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Thirty students who attended
High School Summer Enrichment Programs throughout Southern Arizona
were selected to be delegates at Unitown, USA,
which was held from July 31st through August 2nd at the Westward Look
Resort in Tucson. A total of 10 delegates from the Nogales/Rio Rico
area were selected to attend the program. Unitown USA is a summer
leadership experience in diversity that motivates and prepares youth
"delegate" participants to combat bias, bigotry and recism
in their schools and communities. While at the camp, delegates gained
the skills to: decrease stereotyping attitudes, increase openness
to new ideas and experiences, develop an understanding and appreciation
of the diversity they bring to camp as well as the diversity that
others may bring, improve leadership skills and realize they can have
an impact on their own communites.
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The SEAHEC High School Summer
Enrichment Program was held from July 28th - July 30th at
SEAHEC & Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital. A total of 35 High School
students from Nogales & Rio Rico High School were recruited and
attended the program. The program covered three areas of enrichment
which included math review, hands on science activities and English
review and writing skills.
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From July 27th through August
2nd the AzAHEC Peer Leadership Summer Camp was held at the
Northern Arizona University Campus in Flagstaff. Thirty-four high
school freshman and sophomores from around the state participated.
Students learned about health careers in such fields as: gerontology,
natural homeopathic medicine and sports medicine. Students also participated
in a learning to learn workshop and leadership skills development.
Half of the group learned about obesity and diabetes while the other
half learned how to do a community assessment. Both groups presented
on their topics through the use of skits and powerpoint presentations.
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SEAHEC a sponsored a five
day Middle School Summer Enrichment Program
which was held at SEAHEC and Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital from July
7th through July 11th. A total of 35 students were recruited from
Desert Shadows, Calabasas and Wade Carpenter Middle Schools located
in Nogales & Rio Rico, Arizona. The program was based on hands
on activities in science which included a sheep eye dissection, which
was made possible by the Committment to Underserved People (CUP Program)
from the University of Arizona. The program include a math review,
which covered general math and introduced pre-algebra and algebra
to the students. The final portion of the program was an English enrichment
section where the students were reviewed basic grammar and writing
skills.
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The
SEAHEC Program Coordinators are preparing a six session Presentation
Skills Building Series. Teachers, law enforcement officials,
health educators, community service providers, public safety personnel,
emergency service providers and any other agencies that provide presentations
or training to the public are being invited to attend this two day
conference to be held at the Copper Queen Community Health Hospital
in Bisbee, Arizona on Wednesday May 21st and Thursday May 22nd from
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at a cost of $25.00 for both days.
ScheduleMay
21st, 2003
Session I:
Understanding Participants
What you need to know before your presentation
Session II:
Insuring Success & Improving Future Presentations
Developing goals, objectives and evaluation methods
Session III:
Valuing Culture Diversity
Making your presentation audience specific
May 22nd, 2003
Session IV:
Facilitating the Learning Process & Identifying Presentation
Needs
Making sure you have the right information and tools for your presentation
Session V:
Sequencing, Structuring and Tailoring Your Presentation &
Selecting Presentation Methods and Aids
Making sure that you presentation runs smoothly and reaches all audience
members.
Session VI:
Closing Ceremony
Your opportunity to practice what you learned and graduation.
If you are interested in participating in this Skills Building Series,
please contact Amanda Garcia @ (520) 287-4722 or email at: [email protected]
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On
May 2nd, 2003 the 11th Annual Tucson Area EMS Update 2003 “Sobreviviente”
Conference was held at Hotel Plaza Las Glorias in Puerto
Peñasco, Sonora. The conference was attended by Emergency Medical
Technicians, Paramedics, Emergency Room Doctors and Emergency Department
Registered Nurses. The conference included presentations on the following
topics:“Marine
Evenomation” – Mark Wolfson, MD / “Electrical
Injuries”- Frank Paul, DO / “Permissive Hypotension”
– John Porter, MD / “Survivor Challenge” –
Terry Valenzuela, MD / “Closed Head Injuries” –
Andrea Herbert, MD / “Cardiac/Thoracic Trauma” –
Cynthia Urbina, RN
This conference was made possible due to the generous support from:
SEAHEC, Rural/Metro Fire, U of A Department of Emergency Medicine,
Tucson Fire Fighters Local 479, Southern Arizona Trauma Network (SATNET)
and United Fire Equipment.
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On
April 12th, 2003 the 2nd Annual Patagonia Health & Safety Fair
took place at the Patagonia Town Park. The Health & Safety
Fair participants included local Nogales, Patagonia & Sonoita
business, non-profit and government agencies. There were approximately
150 attendees.
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SEAHEC
along with the Arizona Association of Community Health Centers (AACHC)
sponsored a two-part presentation on Lupus. The first section
of this program was broadcasted on February 24th, 2003 by the Arizona
Telemedicine System. The guest speaker for this event was Bridget
Walsh, DO who discussed the signs/symptoms and treatment of Systemic
Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). The second section of this program was
broadcasted on March 24th, 2003. The first guest speaker for this
event was Lillian Depka, RN who addressed patient information and
how to start a support group. Lillian Depka is a founding member and
past president of the Lupus Foundation in Tucson. She herself has
lived with Lupus for 33 years. The second guest speaker was Rebecca
Brodt Weinberg, RN, MS who addressed the psychological effects of
SLE. Rebecca Brodt Weinberg is a state certified marriage and family
therapist. She has taught numerous workshops and seminars on family
and chronic illnesses as well as self-help courses for SLE, arthritis
and multiple sclerosis. This program will be distributed to all community
health centers throughout the United States in the form of a CD Presentation.
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On
February 7th, 2003 SEAHEC sponsored a one-day conference titled “Bio-Terrorism,
Are you prepared?” along with the Cochise County
Health Department’s Office of Bio-Terrorism Preparedness, Cochise
County Local Emergency Planning Committee, Cochise County Emergency
Services, University of Arizona-South, Cochise College and the American
Red Cross . A total of 189 participants registered for this event,
which was held at the Lakeside Activity Centre in Fort Huachuca.
Conference topics
were:
Bio-Terrorism
Awareness
FBI’s Role in Terrorism
Review of MMRS Drill
Immunization & Smallpox
Medical Management
Pre-hospital care
Air Evacuation
Community Preparedness
Communications
Hazardous Material Response
Crisis Management
County Emergency Services
At
the conclusion of this conference participants were able to help plan
and coordinate appropriate emergency response to incidents of bio-terrorism,
assist in surveillance for early detection and ensure appropriate
management of victims of a bio-terrorism attach.
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Representatives
of the state health departments of Arizona and Sonora met on January
31st at the SEAHEC office. The purpose was to begin the process
of bi-national preparedness for terrorism. Each state health department
sent representatives to update the local county representatives with
the readiness plans at the state level. Bio-terrorism coordinators
from Yuma, Santa Cruz, Cochise and Pima Counties in Arizona and public
health officials from Agua Prieta, Nogales and San Luis Rio Colorado,
Sonora, Mexico each presented the states of local planning. The emphasis
was identifying the medical and service providers in each geographic
area needed to develop a comprehensive plan for each area and identify
infrastructure readiness, training needs, communication needs and
to develop a plan for a collaborative response in the event of an
act of terrorism.
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