WATERForALL Effect: National Public Health Week Campaign

WATERForALL Effect is a campaign started by BYU nursing students to help encourage people to drink more water in honor of National Public Health Week, April 2-8, 2012. Each day the campaign will give you a simple step to drink more water, and ultimately be healthier. Watch the video, join the campaign, pledge to drink less sugar beverages and share the “Waterfall” effect on the facebook page: www.facebook.com/drinkwatertoday

Costa Vida and Project Read, March 27th Provo

We all need to eat. We all need to read. Please spread the word. Provo Costa Vida will donate 20% of all purchases on March 27th if you and your 99 friends bring in the above flyer. Project Read helps more than 21,000 adults in Utah county who cannot read.

Attitudes on Abortion

 

As I was updating the "Recent Utah Health News Page" I found this recently posted graph interesting. 

Freedom's Families

I spotlighted Freedom's Families support group for veterans and their families a little bit ago, but I wanted to share their new youtube videos and website with you. I have met and worked with Warren personally and am so impressed. Please enjoy his story and share it with others. He is making a difference that will change the world, one family at a time.

"The mission of Freedom's Families is to save families of veterans from the devastation of divorce"s is 

•  Veterans from the Iraq & Afghanistan who are diagnosed with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are twice as likely to divorce than their comrades without the disability
• They are three times as likely to divorce two or more times. 
• Divorce affects all members of the family and has transgenerational implications for children of disabled veterans.

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Pledge to End the R-Word

Rosa's Law
Rosa’s Law, signed by President Obama on October 6, 2010, requires federal statutes currently using the term “mental retardation” to refer instead to “intellectually disability.” Pledge to End the R-Word is an ongoing campaign to "Spread the Word to End the Word". Join the 287,545 people who have pledged today. (The pledge is free of charge and registration)


Why Does It Hurt?
The R-word hurts because it is exclusive. It’s offensive. It’s derogatory. The R-word is hate speech. See why supporters think the R-Word is hurtful when used in jokes or as part of everyday speech. More on Effects >

How "Retardation" went from a Clinical Description to a Word of Derision

When they were originally introduced, the terms “mental retardation” or “mentally retarded” were medical terms with a specifically clinical connotation; however, the pejorative forms, “retard” and “retarded” have been used widely in today’s society to degrade and insult people with intellectual disabilities. Additionally, when “retard” and “retarded” are used as synonyms for “dumb” or “stupid” by people without disabilities, it only reinforces painful stereotypes of people with intellectual disabilities being less valued members of humanity.
“Everyone has a gift and the world would be better off if we recognized it.” – Timothy Shriver, Chairman and CEO of Special Olympics. 

Source for content, r-word.org

International Women's Day

Google Doodle Celebrating IWD

Today is International Women's Day, a day which focuses on empowering women around the globe.
Check out these amazing organizations making a difference and see how you can share and join their cause. 


The International Rescue Committee is using social media to spread stories of women in crisis through its recently launched Wake Up campaign. The IRC shares the stories of women such as Fatuma, whose daughter was assaulted in Somalia; Angele, who is living as an asylee from Cameroon in the U.S.; and Francine, who is overcoming the damage of working as a sex slave in the Congo.

#RockTheLips

For more read this great blog post by Zoe Fox. 

Congenital Heart Defect Video

Hi all! It took longer than I thought to create this video, but I hope you enjoy. It was an honor to celebrate Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week!