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There are no events planned for summer 2012. The Department of Health Behavior hosts occasional talks on topics of interest to faculty, researchers, and students.
Cross-disciplinary exchanges create new ways of looking at the world and new solutions to pressing public health problems. Join the conversation! At this lively forum, presenters may formally present research findings, get feedback on work in progress, or practice a talk they have been invited to give elsewhere. We invite you to attend these colloquia by Departmental faculty, graduate students, and visiting scholars. Spring 2012 ColloquiaWednesday, February 1, 2012
Thomas A. Arcury (PDF flyer) "Work Safety Climate and Immigrant Workers in North Carolina"
** 12:30-1:45pm, 2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Gillings School of Global Public Health ** Monday, February 20, 2012 Bonnie Spring (PDF flyer) "Using Technology to Develop and Scale Health Promotion Interventions" ** 1:30-2:45pm, 2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Gillings School of Global Public Health ** Friday, March 9, 2012 Leslie A. Lytle (PDF flyer) "An Evolution of Health Promotion Research: From CATCH to CHOICES" ** 12:30-1:45pm, 2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Gillings School of Global Public Health ** February 1 Thomas A. Arcury, Ph.D. "Work Safety Climate and Immigrant Workers in North Carolina" Professor and Vice Chair, Research in the Department of Family and Community Medicine Wake Forest School of Medicine Wake Forest University Abstract: Dr. Arcury is a medical anthropologist and public health scientist with a research program focused on improving the health of rural and minority populations. This research program has examined pesticide exposure, green tobacco sickness, skin disease, injuries, housing conditions, and food security among migrant and seasonal farmworkers. He is also involved in studies of the occupational health of immigrant workers. These projects have been undertaken within the framework of community-based participatory research. In addition to empirical studies, this program has developed and implemented educational programs for immigrant workers and health care providers to prevent exposures and improve treatment. Finally, he has worked with advocacy groups to use the results of this reseaerch to change environmental and occupational health regulation. February 20 Bonnie Spring, Ph.D. "Using Technology to Develop and Scale Health Promotion Interventions" Professor, Preventive Medicine, Psychology, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Northwestern University Director, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Co-Program Leader for Cancer Prevention Abstract: Dr. Bonnie Spring's group conducts both mechanistic and intervention studies on health risk behaviors (tobacco use, poor quality diet, inactivity, obesity). The research aims towards early phase and later phase translation. Some ongoing research examines mechanisms that maintain unhealthy behaviors in order to derive knowledge that is then translated into the development of effective interventions. Other studies examine the use of information technologies to extend the reach of health promotion interventions. March 9 Leslie A. Lytle, Ph.D., RD "An Evolution of Health Promotion Research: From CATCH to CHOICES" Professor, Epidemiology and Community, School of Public Health University of Minnesota Abstract: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact Helena Mullen for more information -- hkm@unc.edu or 966-1131 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colloquia - Spring 2011
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