‘Caring for our Community’ Focus of NUI Galway’s new Public Lecture Series

First lecture to focus on suicide prevention

NUI Galway’s School of Nursing and Midwifery will commence a new and innovative community outreach initiative this semester, focusing on sharing knowledge and expertise on health topics that are of interest to local communities. The first knowledge exchange event which will focus on ‘Suicide Prevention’ will take place on Tuesday, 27 May at 7pm in Lecture Theatre 1, Áras Moyola.

Preliminary work conducted with community members indicate that communities would value information and knowledge concerning such topics as;

• How much exercise do you need to stay healthy and what type of exercise is best?

• How to maintain good mental health and to recognise mental health issues in others?

• How do I stay healthy during pregnancy?

• What is dementia?

• How best to care for someone with dementia?

• Keeping healthy in pregnancy: 7pm, Tuesday, 30 September 2014.

• Getting fit: 7pm, Tuesday, 27 January 2015.

This is an initial list of topics and the School of Nursing and Midwifery invites the public to make suggestions for other health topics to be covered. To suggest any future health topics to be covered during the lecture series please contact John Quinlivan atjohn.quinlivan@nuigalway.ie or Mary Gannon at mary.e.gannon@nuigalway.ie.

There will be two further events over the coming year and these will focus on:

• Keeping healthy in pregnancy: 7pm, Tuesday, 30 September 2014.
• Getting fit: 7pm, Tuesday, 27 January 2015.

All events are open to the public.

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