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Hss Advocate Alumni News Fall 2015, Department Of Health And Sport Sciences Oct 2015

Hss Advocate Alumni News Fall 2015, Department Of Health And Sport Sciences

Health and Sport Sciences Newsletter

  • HSS Gets a New Facility!
  • Hunger Heros 5K
  • Alumna Wins Award for Share Bac A Pac Efforts
  • Paul Longnecker Wins Edgar Hayhow Award
  • A Message from the Chair by Dr. Joan Rocks


Hss Advocate Departmental Fall 2015, Department Of Health And Sport Sciences Oct 2015

Hss Advocate Departmental Fall 2015, Department Of Health And Sport Sciences

Health and Sport Sciences Newsletter

  • HSS Gets a New Facility!
  • 1st Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest
  • Student (Grant Seredick) Wins Prestigious Award


The Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Health Care Share: An Immunization For The Future, Paul Feenan Jun 2015

The Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Health Care Share: An Immunization For The Future, Paul Feenan

Food Systems Summit 2015

In 2012, The Farm at VYCC partnered with Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) to pilot the Health Care Share (HCS), a food security initiative that provides farm fresh produce and poultry to families in need. In 2013, the University of Vermont Medical Center (then Fletcher Allen Health Care), joined the program. Medical providers identify patient and employee families who are unable to afford or access fresh, nutritious food. Families enrolled in the HCS receive a weekly allotment of fresh produce, information on food storage and preparation, and increased access to nutritional counseling.

The HCS relies on a constellation of local …


Changes In Malaria Prevention And Incidence Due To Political Restructuring Of Mozambique And South Africa, Nirmala K. Shivakumar Jan 2015

Changes In Malaria Prevention And Incidence Due To Political Restructuring Of Mozambique And South Africa, Nirmala K. Shivakumar

Undergraduate Research Posters

The UN’s current Millennium Development Goal puts pressure on many countries to decrease malaria incidence by 2015, including Mozambique and South Africa. While Mozambique and South Africa have continually worked to decrease malaria incidence for the last five decades, neither country can claim elimination of disease by UN standards. This study analyzes the changes in political structure and the simultaneous changes in the malaria prevention programs of Mozambique and South Africa after the end of their respective civil wars in 1992 and 1994. This study analyzed public health, historical, and social science journal articles. This study examined political power distribution, …