Ronald McDonald Care Mobile

Undoubtedly, you will be surprised to learn that:

  • More than 51 million hours of schooling are lost annually due to the lack of dental care among American children.
  • Tooth decay is the most common chronic childhood disease today in the United States, five times more common than asthma.
  • Each year, nearly 10 million children die worldwide, mostly from preventable and treatable causes.

These numbers don't have to be this high. In fact, we don't want them to exist at all. So we created the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile. A fleet of them travel to communities the world over to bridge the gap between hospitals and these underserved children - and to eliminate statistics like these.  So, children with the greatest barriers to accessible health care get the care they need.


 

 

Services for Families

Depending on community needs, Ronald McDonald Care Mobile services may include:

  • Primary care, well-child visits and developmental screening
  • Immunizations
  • Diagnostic, preventive and restorative dental care
  • Oral hygiene education
  • Asthma treatment and self-management education
  • Pulmonary function testing
  • Vision, hearing and lead screening
  • School and sports physicals
  • Prenatal care for pregnant teens
  • Childhood health promotion and injury prevention education
  • Nutrition counseling
  • Pediatric specialty care, such as oncology, cardiology and otolaryngology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Mental health assessment and referral
  • Blood collection
  • Social service resource referral
  • Health education
  • Care for special needs children

Ways to Help

All Ronald McDonald Care Mobile services are provided in a 40-foot long, 8-foot wide, state-of-the-art vehicle built specifically for delivering pediatric health care services. Each vehicle includes two patient examination rooms, a laboratory and reception and medical records areas.

Staffed with pediatric specialist volunteers, each Ronald McDonald Care Mobile provides cost-effective, high-quality medical, dental and health education services to underserved children in rural and urban areas around the world. Within the United States, volunteers also help eligible families enroll in federally assisted health insurance initiatives such as "Insure Kids Now."

 

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