UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center to Host ‘Confidence Project’ Feb. 3
| Jan. 22, 2018 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th St. Health & Wellness Center invites girls ages 10-18 to participate Feb. 3 in the Confidence Project, covering topics from women’s health and social wellness to physical wellness and mental health.
The free, one-day class will be from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the center, 4010 W. 12th St. Lunch will be provided.
All mothers are welcome to attend with their daughters. Walk-in participants will be accepted on Feb. 3, but participants are encouraged to sign-up in advance. To sign-up, email theconfidenceproject.ar@gmail.com. Parents or legal guardians will need to sign a permission form and a photo release form for each girl.
“We are excited to host this event. The Confidence Project is our attempt to provide young women with the skills they need to develop and mature in the most healthy ways, and we are excited to partner with the student creators, Jordan Fletcher and Sarah Martin,” said Lanita White, Pharm.D., director of the center. “We are dedicated to equipping these young women with the nutritional, sexual and social intelligence in the hope of empowering each to be bold in her passions and confident in herself.”
For more information, call (501) 614-2492.
The 12th Street Health & Wellness Center is a free clinic run by students under supervision of faculty and other licensed volunteers. It provides students from the UAMS Colleges of Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health and the Graduate School an avenue to learn about, from and with each other in an interprofessional center. The center focuses on education, prevention and management of chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. It also provides information about healthy living, preventive care, consultations and screenings for residents of the Little Rock Promise Neighborhood and surrounding areas.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; hospital; northwest Arkansas regional campus; statewide network of regional centers; and seven institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Myeloma Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging and Translational Research Institute. It is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 2,834 students, 822 medical residents and six dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 10,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses throughout the state, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or www.uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or Instagram.