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Story by Claudene Wharton

In w88 online casino betting’s Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center in Las Vegas, a maximum security prison, women like Ashley, a 36-year-old mother of two teenage boys, are using their prison time to learn how to address the root causes of what landed them there in the first place. And, unlike most incarcerated men, many women are incarcerated for nonviolent crimes with the underlying catalyst being addiction. Often, the women have used drugs because they, like Ashley, have body image issues or want to lose weight.

Besides body image issues and weight loss, women are also using opioids and methamphetamines to increase w88 online casino betting energy, elevate w88 online casino betting mood or cope with pain – emotional and physical. The increase in the use of these drugs by women is staggering, w88 online casino betting Associate Professor Anne Lindsay, a specialist in public health and exercise science, said.

Lindsay said women in treatment, whether in a treatment center or in a correctional center receiving treatment, need their substance abuse treatment augmented with gender-responsive, health-related programming. Gender-responsive programming is designed based on the lives, strengths and challenges of woman, as opposed to traditional treatment programs designed for men. So,Lindsay developed the w88 online casino betting Steps to Freedom Program.

According to Associate Warden Najera at the Correctional Center, the w88 online casino betting is a key component in helping to prepare women to re-enter society and to reduce recidivism (returning to prison).

Ashley, who has been at the Correctional Center before, says she has been soaking in as much information as she can this time around to try to prevent returning to prison. She said the w88 online casino betting has given her tools to help her achieve the goals she has now set for herself when she gets out.

Lindsay is partnering with CASAT, the Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies, at the University to help provide training and support for professionals in the field to facilitate implementation of the program in w88 online casino betting, Utah and across the nation. She is also partnering with others in the state to form a coalition to help with gender-responsive core issues that are unique to women.

Jill Baker-Tingey

Story by Ashley Andrews

Our Battle Born state's domestic violence rates are some of the highest in the nation. Associate Professor Jill Baker-Tingey, who is the w88 online casino betting Educator for Elko County, works to reduce violence in w88 online casino betting through her Heart & Hope: Rural Domestic Violence Prevention Program, formerly Heart & Shield. The program was grant-funded for five years and is continuing beyond the grant due to strong community support, including from school counselors, social workers, tribal council and law enforcement.

Through the w88 online casino betting, Baker-Tingey and her staff engage small groups of youth and their nonabusive parents with the nine-week Heart & Hope curriculum. The curriculum providesfamilies with experiential learning activities. The experiences are designed to teach the families skills in teambuilding, communication, conflict management,problem solving, emotional literacy and more. In the w88 online casino betting, families learn how to strengthen their relationships and break the cycle of violence.

Story by Molly Malloy

The aging population has been particularly at risk since the COVID-19 pandemic erupted earlier last year. Natalie Mazzullo, w88 online casino betting healthy-aging specialist, has been helping to create a safe and engaging environment for homebound seniors in w88 online casino betting.

Mazzullo serves as an action team member for the state’s w88 online casino betting COVID-19 Aging Network Rapid Response Team, known as w88 online casino betting CAN. w88 online casino betting CAN is focused on keeping elders safe from exposure to the virus while ensuring they are well-supplied, have access to medical and social services, and remain free from isolation.

As part of the action teams’ response, Mazzullo helped to coordinate w88 online casino betting’s support to provide information on where elders in need could access food and to identify volunteers to assist with food delivery.

Since April 2020, Mazzullo and Extension’s w88 online casino betting-aging team has worked to ensure that some of the most vulnerable and needy elders still have access to resources and activities to aid in their well-being, despite the ongoing pandemic. Year-round, they help develop action plans that promote access and appeal around nutrition and physical activity that are uniquely tailored to the needs of communities where elders live and congregate.

Natalie Mazzullo

Mazzullo also serves as the assistant director for the Sanford Center for Aging’s w88 online casino betting Geriatric Education Center at the University, provides direct oversight for the w88 online casino betting Healthy Aging Alliance and sits on various other committees.

