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Kent State Mobile Flashes Program

IN A FLASH: Mobile Flashes Roll Out!

A mobile unit from Kent State's College of Public Health is providing education, screening and wellness services to the community.

Tags: Community Impact , Community & Society , College of Public Health , College of Podiatric Medicine , Public Health , wellness

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A ā€˜NEAT’ Way to Stay Healthy

Non-exercise activity thermogenesis – otherwise known as NEAT – is an easy way to stay healthy as we age. Colleen Novak, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences at Kent State, spoke to Will Stone of NPR’s ā€œAll Things Consideredā€ about this highly underrated way to fight the ongoing battle with sedentary lifestyles.

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Kent State Today

Hand Hygiene Team

Research Finds Promising Workplace Hand-Hygiene Intervention

Kent State researchers recently completed a pioneering office-based hand-hygiene improvement intervention which reduced common communicable illness by close to a third.  This was the first U.S. pilot randomized cluster trial of its kind, and findings were published in the prominent Journal…

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High-Risk Adolescents have an Advocate in Alemagno

Ask Dean Sonia Alemagno to name her research passion, and you won’t wait a millisecond for the answer:  substance abuse in society’s most vulnerable adolescents who are also at high risk for mental illness, homelessness and a host of other problems.  Despite the dean’s jam-packed schedule …

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