Building Communities Through Green & Sustainable Jobs

Currently on Prevention WV...

Going green isn’t JUST about recycling plastic bottles and newspaper. Green initiatives also mean community development, because they strive to improve community well-being. Sarah Halstead Boland joins me on the current edition of Prevention West Virginia to discuss West Virginia GreenWorks an organization that strives to create sustainable green jobs in local communities.

Additional information about Prevention WV, including show times and locations, is available at http://www.prevnet.org/preventionwvTV/default.aspx.

RX Abuse Prevention Strategies Workshop Dec 14

The Northern WV Rural Health Education Center is sponsoring an RX Abuse Prevention Strategies Workshop December 14th @ Glenville State College.

This FREE workshop is intended for medical professionals (physicians, nurses, pharmacists); social workers; counselors; law enforcement; addiction & prevention professionals in BRAXTON, CALHOUN, GILMER, LEWIS & WIRT counties. Continuing education units will be available. There will be a nominal fee for some types of CEUs.

Please use the link below to view and/or print an 11x17 information flyer, which includes a detailed agenda, presenter info, and additional CEU details.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18051075/2011-12-RX_Prevention_Glenville.pdf

To confirm your eligibility to attend and to register, please contact
Donna Steigleder
304.462.6292
donna.steigleder@nwvrhec.org

This workshop may be offered at additional locations this spring. Please call Jo Beyer @ 304.766.6301 ext 21 for additional information.

Health Observances in November 2011 & WV Resources

•American Diabetes Month & World Diabetes Day (Nov 14)
WV Diabetes Prevention & Control Program

•Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Month & World COPD Day (Nov 16)
COPD Includes Chronic Bronchitis, Emphysema and Asthma


•Lung & Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
WV Comprehensive Cancer Program

•National Family Caregivers Month
WV Caregivers

•American Healthy Skin Month

•National Hospice Palliative Care Month

•Prematurity Awareness Month
March of Dimes WV Chapter

•Great American Smokeout (Nov 17)
WV Div. of Tobacco Prevention

•International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (Nov 25)
WV Coalition Against Domestic Violence

WV Wellness and Prevention Event Calendar
available @ www.PrevNET.org
Please send relevant event information to michele.burnside@marshall.edu.

WV Wellness and Prevention County Coalition Contact Information
available @ www.PrevNET.org
Please send relevant event information to michele.burnside@marshall.edu.

Take Care WV RX Abuse Prevention Campaign Website
available @ www.takecarewv.org
It is dangerous and illegal to share prescription medications with family and friends.


Sources: National Health Information Center, Wellness Council of America