Story by Ashley Andrews

Many factors affect how w88 online casino betting we are now and how w88 online casino betting we will be in the future. One of the few that we can control and change to improve our health is how we eat.

"A w88 online casino betting diet is one of the most powerful tools we have to reduce the risk of the leading causes of death and disability," Professor Jamie Benedict, chair of the College's w88 online live casino of Nutrition, said.

However, much of the information we receive w88 online casino betting food and health is misinformation. Armed with bad information, we are less able to make positive changes to our diet. That's where David St-Jules, a registered dietitian and assistant professor with the nutrition department, comes in.

"I’m a public servant," St-Jules said. "I have a responsibility as a state employee and nutrition expert to use my expertise to help improve the health and well-being of the people of w88 online casino betting. I don’t gain anything by telling people to eat one thing versus another. I'm just here to help. And that’s my goal."

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David St-Jules

Story by Ashley Andrews

When children drink too many sugary drinks, w88 online casino betting risk of cavities and obesity increases. They may also miss out on important nutrients found in healthful drinks. Professor Jamie Benedict, chair of the College's w88 online live casino of Nutrition, has been working to reduce these issues among school-aged children through her Rethink Your Drink w88 online casino betting.

It encourages parents to provide children with healthier drink options, such as water, 100% fruit juice or low-fat milk, instead of offering them soda, sports drinks and other sugary beverages. The program also provides healthcare professionals, including doctors and dentists, withtools and tips they can use to educate patients about w88 online casino betting drink choices.

The w88 online casino betting is offered in collaboration with the College's w88 online casino betting unit. It's funded by USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance w88 online casino betting — SNAP. SNAP provides nutrition assistance to people with low incomes.

Jamie Benedict

Story by Molly Malloy, adapted from SNAP-Ed narrative annual report

In recent years, the College’s w88 online casino betting unit made a strategic change to how it approached Supplemental Nutrition Assistance w88 online casino betting Education (SNAP-Ed) programming. This change brought grant applications and w88 online casino betting efforts under one statewide plan that has allowed the w88 online casino betting, which aims to improve the health and nutrition of those eligible to receive SNAP benefits, to grow and increase its impact throughout the state. These changes were fully implemented beginning in July 2019, and allowed the w88 online casino betting to serve more than 38,000 individuals in the state that fiscal year (July 2019 – June 2020). This was an increase of more than 1,100 compared to the prior fiscal year.

The program uses direct education approaches, such as hosting classes, and indirect education approaches, such as e-newsletters, flyers and social media. Along with the integration of those methods, the restructured approach focuses on helping the community make changes to their policies, environment or operations that promote w88 online casino betting behaviors and ultimately make w88 online casino betting choices simple and convenient, increasing long-term impacts. Such approaches include site visits, such as to child care centers, schools or senior centers, and the development of action plans to make such sites more active or to increase healthier food and drink options.

The Healthy Kids, Early Start direct education curricula – All 4 Kids and Little Books & Little Cooks – reached 2,124 individuals. All 4 Kids is an eight-week program that includes three 30-minute preschool lessons each week that incorporate dancing to introduce children to specific movements outlined in the w88 online casino betting Pre-K Standards. Additionally, the program encourages families to build healthy habits together by completing activities that reinforce the importance of good nutrition and physical activity. The program Little Book & Little Cooks is a seven-week, parent-child series of classes with cooking and reading activities designed to promote healthy dietary patterns among preschool-aged children. In addition, the Healthy Kids Resource Center website received 10,911 page views from 3,574 unique users.

Extension collaborated with school wellness coordinators through the w88 online casino betting Kids, w88 online casino betting Schools Program and was able to help schools meet their school wellness policy goals, resulting in positive changes in 11 schools throughout the state. The program also reached 5,172 students using other lessons and programs, such as Produce Pick of the Month (formerly Pick a better snack™), Grow Yourself w88 online casino betting and Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) Afterschool lessons. Produce Pick of the Month is a monthly, in-school nutrition education program for primary grade children in high-needs elementary schools in Clark and Washoe Counties that focuses on building fruit and vegetable consumption in children through w88 online casino betting snacking. Grow Yourself w88 online casino betting has a similar goal but takes students into a school garden for hands-on learning. CATCH is an afterschool nutrition education program offered in Washoe County at Reno Housing Authority Community sites.

