The College of Public Health and Human Sciences and the Public Health Club are sponsoring numerous events in recognition of the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) National Public Health Week, April 2-8, 2018.
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It’s all in the data
CPHHS Professor Ellen Smit saw the All of Us Journey event as the perfect opportunity to share a hands-on experience with her students, who are learning about public health surveillance in the classroom. She says it demonstrated the importance of using public health data and how critical participant recruitment is to the research process.
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Reeling them in
Hayley is interested in how the world works around us.
“Food insecurity is a public health issue that affects the health and well-being of too many people in the United States, including our elderly population. Understanding the relationship between food insecurity and physical functioning will allow us to develop strategies to help older adults experience a better quality of life as they age.”
“We are trying to change the stigma of being overweight and the negative effect that can have,” Tyler Chase, club president and a senior majoring in Nutrition, says. “Being healthy isn’t about reaching the finish line or having a specific body. It’s a behavior that you can incorporate no matter how much you weigh.”
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It’s going to be a magical Spring
For some people, it’s the happiest place on Earth. For Oregon State’s Cool Shoes dance team, it’s the location of their final trip with the team’s creator and leader Cathy Dark before she retires from the program at the end of the academic year.