Web 2.0 and Public Health -- As seen at UPHA Conference 2008

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Carl and I had a great time presenting information from the upcoming publication in the American Journal of Health Education (Hanson, C.L., Thackeray, R., Barnes, M.D., Neiger, B.L., & McIntyre, E. (2008). The changing face of Internet communication in the 21st century: Integrating Web 2.0 in Health Education Preparation and Practice. American Journal of Health Education. [In press]). The crowd was very responsive and asked a lot of great questions. If you have questions too, please post them as a comment.

I enjoyed the presentation on Personal Leadership by Joyce Gaufin, BS. She was actually using ideas from The Leadership Challenge (as seen in Carl's class), which provided me with a bit more than a review since I had the added benefit of hearing the perspectives of public health professionals.

The final speaker was Nicole Hawkins, Ph.D. whose presentation on "Understanding the Pressures Placed on Women to be Perfect" ended with a quick summary of the nutrition philosophy of intuitive eating. Thanks to Dr. Steve Hawks, many current and past BYU public health are already fans of it. I certainly am a convert and can't wait to learn more about it!




The scenery and the conference center in Midway were both wonderful. On a personal note, sometimes my public health, Air Force, and LDS worlds overlap. I actually met a UDOH staff member whose family knew mine in Ohio 25 years ago.

In addition, a friend who was attending the conference recommended I try a 5-day old restaurant on Main Street -- The Cafe Galleria. What a great chance to give intuitive eating a try!


The place is a combination of a photo art gallery and wood fired pizza restaurant straight out of Italy, but right in the middle of Midway, Utah. As you can see below, I ordered a pizza with prosciutto (\prō-ˈshü-(ˌ)tō\) and fresh basil. Those toppings, mozzarella, great sauce, and crust simply melted in my mouth. I kept monitoring my body's satisfaction level. The pizza was so light compared to most "American" pizza, I ended up eating the whole thing! I've learned that one way that my body tells me that I have overstuffed myself is through feelings of grogginess. But after a couple hours, I still feel great.



Has anyone else had similar experiences with intuitive eating principles?

BYU MPHers Attend the 2008 Health Education Advocacy Summit in Washington D.C.

One of my favorite experiences during the BYU MPH program has related to the Health Education Advocacy Summit, hosted by SOPHE and made possible by the leadership of Dr. Michael Barnes and the funding of Mary Lou & Ira Fulton.


This year, we were able to increase our numbers to 20. This led to us building greater connections between faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates; meeting with representatives from a wide variety of states; eating a lot of great food; and making memories to last a lifetime. The sites to be seen and spirit to be felt in our nation's capital seemed to be amplified for me as we walked (and sometimes ran) back and forth between the Senate and House sides of the Capital building, advocating for public health programs and funding which have been shown to prevent disease and promote health on a population level and in a diversity of communities.


In between and following Hill visits and workshops, we able to tour Smithsonians, galleries of art, and monuments. What a blast!

Stay tuned for more about this!