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Medicine take-back set in Sandusky Co.
The Sandusky County Health Department will sponsor a Medication Take Back Day April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the department offices, 2000 Countryside Dr., Fremont.
Eligible items include prescription medications, liquid medications, inhalers, over-the-counter medications, medicated ointments and lotions, narcotics (controlled substances), medication samples and vitamins.
For more information, call the Prevention Partnership at 419-334-6377.
Survivorship workshops
Throughout April, ProMedica Cancer Institute (PCI) is offering Breast Cancer Survivorship workshops.
The free workshops will be held April 6, 13 and 20 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at The Toledo Hospital’s Donald V. Kellermeyer Medical Education Center Auditorium, 2121 Hughes Dr. (hospital entrance #5).
Workshops include:
• April 6 – Optimizing Wellness: Exercise and Complementary Therapies.
• April 13 – Self Advocacy: Your Rights as a Survivor.
• April 20 – Giggling Your Way to Good Health.
The program series was made possible through a grant from the Northwest Ohio Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
To register or for more information, call 877-291-1441 or visit www.promedica.org/cancer.
Community forum set
The Oregon Community and Family Coalition and Mercy St. Charles Hospital will collaborate to host a Community Forum on drug and alcohol use and abuse in the community April 12 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the auditorium at Mercy St. Charles Hospital.
The forum will include a frank discussion about community efforts to prevent substance abuse and what can be done to prevent it and how people can find help when it’s needed. There will also be an update on local and national drug abuse trends.
The forum will include a panel of experts from law enforcement, prevention, treatment, and recovery. For more information, visit www.ocfcohio.org.
Take steps to manage stress
April is National Stress Awareness Month. Stress can be caused by major life changes, work, relationship difficulties, financial problems, children and family and being too busy.
Stress can cause chronic headaches, mood swings, anxiety disorders, memory disturbances, heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
To avoid the negative effects of stress, try these tips:
• Start a stress journal
• Participate in an enjoyable activity
• Stay active
• Eat a healthy diet
• Spend time with family and friends
• Take care of yourself
• If self-help measures aren’t effective, consult a doctor or therapist.
Submitted by Clay High School student Kelsey Brandeberry, as part of a medtech class community awareness project.
Melanoma walk/run set
The 3rd Annual Walk/Run for Melanoma will be held May 21 at 9 a.m. at Maumee Bay State Park, 1750 Park Rd., Oregon, shelter #2.
The run/walk event, which will not be timed. Early registration fee is $20, which includes a t-shirt. Registration on the day of the event, which will be held from 8 to 8:30 a.m., is $25 per person, with no guarantee of a t-shirt. Registration will be held the day of the event from 8 to 8:30 a.m.
To register, call Eleanor Riffle at 419-836-8117.
Wood Co. launching health study
Though Wood County ranked among the healthiest counties in the state according to a recently released County Health Rankings report, community leaders from across the county will meet later this month to identify and prioritize actions that can be taken to improve citizens overall health.
Wood County ranked 11th out of 88 in overall health compared to other counties in Ohio, according the County Health Rankings report released by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
The comprehensive report that ranks the overall health of nearly every county in all 50 states, assessing various measures that affect health, including death rate among those younger than 75, high school graduation rates, access to healthier foods, air pollution levels, income, smoking, obesity, and births-to-teens rates.
The rankings can help everyone in Ohio better understand that where they live, learn, work and play influences their overall health, according to Pat Snyder, Public Health Information Technologies Specialist with the Wood County Health Department.
The challenge for many communities is to figure out what makes a community healthy and what changes will lead to the most dramatic health improvements, Snyder said. To bridge that challenge, Wood County will launch a Community Health Improvement Project April 18.
For more information on the County Health Rankings project, visit to www.countyhealthrankings.org.
Suicide prevention workshop
There is still time to register for Northwest Ohio’s first regional suicide prevention conference, to be held at the Holiday Inn French Quarter in Perrysburg April 29. Counselors, teachers, therapists, nurses, military personnel, parents, and clergy will all find sessions geared to their concerns at the daylong event.
Jerry Reed, executive director of the National Suicide Prevention Resource Center, and David Jobes, professor of Psychology at the Catholic University of America, will present the latest research on suicide. Local mental health professionals and suicide survivors will address how suicide risk can be addressed in specific groups, including elders, children, the military, college students, and persons with substance abuse problems.
For participants seeking CEUs (Continuing Education Units) the cost for the conference is $90.00. All other attendees will be charged $50, which includes lunch
To register, call BGSU’s continuing and Extended Education Office at 419-372-8181, or http://cee.bgsu.edu/resp. All fees go to the Wood County Suicide Prevention Coalition to be used for prevention programs.
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