NAHN-TN is so excited to have our president

& our vice president break down the reality of nursing, their journeys through nursing school, where they are now, and so many more things we know you want answers to!

Share with a friend! Tune in this month for our 1st live talk!

Confused on vaccine science? Let us help! ☝🏼

Novavax es diferente a Pfizer o Moderna porque no utiliza tecnología de ARNm.

La vacuna COVID-19 de Novavax contiene proteínas inofensivas del virus COVID-19 junto con otro ingrediente llamado adyuvante que ayuda al sistema inmunitario a responder al virus en el futuro. Las vacunas, como la vacuna Novavax COVID-19, que usan tecnología de subunidades de proteínas se han utilizado durante más de 30 años en los Estados Unidos, comenzando con la primera vacuna contra la hepatitis B autorizada. Otras vacunas de subunidades de proteínas que se usan en los Estados Unidos en la actualidad incluyen las que protegen contra la influenza y la tos ferina (tos ferina acelular).

Do you know that we offer a FREE healthcare worker course Whitson-Hester School of Nursing at Tennessee Tech University for college credits?

We just started, but if your interested in late registration please contact the following below to start!

Did you know? 🤔

How can work be this much fun?
When you do what you love, and people are at the heart of what you do….Well is it really work? 😉.
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Did you know⁉️

Did you know that the CDC has changed its recommendation on which COVID-19 vaccine adults should receieve?

Contact us to find out more and where our next event will be! We have numerous resources, free vaccinations, free masks and hand sanitizer, and SO MUCH MORE!

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¿Sabía que los CDC han cambiado su recomendación sobre qué vacuna contra el COVID-19 deben recibir los adultos?

¡Contáctanos para obtener más información y dónde será nuestro próximo evento! ¡Tenemos numerosos recursos, vacunas gratuitas, máscaras y desinfectante de manos gratis, y MUCHO MÁS

All smiles at our Plaza Mariachi event! Kids and adults alike enjoyed our goody bags which included hand sanitizers, masks, CDC COVID-19 coloring books, and informational pamphlets. The COVID-19 Strike Team from Davidson County joined us to administer the vaccine/booster💉; we had 11 adults and 9 kids receive a vaccine - including one of our team members! What a successful event, we hope to come again! 👏

Special thanks to .tn for partnering with us and promoting the event, we enjoyed meeting you Zacnité!
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¡Nuestro evento ayer en Plaza Mariachi fue increíble! Los niños y adultos por igual disfrutaron de los ‘goody bags’ o bolsas, que incluyen gel antibacterial, mascarillas, libros para colorear, y más información sobre el COVID-19. El Strike Team de Davidson County estaba allí con nosotros para vacunar- ¡11 adultos y 9 niños se vacunaron o recibieron una booster durante el evento! Tuvimos mucho éxito, y ¡esperamos ir a Plaza Mariachi otra vez!

Muchas gracias a .tn por asociarse con nosotros y por promocionar el evento, ¡fue un placer conocerla, Zacnité!

Yesterday, the ESTAR team met with students from the Jere Whitson Freedom School to talk about COVID-19: Information, Misinformation, and Disinformation! The kids were also provided ESTAR bags, reusable masks, and COVID coloring books 🖍

The Tennessee Department of Health was present to administer the COVID-19 vaccine for those ages 5 and up- two of our team members even got their boosters today! 💉🩹

We were so excited to see some students and their families get the vaccine as well-

Very successful event!! 💯