Allison Hogan Extra Credit Video

Extra Credit

Athens Clarke County Water Plant


Khadijah Brown
Kevin Bevillard
Zack Krause

Extra Credit Video!

Extra Credit! Sorry that its really dark

Michelle Luce
Kathleen Murdock
Savannah Zegers

Reflection: Plants-based Diet Video

Throughout the semester we watched a handful of videos that dealt with public health issues and topics in America. One that particularly interested our group was the video that centered around the importance of having a plants-based diet. This video caught our attention because it advocated a specific kind of healthy diet. It didn't push for the audience to eat healthier by eating less red and fried meats. No, they instead pushed for a sole vegetarian diet.

Another thing about this “plants-based diet” video that our group especially liked was their good approach in trying to raise awareness about the positive effects of adopting such a diet. They didn't try to guilt trip people into being vegetarians by showing them clips of tortured and neglected farm animals. Instead, it opted in giving logical and scientific reasons to switch over to a plants-based diet. A nutritionist that was featured in this video talked about how this diet has helped people fight and even overcome some of their health issues because with a plants-based diet people are getting the necessary and proper nutrients to keep their bodies running on good fuel. Plants don't come factory-made and they don't come packed with fats so they are a healthier and much smarter alternative to nearly all other foods.

This plants-based diet information can have an impact on us both physically and socially. Putting this method of eating fruits and vegetables into our lives will have a positive effect on our bodies because fruits and vegetables provide natural vitamins and nutrients. From the video we learned that plants give us a quicker and more satisfied feeling than other foods such as meats and snacks so just eating plants should help us be more wary about the amount of food we eat. It should also help combat overeating and obesity. It was also shown in the video, that people who have long been living by this diet have experienced much slower aging and have in turn looked younger than their years tell. This is a huge plus for having such a healthy diet! Having a plants-based diet can affect your social life because eating meats and junk foods are commonplace for the majority of people. It shouldn't stop anyone from eating out with friends and family at restaurants though. The public nowadays has become aware of a need for vegetarian dishes and so salads are now widely available.

This topic of choosing a healthy diet is important to public health because everyone eats. There's no way going around it otherwise you die. It's important for families, friends, and communities to eat a plants-based diet because of all the positive effects it has on our bodies. Plants and vegetables keep one healthy and it's always detrimental for a nation's people to be and stay healthy because that in turn affects everyone around us. Take this country for example. There are a growing number of people that are becoming overweight and obese and that's affecting where their money goes. Their health issues take a lot of time from doctors about issues that could have easily been avoided if a plants-based diet had been in place. It's important to raise awareness about living well and how to achieve that status.

The only questions that my group has is whether or not the government will issue an type of campaign about this vegetarian-styled diet? Why haven't they already?How will this potentially affect the meat industry if this diet becomes a fad? How will this diet affect kids and will it be safe for them to be on this plants-based diet?

Elizabeth Halsey Perrin

Whitney Kenny

Kelly Shahgholami

Cindy Herrera

Extra Credit Video- Martina Vis

Extra Credit Video- Martina Vis

Reflection On Ben Gray's Nutrition Presentation

In Ben Gray's presentation, he talked to us about the importance of nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle in college students. We learned from him how to have a balance lifestyle by exercising and getting the proper nutrition. Also, we learned what the right amount of portions you need a day per food group and the amount of time you should exercise per day. This topic interested me specifically because I'm a student athlete here at UGA and knowing how to keep my body healthy is really important to me. It is very important for me to stay healthy and in shape in order to be at my best at practice and cheering at football or basketball games. Since I have to workout twice a week, I'm able to stay active but I was unaware of how to have a healthy diet because all the pressures of the delicious dining hall food. So Mr. Gray's talk to us about obesity in college students alerted me to look after my eating habits because working out just isn't enough. This topic is important to public health because everyone needs to be aware of their own health if they want to live a long happy life. It is important to maintain a healthy body weight and making sure you get the right amount of nutrients and exercise on a day to day basis. I have remaining questions about how I can eat healthy in the dining halls? Also, I like my sweets and my fried foods and I know its okay to splurge sometimes but is it okay to do it more than once or twice a week?
--Michelle Luce

Michelle Luce
Kathleen Murdock
Savannah Zegers

Cigarette Trashcan

This is a cigarette trashcan that is located in downtown Athens. This is an example of public health because it prevents people from putting their cigarettes on the ground where children, dogs, and other people can come come in contact with them. It also keeps the city looking cleaner by keeping the cigarettes from littering the ground. This trash can also has vents on the side so that the smoke can safely be put out and so the smoke cannot harm anyone. I chose to post this trashcan because I think that it is a good preventative measure taken to keep people safe while keeping smokers from being mad. Everyone else needs to consider this an example of public health because of all of the benefits this trashcan has! It keeps Athens healthy, happy, cleaner, and prettier by keeping gross cigarettes off of the streets and safely put away.
--Kathleen Murdock

Kathleen Murdock
Michelle Luce
Savannah Zegers

Extra Credit Video!

Here's my spin on how to observe public health in the car!

Brianna Watts
Janesa Frazier
Jamario Calhoun

Rhys Brennan TIPH Video

http://youtu.be/MFNatxyRCKA

Reaction to the Contraception Lecture

When Katy Janousek spoke about contraception I didn't expect to learn as much as I did. Maybe it is because I am a male, and I really don't have to worry about contraception too much, or if it was just I wasn't taught all of the interesting things Ms. Janousek spoke about before this class. I know about the pill, the Nuva Ring, and Plan B before she came in, and I felt post people had known about those contraceptive devices but there was a lot that we still discussed about. She discussed the Depo Provera Shot, the OrthoEvra Patch and Impanon which I thought were really interesting forms of contraception. Then she discussed the IUDs, the Intrauterine Device. This was were modern technology was. It was considered the best contraceptive method, stops periods and works for 5 years. I was totally amazed that we actually had medical advances such as that. Then I wondered again, "was I expected to know about these before Ms. Janousek spoke about them or was this supposed to be new material?" Unless I poll the class, I think I'll never know but it really sparked my interest about sexual education currently in the United States. Did I really have to take HPBR 1710 to actually get this information? It sure feels like it. So do the other students on campus know about these contraceptive methods?

The presentation really shows the major hurdle with sexual education in the United States currently. How do we get the other students on campus to know about these contraceptive methods? To be realistic we know everyone in our friend group who is sexually active or just about. We know so and so is having sex, we might even talk about past sexual encounters with a friend. But publicly even just making the slightest hint to sex is taboo. If Ms. Janousek had fliers of just the worksheet we filled out in class and passed them out in the Tate Plaza I think the information wouldn't grasp people. "Ugh! A contraception flier? Gross!" We would probably hear that a lot even from the people currently using contraceptives. This is the problem with sexual education. The most efficient way of informing people of these new, and actually incredibly cheap, contraceptives is by fliers and PSAs but I think they wont be effective. People would get too scared either from feeling "awkward" or "grossed out" even when this is really important information. So how do we inform the youth about sexual health and contraceptives? Am I really the only odd person that didn't know about these things or does there need to a social change about how we view sex? We can surely keep sex private, but owning up to the fact we have sex would help students realize these different contraceptive methods are okay thus improving public health.

11/30/12
Derrick Weeks

Ashley Derrington Paul Yeduguri Derrick Weeks

Athens Trash Cans Extra Credit Video Blog

This is Blayne McDonald, Michelle DeMasi, and Erin Deitrich's extra credit video blog about trash cans in downtown Athens.

Bodyplex Fitness Center

1. Description of what and where your example is:
The picture above is Bodyplex Fitness Adventure located on Alps Road in Athens, GA.

2. Description of how your choice is an example of public health:                                                                                                                                           Public health is the science of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health. I believe that Bodyplex gym is a perfect example of public health because it promotes a healthy lifestyle. The point of Bodyplex is to encourage people to work on living in a more healthy way by offering: group exercise classes, personal training, cycling rooms, racquetball courts, and even a “women’s only” work out room. Exercise leads to only great things- mental clarity, increasing your metabolism, improving your cardiovascular fitness, and overall changing your lifestyle for the better.

3. Why you chose this example:

      Our group chose this example because we all agreed that exercise helps with not only losing those few extra pounds, but improving our mind, decreasing our stress levels after a long day of classes, and gives us the energy we need to carry on throughout the day. Living in a college town it is difficult to fall into poor health habits, so BodyPlex is a great way to makeup for some unhealthy choices. They even offer monthly deals that can easily fit into a tight college budget. I love how BodyPlex makes working out and being healthy a wonderful experience, from the supportive and helpful staff to the positive atmosphere.

4. Why it is important that others consider this example of public health:

     I believe it is extremely important that others consider a gym a part of public health. Exercise is one of the greatest factors in improving your overall quality of life. Bodyplex promotes healthy choices and after just a few trips to the gym you can easily see how much it improves your self-confidence and mood. All it takes is less than one hour out of your day to workout and I guarantee it will benefit you now and in the future. 

Kelly Truitt

Haley Fort

Caroline Toth