In 2019, the w88 online casino betting Aging initiative was developed in partnership with the University's Sanford Center for Aging to increase physical activity and w88 online casino betting eating among the aging population. As part of this effort, a statewide policy, systems and environmental task force was initiated to improve senior health outcomes and reach across the state. Classes and programs were implemented in senior centers, apartment communities and recreation centers.

These efforts reached 183 adults through the Seniors Eating Well Program, which is a nutrition-education program that includes food demonstrations and educational materials designed to teach older adults how to maintain a healthier lifestyle. Another 141 adults were reached through the initiative's Stay Strong, Stay w88 online casino betting Program, which was an eight-week exercise program that incorporates the latest research to help older adults develop the fitness, flexibility and balance that will enable them to live independently. At the same time, wellness champions – individuals representing the organization in the form of residents, staff or community members whose goal is to create change and provide access to healthier lifestyles – were identified at four Clark County apartment communities for seniors with limited resources, and 10 new Stay Strong, Stay w88 online casino betting certified instructors were trained through a train-the-trainer model, ensuring that the information will be shared many times over.

w88 online casino betting Foods Systems focuses on increasing access to w88 online casino betting foods, specifically among those using SNAP benefits. Using the Maine Farmers Market Nutrition Education curriculum, Extension developed the SNAP Into Farm Fresh Foods Program to raise awareness among limited-resource adults and families in Clark, Lyon and Washoe Counties about using their SNAP benefits at farmers markets, with an overall goal of increasing their daily consumption of fruits and vegetables. The program's direct and indirect education efforts about the use of SNAP benefits at farmers markets reached 1,670 participants across 23 sites.

"I am pleased that w88 online casino betting's SNAP-Ed plan includes support for healthy food systems programming," Assistant Professor and Public Health Nutritionist Aurora Buffington said. "The way we treat people, manage resources, and accomplish the activities needed to bring food from farm to table and beyond influences the health of our residents not only physically, but economically and socially. Our programming is designed to help make the healthy choice the easy choice, and I am proud of the work our teams have been able to accomplish."

The effort to increase the use of SNAP benefits at farmers markets included systems and environmental changes, such as developing promotional banners and posters to raise awareness and establishing a central terminal booth to accept SNAP benefits, removing a common barrier for vendors at markets. This booth was staffed by Extension to provide support to the participating farmers market, share nutritious recipes and other w88 online casino betting information, and gather data to prove its value and so it could be replicated at other farmers markets. Extension staff also provide technical assistance to farmers market managers who want to become authorized to accept SNAP benefits. As the administrative burden can be a potential barrier for accepting SNAP benefits, Extension is working with market managers and vendors to develop solutions to ensure that individuals and families with limited resources have access to w88 online casino betting options.

Lindsay, Buffington and their teams plan to continue moving forward with the new strategy and are developing more projects to help all Nevadans stay w88 online casino betting.

Susan Howe

Story by Hannah Alfaro

Extension’s Radon Education w88 online casino betting, led by w88 online casino betting Director Susan Howe, offers free short-term radon test kits to Nevadans each year in January and February. The test kits are available at w88 online casino betting offices and partnering locations statewide.

Radon is a naturally occurring, radioactive gas that is colorless, odorless and tasteless. It comes from the ground and can accumulate in homes, raising the risk of lung cancer. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates 21,000 Americans die each year from radon-caused lung cancer, killing more people than secondhand smoke, drunk driving and house fires.

In w88 online casino betting, one in four homes tested show radon concentrations at or above the EPA action level. According to experts, living in a home with radon concentrations at the action level poses a similar risk of developing lung cancer as smoking about half a pack of cigarettes a day.

The risk of radon-caused lung cancer can be reduced. A simple three-day test can determine if a house has a radon problem, and winter is an ideal time to test a home for radon. If radon problems are found, they can be fixed.