From the Center for Science in the Public Interest:
On August 31, CSPI officially launched the “Life’s Sweeter with Fewer Sugary Drinks Challenge.” The campaign seeks to reduce soda and sugary drink consumption to a maximum of three cans per week by 2020, a healthy target recommended by the American Heart Association.
Even before the launch, more than 110 organizations, institutions, and government agencies have signed on to the Challenge, including the American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Cleveland Clinic, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, National Association of County and City Health Officials, and major municipal health departments (Philadelphia, Los Angeles, King County/Seattle, Cook County, IL).
We encourage you to join the “Life’s Sweeter Challenge” and promote the campaign message. Please visit our official Life’s Sweeter website to join the Challenge and learn more about what you can do in your local community. You can also “like” us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and visit our website to get updates and share information about the Challenge.
We look forward to working together with you to limit sugary drinks in communities, workplaces, and homes and help fight the country’s obesity epidemic.
Best,
Julie Salz Greenstein
Deputy Director, Health Promotion Policy
Center for Science in the Public Interest
www.facebook.com/fewersugarydrinks
http://www.fewersugarydrinks.org/
Friday, September 9, 2011
Free Self-Care Workshop!
On Wednesday, September 21, 2011 from 3-5 p.m., Further Shore is proud to offer Naturally Caring-TLC for Care Givers Workshop #6 "Finding Peace Through Sound". Your presenter is Judith Waidelich, Acutonics teacher and Sound Healer. This FREE workshop will be held at the Joe C. Montoya Senior and Community Center in the arts and crafts room, located at 245 N. Thorpe Road next to Thorpe Park. The 2 hour workshop is designed for professional and family care givers.
During this experiential workshop you will create healing sounds through Tibetan bowls, other instruments and voice. The group will become a harmonic choir! The Series is funded in part by the Arizona and Flagstaff Community Foundation, Forest Highlands Foundation and Flagstaff Medical Center. Pre-registration is appreciated, but not required. Questions? Call 928-525-2910. Light refreshments will be served and certificates of completion awarded. Find out more about Further Shore at http://www.furthershore.org/
During this experiential workshop you will create healing sounds through Tibetan bowls, other instruments and voice. The group will become a harmonic choir! The Series is funded in part by the Arizona and Flagstaff Community Foundation, Forest Highlands Foundation and Flagstaff Medical Center. Pre-registration is appreciated, but not required. Questions? Call 928-525-2910. Light refreshments will be served and certificates of completion awarded. Find out more about Further Shore at http://www.furthershore.org/
Thursday, September 8, 2011
FREE KidStuff Swap!
Save the date for Coconino County Public Health Services District’s Annual
KidStuff Swap
Saturday, September 17th, 10am-1pm
Coconino County Health and Community Services Building- WIC lobby,
2625 N. King St., Flagstaff, Arizona
Coconino County Health and Community Services Building- WIC lobby,
2625 N. King St., Flagstaff, Arizona
KidStuff Swap is a FREE event where families can exchange clothes, toys, furniture and other outgrown children’s items. It’s easy – families drop off what they don’t need and/or take what they can use. Most items are for kids ages 0 - 6.
Participating Organizations:
Arizona Nutrition Network– “My Plate” portion plates and coloring books
Association for Supportive Child Care- Child care and parent resources
Reach Out and Read– Literacy activities for kids and families
Oral Health Program- Dental screenings and fluoride varnishes
Flagstaff Public Library– PALS mobile and Library Memberships (please bring
Driver’s license or photo ID and current mail with name and address)
Arizona Nutrition Network– “My Plate” portion plates and coloring books
Association for Supportive Child Care- Child care and parent resources
Reach Out and Read– Literacy activities for kids and families
Oral Health Program- Dental screenings and fluoride varnishes
Flagstaff Public Library– PALS mobile and Library Memberships (please bring
Driver’s license or photo ID and current mail with name and address)
Turn in your completed KSS passport to be entered to win a prize!
Call the CCPHSD Maternal, Child, and Teen Health Program for details: 928.679.7277
If you have a donation of gently used children’s clothes, books, furniture or toys, please call 928.679.7277 for information about where to drop it off or to make arrangements to have it picked up.
Print the flyer here.
FREE Verbal First Aid™ Training: What to Say When Every Moment Counts
In a medical emergency, simply words can change the outcome.
This five and a half hour workshop is for all First Responders ~ Fire Fighters, Medical Personnel, EMT, CERT, Law Enforcement, etc.
In emergency situations words can mean the difference between pain and comfort, panic and calm and even life and death.
This workshop offers specific verbal strategies to Calm, Relieve Pain, Promote Healing, Basic Grief and Death Notification, Stress Management, CISM, Effective Crisis Management, work with children, and Save Lives.
Learn the theory and physiology behind Verbal First Aid…during times of shock, fear, extreme pain, acute distress, people are in an altered state in which words can reach their autonomic nervous system and have a profound effect! During such states your words could harm or your words could heal.
Judith Simon Prager, PhD, trainer, is co-author of the book The Worst Is Over: What To Say When Every Moment Counts, which has been called “the ‘bible’ for crisis communication by the International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and co-author of Verbal First Aid: Help Your Kids Heal From Fear and Pain—and Come Out Strong (Berkley Books, 2010) www.judithprager.com
This five and a half hour workshop is for all First Responders ~ Fire Fighters, Medical Personnel, EMT, CERT, Law Enforcement, etc.
