Amelia, Rachel, Laurelyn, & Anja take a campus tour
On May 27th, early in the morning, the remaining members of our US team arrived safely in China. One of the first items of business: a tour of the Jinan University Campus. Here, a local student serves as a tour guide for our team!
It was a wonderful reunion between all of our University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students and the Jinan University campus community. Also, it was a pleasure to introduce Nurse Educator, Cathy Berry, to the Chinese nursing students and to the Chinese nurses!
Because our blog is blocked from view in China, and because Cathy and our students are still working in China, they will post many additional comments upon their return in mid-June. In particular, they will share a discussion of the exercise intervention with middle school students.
I have heard from Cathy via E-mail, and it seems our students and she will also take a short journey to the Great Wall in Beijing next weekend! Lucky ladies!
Photos and blogging to follow!
Each of our students have selected one unique facet of the obesity epidemic to discuss on our blog. Rachel will focus upon the overuse of technology among Chinese youth (and too much 'seat time'); Anja will address changing patterns of dietary consumption in China, including sugary beverages, ice cream, and fried food; Laurelyn will emphasize the economics of the fast food industry, including slick marketing campaigns and high caloric (though extremely tasty) calorie laden choices.
Cathy has provided a link (below) to some of the health educational materials (PowerPoint Presentation) co-created with nursing translators, and presented to the middle schoolers.
Each of the groups will receive the same presentation, except that each presentation is also personalized with family photos.
Unfortunately, it isn't possible to open the link (though I promise to check with our university techno-gurus to see if there is a way to share it with you) and to view the PPT presentation in our blog. It contains the content of our educational intervention ~ discussion of the Group 8 logo (created by our UW-Eau Claire Chinese student) and also described in an earlier post here; tips for sensible eating and exercise; limiting intake of American fast food; information about the Chinese explanation of BMI (body mass index); conversation about balancing time on the computer with regular activity and exercise; and a personal photo of each member of our US Team.
Our Eau Claire students each brought a family or favorite photo to share with the middle school classes. Since the educational program described above is in English, it also gives the Chinese middle schoolers an opportunity to practice their English ~ as a cross-cultural exchange ~ and to ask questions (about the project) with members of our US team.
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