Recent Announcements:

December 2012 - Latest News from UNM Health Science Center. Featured story Stepping Up. Based in scenic Cuba, New Mexico, Step Into Cuba is a program to promote healthy physical activity through development of sidewalks, paths, trails, social support, and opportunities for lifestyle change. Step into Cuba is guided by a partnership of organizations and individuals – the Step Into Cuba Alliance – and coordinated by the Nacimiento Community Foundation. The University of New Mexico’s Prevention Research Center, also an important partner, is providing evidence-based strategies and conducting research on the program’s effectiveness. The UNM PRC, along with the New Mexico Department of Health and the UNM Communications and Marketing Department, recently produced a series of videos on the Step Into Cuba program, in an effort to help other New Mexico communities launch similar efforts .This overview video is the first in a series of six vignettes that help explain what has become a national model for healthier communities.

Nov. 26, 2012 - CDC News -- More People Walk to Better Health. More than 145 million adults now include walking as part of a physically active lifestyle. More than 6 in 10 people walk for transportation or for fun, relaxation, or exercise, or for activities such as walking the dog. The percentage of people who report walking at least once for 10 minutes or more in the previous week rose from 56% (2005) to 62% (2010). Read more.

Integrating Community-Based Prevention Research and Systems and Network Science Seminar Series
Social Network Analysis in Public Health: A Grand Tour
Thursday, November 29, 2012 
Starting at 12:30 pm
Domenici Center Room 2112 at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Douglas Luke, Ph.D., Professor and Director
Center for Public Health Systems Science, George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington
University in St. Louis
Dr. Luke's presentation (see PDF slides) will highlight social network analysis in public health organizations and provide examples of application of systems science methods to important public health problems. (see PDF flier)

Tuesday, November 27, 2012
UNM Prevention Research Center Presents:
Positive Youth Development: A Practical Approach for Working with New Mexico Youth (see PDF flier)
Presenter: Tessa Medina-Lucero, MPH
Date: Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Place: Research Incubator Building (RIB)
Commons UNM Campus, 2703 Frontier NE Albuquerque, NM 87131
For more information or directions please contact Courtney FitzGerald at the UNM Prevention Research Center at
(505) 272-4462 or by email at cafitzgerald@salud.unm.edu

Please join the University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center for a screening and discussion series on THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION. Three years in the making, THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION is a four-part documentary series, featuring case studies and interviews with leading experts and with individuals and families struggling with obesity. The series spotlights the facts and myths of this urgent public health issue, showing how obesity affects the health of the nation and cripples the health care system – and what individuals and communities can do. (See PDF Flier)

Schedule:
Monday, November 12, 12:00 - 1:30    Part 1:  Consequences
Monday, November 26, 12:00 - 1:30    Part 2:  Choices
Monday, December 10, 12:00 - 1:30     Part 3:  Children in Crisis
Monday, December 17, 12:00 - 1:30     Part 4:  Challenges

Each screening will begin at 12:00 noon and last for approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Please save time in your schedule for discussion following the screening. THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION is a presentation of HBO and the Institute of Medicine (IOM), in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and in partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente.

Location:
University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center
Research Incubator Building (RIB) Commons
2703 Frontier NE, Albuquerque NM 87131
For More Information: Contact Sarah Sanders at 505-272-4462 or sreinh@salud.unm.edu

Check out the 2011 results of the New Mexico Youth Risk and Resilency Survey. Visit the website: www.youthrisk.orgor download 2011 Report PDF (11 MGS).

Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
UNM Prevention Research Center Presents...
Mediated Risk Communication: Evidence-Based Message Framing and Fear Appeals
Despite the importance of effective risk communication, few health promotion messages are designed according to evidence-based techniques, and much confusion exists about the use of fear appeals in communicating risk. This talk will address the state of the research on using fear appeals, and review how they can be used across different contexts and with different communities. Based on this evidence, we will explore strategies for using new technologies and social media to communicate your messages using effective health promotion framing. See PDF Flyer.

Presenter: Tamar Ginossar, PhD, Assistant Professor Department of Communication and Journalism
Time: 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm (Feel free to bring your lunch)
Place: Research Incubator Building (RIB) Commons
UNM Campus, 2703 Frontier NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131
For more information please contact Theresa Cruz at (505) 272-4462
or by email at ThCruz@salud.unm.edu

Tuesday, November 6, 2012
UNM Prevention Research Center Presents...
Results of 2011 Youth Risk and Resilience Survey (YRRS)
The YRRS is a tool to assess health risk behaviors and resiliency (protective) factors of New Mexico high school and middle school students. Part of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), the YRRS is administered to New Mexico students in grades 6 - 12 during odd-numbered years. The survey is a joint effort of the New Mexico Public Education Department, New Mexico Department of Health, and the University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center. Topics include: nutrition and physical activity; unintentional injury; tobacco use; suicidal ideation and attempts; alcohol & drug use; family & community relationships; sexual activity; and violence & bullying.
See attached PDF flyer.

Presenter: Linda Peñaloza, PhD, - Principal Investigator, YRRS
Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Time: 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm
Place: Research Incubator Building (RIB) Commons
UNM Campus, 2703 Frontier NE. Albuquerque, NM 87131
For more information or directions please contact Courtney FitzGerald at the UNM Prevention Research Center at
(505) 272-4462 or by email at cafitzgerald@salud.unm.edu

Tuesday, October 16, 2012
UNM Prevention Research Center Journal Club Series Presents
Youth's Perspectives on the Determinants of Health
Julia Hess, PhD, Post-doctoral Fellow
Research Incubator Building (RIB) Commons, UNM Campus, 2703 Frontier NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131
For more information or directions please contact UNM Prevention Research Center at (505) 272-4462.
See PDF FLYER

Article to read for the Journal Club.
Woodgate, R.L. and Leach, J. (2010). Youth's Perspectives on the Determinants of Health,
Qualitative Health Research 20 (9): 1173-1182.
http://qhr.sagepub.com/content/20/9/1173.short

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