How can academic institutions take a more active role in disease prevention for women?
Academic institutions can take a more active role in disease prevention by increasing communicating on disease prevention. In colleges for example they can hold a women health fair and get various wellness companies to come out and students can visit different booths and get material on the different diseases that are out there. A long with the booths have a health care provider conduct health screenings on site like blood work that can give you results the same day on your sugar levels, cholesterol, etc. College students have a higher tendency to eat unhealthy and educating them on the importance of healthy eating can go a long way.
Another way Academic institutions can take a more active role is by offering healthier menus for students. The other day I picked my niece up from school and I asked her about lunch. She said I take my lunch, school lunch is gross, they have pizza, burgers, fried chicken fingers, fries and other stuff that I could not believe they serve. It's been a while since I was in high school and I really don't remember what they served. If the children are eating unhealthy at an early age in school the likeliness of them continuing the unhealthy eating will continue.
Ultimately it is each individuals responsibility to work on a healthy life style to prevent diseases, but if academic institutions can help educate it will help a lot since we spend so many years in school.
Hi Yadira,
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with you about the women's health fair that would be very helpful and provide a lot of educational information of the different diseases that affect women everyday. Maybe they could even provide couselors to speak with those who have had the disease before or those who's family or friends are battling it now. Great post
Shenita Jolivette
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI think that schools do have a great deal of influence over students. Just the sheer fact that so much time is spent in traditional schooling, more hours than at home. Also, sometimes when things are presented in a group setting it may have more credence than "just" Mom or Dad saying so. I think health education should be a more inclusive in all ages and grade levels. It is minimal at best at the high school level and in elementary grades it really depends on the teachers or if there is an enrichment curriculum available.
Thank you,
Amy Hicks
Thanks,
ReplyDeleteI really liked your post. I think that is a great idea to have learning institutions provide Women with health care information and blood work; until this day I am unaware of my blood type and blood sugar levels. I know diabetes runs in my family so that information would be very informative. I decided this week after reading this chapter that I was going to exam my breast once every month, because I found out that my family has history with cancer.
And I can testify to the school lunches, I was a victim of their unhealthy lunches and they were the cause of me being overweight when I was in middle school to my junior year in high school. I took it upon myself to eat healthy and workout.
Thanks for your post
November 6, 2010 9:38 PM