In emergency situations words can mean the difference between pain and comfort, panic and calm and even life and death.
This workshop offers specific verbal strategies to Calm, Relieve Pain, Promote Healing, Basic Grief and Death Notification, Stress Management, CISM, Effective Crisis Management, work with children, and Save Lives.
Learn the theory and physiology behind Verbal First Aid…during times of shock, fear, extreme pain, acute distress, people are in an altered state in which words can reach their autonomic nervous system and have a profound effect! During such states your words could harm or your words could heal.
Judith Simon Prager, PhD, trainer, is co-author of the book The Worst Is Over: What To Say When Every Moment Counts, which has been called “the ‘bible’ for crisis communication by the International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and co-author of Verbal First Aid: Help Your Kids Heal From Fear and Pain—and Come Out Strong (Berkley Books, 2010) www.judithprager.com
Date: September 23, 2011
Time: 9 am ~ 12:00pm &1:00 pm ~ 3:30 pm
Place: Christ’s Church of Flagstaff, 3475 E Soliere Ave, Flagstaff, AZ
Place: Christ’s Church of Flagstaff, 3475 E Soliere Ave, Flagstaff, AZ
Contact: Alan Anderson, 928-853-4828, aanderson@coconino.az.gov
No cost for the training. Reservations are a must, RSVP by today Sept 8, 2011
Sponsored by: FMC Foundation and individuals/private donations
Continuing Education Units (CE) for RNs and Pre-Hospital Care
Sponsored by: FMC Foundation and individuals/private donations
Continuing Education Units (CE) for RNs and Pre-Hospital Care
Workshop Leaders Needed! Learn How to Help Yourself while helping others!
Are you motivated to help others?
Training is available to people able to facilitate a 6-week workshop developed by Stanford University.
Would helping people learn how to take better care of their chronic health problems be a source of satisfaction for you?
Empower others to effectively manage chronic health problems by teaching them how to use simple self-management tools.
No prior teaching experience is necessary.
Training is available to people able to facilitate a 6-week workshop developed by Stanford University.
Would helping people learn how to take better care of their chronic health problems be a source of satisfaction for you?
Empower others to effectively manage chronic health problems by teaching them how to use simple self-management tools.
No prior teaching experience is necessary.
Next training will be offered:
January 27, 28 and February 3, 4 2012
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Where: Northern AZ University,
January 27, 28 and February 3, 4 2012
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Where: Northern AZ University,
Health and Learning Center
For more information contact:
Carol Sullivan
928-679-7266
csullivan@coconino.az.gov
For more information contact:
Carol Sullivan
928-679-7266
csullivan@coconino.az.gov
Infant First-Aid and CPR Safety Class
Flagstaff Medical Center’s Childbirth Education Department will be offering two free Infant CPR and First-Aid Classes. Each class is 2.5 hours. The classes are designed for parents, family, friends and caregivers of infants, from newborns to 12 months old. Participants will learn how to respond to crisis situations and deliver CPR, relieve choking and deliver first-aid care to manage emergency illness and injury until professional help arrives. The classes also will cover injury prevention, environmental emergencies and car-seat education. Participants will receive two American Heart Association booklets. This is a non-certification course.
The class is free and space is limited, so register today!
Click here to download the flyer.
Thursday, Oct. 20
6 - 8:30 p.m.
Flagstaff Public Library
300 W. Aspen Ave.
6 - 8:30 p.m.
Flagstaff Public Library
300 W. Aspen Ave.
Monday, Nov. 14
6 - 8:30 p.m.
Coconino County Public Health Services District
2625 N. King St.
6 - 8:30 p.m.
Coconino County Public Health Services District
2625 N. King St.
To register, call 928 773-2309.
The class is free and space is limited, so register today!
Click here to download the flyer.
Global Health Experts Say Curbing Drinking and Smoking Can Help Reduce Cancer
By Join Together Staff:
Cutting down on drinking alcohol and smoking, in addition to improving diets and increasing physical activity, could help prevent up to 2.8 million cases of cancer worldwide each year, according to the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).
The group released a report in advance of a United Nations summit on non-communicable diseases, which called on governments to avoid what it called a “public health disaster,” Reuters reports. The WCRF report states that the number of cancers has jumped by one-fifth worldwide in less than 10 years, to an estimated 12 million new cases a year. The group estimates that about one-third of all common cancers can be prevented by lifestyle changes including reducing smoking and drinking.
About seven million cancer cases each year occur in developing countries, and that number is expected to significantly increase, according to the report.
Cutting down on drinking alcohol and smoking, in addition to improving diets and increasing physical activity, could help prevent up to 2.8 million cases of cancer worldwide each year, according to the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).
The group released a report in advance of a United Nations summit on non-communicable diseases, which called on governments to avoid what it called a “public health disaster,” Reuters reports. The WCRF report states that the number of cancers has jumped by one-fifth worldwide in less than 10 years, to an estimated 12 million new cases a year. The group estimates that about one-third of all common cancers can be prevented by lifestyle changes including reducing smoking and drinking.
About seven million cancer cases each year occur in developing countries, and that number is expected to significantly increase, according to the report.
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