New and Expecting Fathers: Your Input is Needed!

The Department of Pediatrics' Division of Community Health Research is conducting a survey to learn more about the needs and experiences of new and expecting fathers.
The first year of a child's life is a critical time during which a father's positive influence can promote strong development and decrease a child's susceptibility to health, social, and behavioral problems. This survey aims to learn more about the experiences and concerns related to new fatherhood.
If you are currently expecting a child or have an infant under 6 months of age, visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=7OKuynPYPRItBuzIGuXTyQ_3d_3d to participate. The survey will take 15-30 minutes to complete and answers are confidential.
Fathers who participate in the survey portion of the study can volunteer to be contacted for the second part of the study. If you are invited to the second part of the study, a project staff member may contact you by telephone or email to invite you to participate in a face-to-face or telephone interview. If you participate in the interview, you will receive $50.

For more information please contact study director, Dr. James Paulson, at paulsojf@evms.edu.

Advertising approved by the EVMS IRB, IRB # 07-11-WC-0263.

National Playground Safety Institute

Keep Kids Safe At Your Playground... Register To Become A Certified Playground Safety Inspector. The National Playground Safety Institute will be held October 1 - 3, 2008 at the Richmond Marriott in Richmond , VA . Total registration will be limited to 80, so register early. Registration Deadline is August 29, 2008. For more information and to register please go to:
http://www.vrps.com/associations/6022/files/2008.NPSI.Application.and.Info.pdf

Asthma, thick air keeps some confined indoors

The smoke blowing in from fires in the Great Dismal Swamp and North Carolina is a trigger of asthma attacks. This is the recent article in the Virginian Pilot that interviewed Dr. Kelly and mentions CINCH Asthma 101 training. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/06/asthma-thick-air-keeps-some-confined-indoors?t=1214317668

Kids Priority One - New community calendar

The calendar is for all of Hampton Roads—and is designed to help promote those programs, services and events that occur once, or over a limited period of time—such as parenting classes, support groups, military family classes, general adult and teen workshops, family fun and educational events, and professional training opportunities—such as conferences or foster parent training.
Here is the link: http://www.kidspriorityone.org/calendar

Virginia Kids Eat Free

Virginia Kids Eat Free is trying to make sure that every child up to 18 years old is part of the summer community in Virginia ---socially involved, playing hard, and eating smart. Youth organizations, festivals, daycare centers, summer camps, community centers, faith-based organizations and non-profits may visit www.vakidseatfree.org or call 757-652-9942 to get information on how to receive FREE meals for kids this summer.

Health Fairs

This weekend on Friday, June 27 at Oakleaf Forest located at 1701 Greenleaf Drive in Norfolk from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. And on Saturday, June 28 at Calvary Revival on Popular Hall Drive in Norfolk from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm.

Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities. Workshop Summary

In early 2007, the Institute of Medicine convened the Roundtable on Health Disparities to increase the visibility of racial and ethnic health disparities as a national problem, to further the development of programs and strategies to reduce disparities, to foster the emergence of leadership on this issue, and to track promising activities and developments in health care that could lead to dramatically reducing or eliminating disparities. The Roundtable's first workshop, Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities , was held in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 31, 2007, and examined the importance of differences in life expectancy within the United States, the reasons for those differences, and the implications of this information for programs and policy makers.
Read more about this workshop summary
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