Chuuk Campus Holds Health Education Workshop for Students
WENO, Chuuk (November 28, 2012) – The college’s Chuuk Campus held a workshop focusing on health and drugs with the theme
“Drug and Young Youth Substance Abuse,” on November 20th, at Chuuk Campus. The activity was planned and organized by the Student Health Clinic and the student body association.
The students participated in the workshop as groups representing the different regions of Chuuk. Representatives from the Mortlock Region said the opening and closing prayers. The opening speech was delivered by a representatives from the North West Region while the closing remarks was delivered by representatives from the Southern Namoneas Region. The Faichuuk Region students assisted the peer advisors and distributed necessary documents and information during the workshop.
The Community Educator from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) program presented on the effects of drug use in the lives of teenagers. The students also held four discussion groups focusing on topics such as alcohol, tobacco, betelnut and marijuana.
More than 60 students took part in the workshop where they discussed and shared information regarding the causes and risk factors relating to the four main types of drugs.
