Smokers who are ready to kick the habit are invited to participate in a free seven-week program sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
The small-group Freedom from Smoking program will meet from 5-6:30 p.m. for seven Tuesdays starting April 24 at 900 John Barrow Road. There is no cost to participate.
To register, contact certified tobacco treatment specialist Pat Franklin, APRN, at (501) 944-5934 or plfranklin@uams.edu.
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) celebrated National Public Health Week (NPHW) April 2-6.
NPHW is observed during the first full week of April each year. During the week, health professionals connect with individuals and communities to show how public health helps Arkansans improve their own health, protects them from epidemics, and provides preventive health services in their communities.
Healthcare professionals are invited to the 2018 Arkansas Pain Management Symposium on April 28 at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). It is designed to provide high-quality continuing education to an interprofessional audience to improve chronic pain treatment in the state.
The symposium will be 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. in the UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is rolling out vital records services to all local health units in all counties. By the end of this year, all health units should be able to process same-day, in-person requests for birth certificates and death certificates, in most cases.
Currently, these services are available in Pulaski-Central, Washington, Benton, Jefferson, Sebastian, Crawford, Craighead, Crittenden, Hempstead, Grant, Union, St. Francis, Boone, Drew, and Bradley county local health units.
Judy Grundfest recently was made a lifetime member of the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging Community Advisory Board by the board’s executive committee.
