Weighty issues
The Spring 2012 issue of the DMU magazine has hit the newsstands and it covers topics that weigh heavy on all of our minds. Enjoy!
Mental and emotional well-being
Today is day 5 of National Public Health Week 2012! Below, members of DMU’s Master of Public Health Student Club discuss today’s theme: mental and emotional well-being. Why focus on mental and emotional well-being? Many mental health disorders are preventable
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Reproductive and sexual health
Today is day 4 of National Public Health Week 2012! Our awesome Master of Public Health Student Club (MPHSC) members have a number of activities in the works – see below – to promote health across communities and population. MPHSC
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Make A Difference By Walking
DMU will join the American Heart Association in celebrating National Walking Day! It’s a day to challenge ourselves and our nation to get heart healthy, get fit and fight the number one killer of Americans – Heart Disease. Come together
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Heading home
Today we got all packed up and headed out to Valle for the morning. This adorable little town allowed us to buy some souvenirs and have some local snacks. Around noon we headed back to the airport in Tegucigalpa. After
Last day of brigading
Today we head out to our last day of brigading. I want to take a minute to first thank our health care professionals and doctors. Without them this trip would not have been possible. Below is the amazing group that
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Brigade day #4
Today we moved to the next community of Naranjal. The bus ride in the morning was a little bit shorter and we arrived at the new community bright and early to get started. The set up worked the same way
Back to Cofridia Metro
We returned to the same community today and once again there was a line of patients waiting for our arrival. After 251 patients seen in less than eight hours on Tuesday, we worked another seven hours today to get through
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First day of brigading
Wednesday in Honduras was the first day of medical brigading. We had a 5:30 a.m. wake up call, breakfast and then a three hour bus ride before arriving to the first community of Cofridia Metro. With people already lined up
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