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Ohiohealth Population Health Diabetes Prevention Program, Erica Kick

Masters Theses/Capstone Projects

OhioHealth Population Health works to provide programs for the community in which they are of no cost. This allows for individuals to be provided with the education they need to live a more sustainable life. The following Program "ENGAGE" looks at diabetes education and management in ways that helps the participants better understand their disease and how to handle things going forward.

Find Your Flow: A Menstrual Health Social Media Campaign, Sarah Hamp-Adams

Kinesiology and Public Health

In many cultures, menstruation is surrounded by silence and shame instead of being celebrated as a sign of health and vitality. Globally, challenges, including stigma surrounding menstruation, create barriers for menstruators (White, 2013; Crawford, 2014; Garg, 2015). It proves to be difficult for young menstruators to navigate menarche due to the taboos and socio-cultural restrictions surrounding menstruation (Sharma,2015). Encouraging women to have open conversations about their periods is necessary to combat these challenges.

To understand how to address the stigmas around menstruation, the researchers first conducted a literature review, revealing that education messages via the Internet, posters, storytelling, and peer …