Media Relations
Saturday,
November 11,
2006
Applied Health Science
Overall youth drug use by sixth through 12th graders in Indiana is down, according to the latest annual survey by the Indiana Prevention Resource Center (IPRC) at Indiana University Bloomington's School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. IPRC Director Ruth Gassman said the survey results can help communities with needs assessments, planning prevention programs, evaluation of initiatives and assembling grant applications.
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Faculty from Indiana University's School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) have established a partnership with the School of Public Health at the University of Puerto Rico to facilitate a range of research, teaching and service activities consistent with the mission of the two schools and reflective of the diverse interests within the institutions' academic units.
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Indiana University public health expert Lloyd Kolbe has been asked by the Chinese government to help it implement new national guidelines requiring the country's 1.6 million schools to provide students with daily physical activity. The move is an attempt to reverse a burgeoning obesity problem in China.
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In her new book, Conversations in the Abbey: Senior Monks of Saint Meinrad Reflect on their Lives, Indiana University health historian Ruth Engs transcribes an oral history of the lives of eleven monks from the "greatest generation," who lived through the major events of the 20th century.
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Maternal care issues for minority women will be the focus of a panel discussion in Bloomington on Tuesday (May 13) involving the Boston Women's Health Book Collective (BWHBC), which will present its new publication, Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
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Obesity experts from Indiana University, Clarian Health Partners and other state and local health organizations will offer insights and strategies for combating this pervasive health issue during a free conference in Indianapolis on May 9.
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