The University of Florida Public Health Student Association has joined together with campus groups and local organizations to offer a week of activities educating fellow students about the impact and contributions of public health in our community during National Public Health Week, April 2-8, 2018.
Monday — Behavioral health
- Yoga on the lawn
- Barre exercises
- UF Counseling and Wellness Center tables with information for students on self-care and how and where to receive services
Tuesday — Communicable diseases
- STD trivia game
- Condom line-up game with participants racing against the clock to learn the correct steps for putting on a male condom
- Alachua County Department of Health table with information on communicable diseases
Wednesday — Environmental health
Tables with information on:
- Preparing for hurricane season
- Recycling and sustainability of community resources
- Alachua County Health Department’s Environmental Health Program
- Starbucks-NextGen Cup Challenge on ideas that could lead to the development of more sustainable cups
- Gainesville Regional Utilities on water management
Thursday — Injury and violence prevention
- UF Police Department presentation on personal safety and crime prevention from 12 to 1 p.m. in the HPNP Complex, room G-312
- Drug abuse and overdose presentation by Dr. Chuck Smith of the UF Health Florida Recovery Center from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the HPNP Complex, room G-312
- Swim safety information table
Friday — PHHP Research Day and Public Health Day
- Undergraduate and graduate students oral and poster presentations
- Keynote speaker Dr. Mona Fouad, the senior associate dean, diversity and inclusion; professor and director, division of preventive medicine; and director of the UAB Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine