The School of Public Health at the University of Alberta is pleased to announce a new issue of our newsletter, Healthe-news.


In this issue:


Finding balance in tobacco prevention for Aboriginal youth - We know that the earlier people start smoking, the less likely they are to quit as adults. We also know that the longer people use tobacco, the greater the chances are that they will become ill as a result...

One more reason to promote the family dinner - Health experts have long held that children shouldn't watch more than one to two hours a day of television. Too much screen time encourages sedentary behaviour and contributes to rising levels of obesity...

Partnering in remote regions of Pakistan - Situated in Asia and home to one of the World's most spectacular mountain regions - the Himalayas - Pakistan is a world away from the streets of Edmonton, Alberta. Zubia Mumtaz expects to spend time over the next three years in District Attock, the region of Pakistan that borders Afghanistan, where she will study gender and class barriers faced by female health care workers as they provide door-step family planning services...


Public health CEO a powerful woman - She is president and CEO of a major health care centre, an alumna from the School of Public Health and, now, Janet Davidson (MHSA, '84) is one of Canada's 100 Most Powerful Women...



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Cheers,
Donna
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Donna Richardson
Manager, Faculty Communications
School of Public Health, University of Alberta

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