Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies Department
Key faculty in the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at Indiana University Bloomington will meet on Thursday (June 4) with representatives of the Batey Relief Alliance to discuss how they can work together to boost public health resources in communities in the Dominican Republic. Faculty and students can learn more about the project -- and how they might become involved -- at open sessions at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.
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Indiana University 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. Reporters and the public are invited to learn more about the plans on Friday during a presentation at IU Bloomington.
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In response to long-standing public health needs in Indiana, Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie today announced a plan that calls for the formation of two schools of public health, one at IU Bloomington and the other at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
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Indiana University will conduct a Teach In on May 5 to share with the campus and Bloomington community the latest information about Human Influenza A (H1N1), also known as swine flu.
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Senior Chinese and U.S. government health, education and physical activity authorities and Indiana University faculty are meeting in Bloomington next month to craft an ambitious and far-reaching plan -- a blueprint for implementing Sunny Sports China, a directive by Chinese President Hu Jintao to provide daily physical activity for China's 270 million school children.
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In the March 2009, IU Health & Wellness, Indiana University researchers discuss studies involving yoga's influence on fear of falling in older adults and how condom use 'turn offs' reported by women are very similar to those reported by men. They also provide tips for parents to help their kids discontinue or avoid smokeless tobacco use.
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