HSE Sexual Health News -Issue 10 Summer 2020, contains contributions from colleagues working in the broader area of sexual health in Ireland and has been supplemented with COVID-specific, sexual health items.
International Men's Health Week (MHW) runs from Monday 15th until Sunday 21st June. Each year, there is a specific theme. During 2020, Ireland will focus upon 'Restoring the Balance', and everyone is being asked to 'be part of the solution' - as we emerge from, what might be, the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The overall aims of the week are to:
The Student Health Matters app has been credited as App of the Day by Download Astro, who have over 10 million monthly visits from users to their site.
https://appoftheday.downloadastro.com/app/student-health-matters-isha/
Created in partnership with the Irish Student Health Association and Expert Self Care, the Student Health Matters app provides evidence based, safe and reliable health information, and is the first of its kind resource for 3rd level students in Ireland.
HPV Vaccination: The Facts. An article written by Nurse Practitioner Theresa Lowry Lehnen, Institute of Technology Carlow, published in the Medical Independent 04/05/2020. Theresa is a regular contributor to Medical and Nursing Journals and Newspapers, including the Medical Independent, Irish Medical Times, Update Journal and Nursing in General Practice Journal (NiGP). Access the link to this article here: https://issuu.com/greencrosspublishing/docs/digital_mi11.2020may4/22
The Irish Student Health Association Conference 2020, themed 'A healthy mind in a healthy body', took place on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th of February, hosted this year by our colleagues from Trinity College Dublin (TCD). The conference was held at The Alex Hotel, with the annual gala dinner at the spectacular and historic Trinity College Dining Hall. Delegates from all corners of the country gathered, and the conference, which was well attended by professionals working in the field of student health, including GPs, psychiatrists, nurses, physiotherapists, health promotion officers and administrators was a great success.
Date: Saturday 14th March 2020
Venue: The Red Room, Student Centre, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4
Time: 09.00-16.30
Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in General Practice. Webinar - Thursday 19th November. 13.00- 14.00
The 71st Annual Conference of the UK Student Health Association took place at Sheffield University from 30th June - 3rd July 2019. An extremely well organised event with a wide variety of visiting speakers and educational workshops, the conference attracted members from all over the UK, and some delegates who attended travelled from as far away as New Zealand. The Irish Student Health Association was represented at the UK Student Health Association conference this year by Nurse Theresa Lowry Lehnen, from Institute of Technology Carlow.