Moffitt Health Center

For the first blog, let’s keep it simple and provide my readers with information on the Moffitt Health Center in Hattiesburg, MS. The new health center located on Fourth Street has only been open for about two or three years now. I have not been inside yet, but I will make plans to visit just to see how it looks. The center provides great services for USM students, faculty, and staff. In fact, while reading their services online, I found that they provide numerous services for women such as breast exams and annual physicals and Pap tests. Click here to find all of the services that are provided at the Health Center.

As college students, we tend to forget to take care of our bodies which then affect our health. Students may especially forget because they are not at home, where their parents usually make them go to the doctor for annual checkups. We are so focused on studying and enjoying the college experience that we do not realize it has been two years or longer since we have seen a doctor. Well, until we get really sick. The center allows students to get treated right here on campus. This is definitely a good service for those who live far away and cannot always get to their home doctor right away.

For instance, some college women, including myself forget that once we turn 21 it is time for our Pap smear exams. On this website, health professionals suggests that 21 is the best age to have these exams done. Again, many students are not thinking about these types of exams because we are so busy with our college lives.