Back for it's 10th year, Growing Girls is a year-long after-school psychosocial intervention for 5th and 6th grade girls. Each year, UArizona Group Leaders facilitate a lesson called "Say What You Really Need to Say", sharing tips for solving conflict and a strategy called S.E.A.L. that promotes assertive communication.
Watch ZFCPHP's Director, Dr. Cyndi Thomson, share some lifestyle approaches to reduce cancer risk, including 1) moving your body throughout the day, 2) enjoying a wide range of fruits and vegetables, and 3) prioritizing metabolic health over body size/weight.
Hispanics are the largest, fastest growing, and youngest minority population in the United States. To explore the unique experiences of Hispanic cancer survivors and their caregivers who live on the Arizona-Sonora border, AzCPCRN researchers initiated the Vida Plena study in 2020 in partnership with Mariposa Community Health Center. Vida Plena - meaning full life - used a two-part mixed-methods approach to understand the nuance and depth of patient experiences and collected data using semi-structured interviews and Photovoice.
Project Healthy Schools, an evidence-based childhood obesity prevention program, began its fourth semester in February 2020 at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School.
Undergraduate and graduate students from the UArizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health lead 10 sessions on developing healthy eating and physical activity habits. Through service-based learning, 24 UArizona students have dissminated PHS to over 200 middle school students.
On February 1, 2020, Lindsay Bingham (Health Educator, Sr.) and YWCA Southern Arizona staff and promotoras trained several advocates from Mariposa Community Health Center in Nogales, AZ.
Six teen advocates, 2 adult advocates, and 1 program manager were trained in the 13-week Mujeres y Niñas (Mamas e Hijas) curriculum and learned facilitation and evaluation strategies. Mariposa Community Health Center plans to implement in March. More updates to come!
The Student Transformative Experiences to Progress Underrepresented Professionals (STEP-UP) Summer Research Program is accepting applications through February 1 for undergraduate and graduate students interested in cancer prevention and control.
The program serves to stimulate research and support collaboration that will strengthen the overall mission and specific goals of the CRCPHP. Letters of Intent to Apply are due July 23, 2013. See the full Request for Proposals and more information at the P/F Study Grant Program page.
Join the faculty, staff, and students of University of Arizona in promoting healthy and sustainable living. Expect to leave with nutritional advice, samples, and even prizes! Get more information and read about the sponsors here.
When:
Wednesday, October 14th from 10 AM to 2 PM
