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‘Bone Builders’ looking for volunteers AzPHA call for posters; annual meeting Mark
your calendar; Phoenix Faculty fall meeting Sept. 20 ‘Bone Builders’ looking for volunteersBe a Bone Builder! It only takes a few hours a month to become a Bone Builder volunteer and make a difference in the health of women. Attend the next training session where volunteers will learn about osteoporosis, its risk factors, nutrition and exercise prevention strategies, and medications. In addition, volunteers will learn how to share this important information with other people in their community. The next training session will be August 20 & 21 at Lakeside United Methodist Church in Sun City. For an application or more information, call the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension at (602) 470-8086, ext. 316, or visit www.bonebuilders.org on the web. The two-day training is $50 for volunteer notebook, lunches, speakers and class materials. The registration is $100 for individuals who do not plan on volunteering, but are interested in learning more about osteoporosis. Bone Builders trains volunteers to promote osteoporosis awareness and prevention to women of all ages by distributing information and doing activities in communities, work sites, health fairs, preschools, churches, or just about anywhere. Bone Builders
is sponsored by the UA Cooperative Extension and is a partner with
the Arizona Osteoporosis Coalition, Arizona Nutrition Network and
many other community organizations. A medical background is not
required, but a willingness to learn and to teach others is!
AzPHA call for posters; annual meetingThe Arizona
Public Health Association’s (AzPHA) 76th Annual Meeting, “Public
Health Infrastructure: Are We Ready to Meet the Challenge?”
will be held Sept. 29 30, 2004 at the Embassy Suites North in Phoenix,
2577 W. Greenway Rd. Members and student members are invited to
present interesting or innovative public health topics during the
poster exhibit on Wed., Sept. 29, from 7:30a.m. to 5p.m.
Mark your calendar; Phoenix faculty fall meetingPhoenix Faculty fall meeting will be on Mon., Sept. 20, 5:15 p.m. at the Phoenix Airport Marriott. More details to come.
Last chance to register for Phoenix UA Mini-Medical SchoolLearn about biosciences and medicine the fun way! Attend UA Mini-Medical School. No late-night cramming, long exams or long hours with this school. Just bring your curiosity, and sit back and enjoy fun and informative lectures that cover the respiratory system, genomics, biochemistry of disease, how your brain learns, the heart and cancer. This popular evening lecture series is taking registration for its fall session, which begins on Wed., Sept. 1 and runs for seven weeks. All lectures are held from 6-8 p.m. at the Arizona Health Sciences Center Phoenix Campus, 4001 N. Third St., Suite 415. Early registration is recommended as seating is limited. To register call Maria Wells at (602) 631-4600.
Welcome new employeeBrian Johnson is no stranger to the UA College of Medicine - Phoenix Campus. As a temp with Kelly Services, Brian began providing administrative support to the campus offices on March 22. He was officially hired on July 29 as the new administrative assistant for the Office of Learning and Teaching and the Arizona Medical Education Consortium.
'Project Reach' launchedIn their first large research collaboration, the University of Arizona, Maricopa Community Colleges and Pima Community College have launched Project Reach, a National Cancer Institute-funded study to develop and compare the effectiveness of two models to train community members strategies for talking effectively to tobacco users about quitting. Research shows that more than 70 percent of tobacco users want to quit. Those who have the support of others are more likely to quit and to stay tobacco-free. Project Reach is a “train the trainer” project that will use a traditional in-person curriculum and an innovative, interactive Web-based multimedia curriculum to train community members how to provide tobacco interventions in the community. Both models of training will be compared to a usual practice control group. Participants will learn about the complexities of nicotine addiction, the motivators and barriers to quitting tobacco use and how to support tobacco users who are trying to quit. Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. Through Project Reach, the UA College of Medicine, Maricopa Community Colleges and Pima Community College have combined their strengths in health research and community-based education to offer information and resources about how to help people quit tobacco. |
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