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SNPhA visits Omega House

SNPhA visited Omega House during the winter break. The patients include diverse groups of individuals from different backgrounds. Members helped the hospice with cleaning the kitchen, washing dishes, helping with the laundry, cooking and serving the patients. Members also sat with the patient to discuss the information on our trifold and pamphlet to educate them on medications that are on the pamphlets, and most of them recognized the medications that they took. During the stay SNPha provided support and listened to patient's worries. Some patients were bedridden so SNPhA members helped the nurse clean them and feed them.

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worlds aids day

For World AIDS Day on December 1st, SNPhA members had the opportunity to educate the local community at a Walgreens located in the Houston area. customers learned about PrEP and awareness of HIV/AIDS in the youth. The population was mainly underserved. Members interacted and were able to hear personal stories about how HIV/AIDS has impacted customers lives. Quite a few customers were hesitant about speaking however, many were still be able to use the information that they learned with SNPhA to teach their friends and family. Many customers seemed enlightened at the end of the conversations and were quick to accept the flyers and pamphlets to take home and learn more about HIV/AIDS

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PTES volunteers at Houston Food Bank

PTES volunteers at Houston Food Bank and participates in the YMCA kid cafe program

PTES volunteered at the Houston Food Bank, in the Keegan's Kitchen which makes many meals for kids throughout Houston. The meals produced from Keegan's Kitchen goes to participating Kid's Cafe locations, which include elementary schools, community centers, and local YMCAs. Two of the PTES members were involved with cutting produce. They were combined with another group of volunteers, and the goal was to finish cutting up watermelon and cucumbers that was supposed to equate to 600 pounds of watermelon and 700 pounds of cucumbers before the end of the day. This task was split amongst 3 different shifts with different volunteer groups, and SNPhA members signed up for the afternoon shift. It was an interesting and new experience. Afterwards, the PTES members went to Weekley YMCA, which is a participant of the Kid's Cafe program. They spoke to the kids about what stroke is and the risk factors. They called up volunteers to demonstrate the BE FAST symptoms to help the other students identify stroke when they see it. The students were very engaged and asked many questions. Afterwards, we handed to them cards and pamphlets so that they can keep and distribute it to their parents.

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SNPhA does tabling, Visits Omega House, and Garden Terrace

Two CKD members led a session to help fellow students become certified as kidney health educators through the American Kidney Fund. First, members presented background on the American Kidney Fund such as how it was founded and what services they currently provide. CKD members also provided a brief overview of chronic kidney disease before the students proceeded with the certification modules. CKD helped students register with the American Kidney Fund as well as answered questions they had while they completed the course.

Initiative members visited Omega house Friday, 11/10 where they were able to help out around the house by doing dishes and washing clothes. A local church group also brought food donations and students helped them move the bags of donations inside the house. Students also helped put the donations items into storage. There were two patients present on Friday. The HIV/AIDS initiatves were able to interact with them and see how their week was going as well as serve them dinner for the evening.

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UH SNPhA at Whidby Elementary School

On 11/6/2017 Several initiatives went to Whidby Elementary to educate students who were part of the after school program. Among the initiatives to participate were Mental Health, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Diabetes and HIV!

Mental Health provided education on stress, anxiety, and eating disorders to students in 2nd to 6th grade. And had an activity to demonstrate how important mental health was to the state of well being. The presentation ended with students expressing what they learned from the meeting, and how they would seek out help if they needed it.

CKD committee members provide education about Chronic Kidney Disease, began the meeting asking students if they could share what they already knew and what they did not know. CKD then explained to the students how there are other functions of the kidneys. Students also played games guessing some fun facts about kidneys and they left home with information about the disease state.

Diabetes chairs began their presentation by reviewing what they had taught the students a few weeks ago. Students remembered the main function of the pancreas and the types of diabetes a person can get. This week, the focused on the effects of diabetes on the body. They discussed how Diabetes can affect kidneys, eyes, and heart. Then, students were given a short crossword puzzle to do together looking for the keywords that were used during the presentation (ex. hyperglycemia, sugar, pancreas, insulin, etc). Finally, students were taught a 3 minute stretch exercise that they could do independently each morning to start off their day.

HIV/AIDS educated students using a comic strip which explained the disease state and how to avoid possible ways of getting infected with HIV/AIDs. Following the presentation, the children were given a handout with true/false statements. HIV and AIDS also clarified any questions that were asked during the presentation.