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February 17, 2007
Women's Health and Fitness Event at Ypsi High
Merle, Pat M., and I (anna) attended the UM Women Medical Students' event called Women's Health and Fitness held at Ypsilanti High School on February 17th from early morning until early afternoon. We set up a little table with our HSL name, our brochures about MedlinePlus, two laptops featuring PowerPoint of a number of relevant MedlinePlus topics (we tried to match them up with the workshops held at the event), and we distributed over 50 NLM flyers and a number of library brochures (plus a lot of good will). Several of our colleagues were present to attend the workshop, as well (Agnes, Barb G.). After the crowds had dispersed we attended a number of excellent workshops (e.g., "Hiding in Plain Sight"--about violence to women; "Chair Yoga," and "It's Not Just Potty Talk"--about colon cancer and the need for screening. We also made contact with Debbi Smith who runs the UM Women's Health Resource Center, and we promised to collaborate with each other. She will drop off bookmarks for her unit soon and will pick up some of our brochures, she said. All in all, I would say that it was an outstanding outreach venture from the standpoint of reaching local women of all ages and ethnicities and promoting the fact that HSL care and are there to provide further good health information.
Posted by schnitzr at February 17, 2007 02:41 PM