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Health Fair to inform students on how to keep healthy
Courtney Perlee
Issue date: 4/10/08 Section: News
When freshman Amanda Kees thought she had strep throat, she called Sacred Heart University's health services to schedule an appointment.
For Kees, this call was a mark of independence. Like many other students before her, she had to take responsibility for herself, instead of allowing her parents to schedule doctor's appointments and fill her prescriptions.
"There was no mom to take care of me," Kees said, joking. "It wasn't fun."
For many students, college can be a wake-up call to personal responsibility: staying healthy and becoming aware of their own well-being suddenly aren't mom and dad's jobs anymore.
On April 10, "Spring into Wellness" will provide students with information on prevalent health topics from nutrition to blood pressure. The health fair, sponsored by Sacred Heart's Employee Wellness Program, Health Services, and SHU Allied Health Professionals, will be held mainly in University Commons from 12 to 3 p.m. and is open to all faculty, students, and staff.
Nursing students will show community health student projects in University Commons on health risks and issues such as tanning, hypertension, and diabetes. Counselors from Sacred Heart's peer education center will be present, as well as dentist Ellen Karandescky, and a nutritionist. According to the Employee Wellness Program, representatives from the American Cancer Society, Heart Association, Lung Association, and Diabetes Association will also be there to supply information and raise the awareness of health risks.
For senior nursing student Valerie Traumuller, these presentations "can make students more aware of the issues that are out there and what they can do to modify their lifestyle, in order to avoid certain health problems." She has attended the health fair in the past, and participated in a community health project with her nursing class.
According to Sheila Wheeler, RN and director of Sacred Heart's health services, the group, "Smoke Stoppers," will be present to make students more aware of the risks they are taking when they smoke cigarettes.
For Kees, this call was a mark of independence. Like many other students before her, she had to take responsibility for herself, instead of allowing her parents to schedule doctor's appointments and fill her prescriptions.
"There was no mom to take care of me," Kees said, joking. "It wasn't fun."
For many students, college can be a wake-up call to personal responsibility: staying healthy and becoming aware of their own well-being suddenly aren't mom and dad's jobs anymore.
On April 10, "Spring into Wellness" will provide students with information on prevalent health topics from nutrition to blood pressure. The health fair, sponsored by Sacred Heart's Employee Wellness Program, Health Services, and SHU Allied Health Professionals, will be held mainly in University Commons from 12 to 3 p.m. and is open to all faculty, students, and staff.
Nursing students will show community health student projects in University Commons on health risks and issues such as tanning, hypertension, and diabetes. Counselors from Sacred Heart's peer education center will be present, as well as dentist Ellen Karandescky, and a nutritionist. According to the Employee Wellness Program, representatives from the American Cancer Society, Heart Association, Lung Association, and Diabetes Association will also be there to supply information and raise the awareness of health risks.
For senior nursing student Valerie Traumuller, these presentations "can make students more aware of the issues that are out there and what they can do to modify their lifestyle, in order to avoid certain health problems." She has attended the health fair in the past, and participated in a community health project with her nursing class.
According to Sheila Wheeler, RN and director of Sacred Heart's health services, the group, "Smoke Stoppers," will be present to make students more aware of the risks they are taking when they smoke cigarettes.
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