Health In Your Hands Issue #6 Winter 2013 | Page 5

T O U G A L O O

C O L L E G E

O W E N S

H E A L T H

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W E L L N E S S

C E N T E R

From Campus To Community!
Creating Connections Between Campus and Community Through Partnerships
and Collaboration
Sigma’s Fight To End Obesity

It’s 2014. That would be 100 years since 1914, the year that Phi
Beta Sigma Fraternity was founded. On January 18, 2014,
members of the Mu Sigma Chapter joined OHWC in our
mission to equip and encourage the metro Jackson community
to live healthier and more active lifestyles. The event, which
was held at MetroCenter Mall, included health screenings,
fitness demonstrations, a boxing exhibition and massage
therapy.

Que Delta Plots Talks

On December 5, 2013, Tougaloo
College Greek-letter organizations,
Gamma Psi Chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta, Sorority and the Rho
Epsilon Chapter of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, participated in the first
text-enabled conversation on
mental health. The event was
designed to strengthen mental
health on campuses & in
communities.

Democratic Education in America?

Democratic Education is an
educational ideal in which
democracy is both a goal and a
method of instruction. There is a
movement in Jackson, MS that
aims to mobilize action to advance
meaningful learning and build a
more just and sustainable
democracy. OHWC Director of
Campus Life and Community
Outreach, George “Chuck”
Patterson, writes a short blog
highlighting examples of
democratic education in action.
The blog can be found at:
www.democraticeducation.org/
index.php/blog/

Team Work In Tunica
The Tougaloo College/Delta HealthPartners North team (Marky Holland BSW, and Chelesa Presley ; Outreach Consultant) hosted it’s Tunica
County Consortia meeting on October 31, 2013 at Rosa Fort High School in Tunica, Mississippi. The guest speaker of this event was Dr. Juanita
Graham, DNP, RN FRSPH, who gave a presentation on “Infant Mortality in the MS Delta”. Dr. Graham explained that Mississippi historically
leads the nation in rates of infant death. Mississippi is not alone in infant death rates. 7 of the 10 highest Infant Mortality of Rate (IMR) in the
United States are among the Southeast states such as; Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Dr.
Graham stated that the leading causes of death among Mississippi infants in 2012, were Birth Defects, and Low Birth Weight infants. Dr.
Graham stressed that, in order for moms to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy birth outcome, moms must be healthy in the baby’s first
month of life. !
Representatives that participated in the consortia were Glenn Grant Coroner of Tunica County, representatives of Rosa Fort High School,
Region I Mental Health, Tunica County Recreational Center Boys & Girls Club, Delta HealthPartners consumer/client of Coahoma County,
and Healthy Homes Mississippi.

Health In Your Hands

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