There will be an insightful and informative professional education session, Adolescent Pregnancy, on June 20, 2012. Click this link for more information on this professional education offering from Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative.

You can get rid of your old prescription drugs safely on April 39, 2011. Click on this link for the location of the safe drug disposal site.

Are there hidden sources of heroin in the suburbs? Read this recent news article about an increase of heroin use in a New Jersey suburbs.

Have your car seats checked on September 25, 2010 as part of National Seat Check Saturday in New Brunswick, NJ.

This event is beneficial to anyone who is:

• Setting up a table to share agency resources and materials
• Parents, grandparents, friends and relatives having their car seat checked
• Working  with clients/customers who would like to have their car seat checked

Please download the fliers below in English and Spanish to share with those who can get the most from this life saving opportunity.

National Seat Check Saturday Flyers-English

National Seat Check Saturday Flyer-Spanish

If the answer is yes then there is an opportunity for you to participate in an innovative Poster Session.

The NJ Chapter of the Society for Public Health Education (NJ SOPHE) is calling on ALL public health professionals and students (graduate and undergraduate) to
participate in its poster session during its annual meeting scheduled for Friday, December 3, 9a-3p at NJ Hospital Association Conference and Event Center, 760 Alexander Road, Princeton, New Jersey.
Please  click here and refer to the application  for more details.

The guest speaker is the always entertaining and effervescent Karen Denard Goldman.  Karen, will thrill you and inspire you with her interactive presentation: Leadership Bootcamp.  If you’ve never attended a seminar with Dr. Goldman, you are in for a treat!

Also, the new executive board for NJ SOPHE will be introduced and Awards & Scholarships will be presented.

CHES credits are included in the registration fee.

Be sure to visit the NJ SOPHE website for more information!

If you have not seen this cutting edge and innovation cable show Public Health Matters than you are missing  powerful prevention messages. This public access show is sponsored by the Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission.

The Public Health Matters is produced by Piscataway Community Television (PCTV), which serves 11 towns in Central Jersey. With the addition of Warren Media also airing the program, Public Health Matters will be available in each town served by the Commission.

Some of the past 30 minute interviews  have included:

• Summer Safety Tips
• H1N1 Influenza: What You Need to Know
• Cervical Health: What Women Need to Know
• Summer Sun Protection
• Plus more,

Take the survey on the site and suggest other program ideas.

Thanks to a grant provided by the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders, through the Office of Human Services, Alcohol & Drug Abuse Unit, we are pleased to provide this vital information to aid you and your family in this FREE community education session.  Focused on families, parents and loved ones, this session provides a supportive place to discuss and learn about addictions, and the drug use impacting you and your community.

Why Attend This Workshop?

• If someone in your life is struggling with addiction, or abuse of chemicals please attend this workshop.

• Attend if you are concerned about someone you know, but don’t know where to turn.  Come and gain a better understanding of the addiction process; how it develops, progresses, and what those around the impacted individual can do to assist them in dealing with this most difficult issue.
• Discover strategies you can use today to help the addicted person get into, and sustain their recovery.

Where and When to Attend this Workshop

When: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 6:30-8:00 pm
Where: Evesham Library
985 Tuckerton Road, Marlton, NJ
(856) 983-1444

Instructor(s)

Your presenter, John Kriger MSM, CPS, LCADC provides a safe place to ask questions, and get the answers you want and need.

For more information call: (609) 387-5226