Public Health in Retail Stores

Details

• Personal Author:
  Jones K ; Lewis, Dick ; Parrott R ; Steiner C
• Description:
  The Georgia Harvesting Healthy Habits Campaign has taken Public Heath Education a step beyond. The project developed Skin Cancer Prevention Displays with free pamphlets available for retail stores. The project is geared toward skin cancer prevention in the farming community. Farmers, for the most part, are under-insured and do not seek preventative health services. Most use over the counter medications to treat any illness rather than seeking medical attention. The displays were set up in local feed and seed stores where farmers go to buy supplies. The displays had pictures of skin cancer and information about skin cancer prevention and detection. The farmer could also pick up a brochure which had the same information. As a result of the display over 3000 brochures were distributed, 16 classes on skin cancer prevention have been taught, a statewide 4-H educational program was developed, a program for high school students is currently being field tested, and a national company is getting ready to develop this display for national distribution. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Health Promotion Neoplasms Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Public Health Safety Skin Skin Diseases
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Cancer Disease Prevention Health Communications Health Promotion Information Dissemination Preventive Medicine Public Health Skin Cancer Skin Protection
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053304
• Citation:
  1997 Cancer Conference: Integrating Public Health Programs for Cancer Control, September 2-5, 1997, Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1997 Sep; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Performing Organization:
  Georgia Department of Human Resources, Atlanta, Georgia
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19930930
• Source Full Name:
  1997 Cancer Conference: Integrating Public Health Programs for Cancer Control, September 2-5, 1997, Atlanta, Georgia
• End Date:
  19970929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dc87c3b6db07fd2d966875250086c8857344e51e06f2860452bfdbcec0e0beb5f995c3317d3b4f2990dd390261b62b845499d44e86cf36c75b88b2f70a8a7116
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216093/cdc_216093_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.32 MB ]