During the month of March, students from the University of Hawaii at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy are channeling their usual in-person community outreach efforts into educational health messages they’re sharing through social media and on local radio stations.
This new approach is an alternative to the DKICP annual Health Fair hosted the past 11 years in October at the Prince Kuhio Plaza in Hilo.
DKICP partnered with New West Broadcasting Corp., which is airing weekly health tips that began March 8. Topics include:
• This week: Controlling hypertension, presented by P2 student Cierralyn Cabral.
• Week of March 15: Avoiding hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol), presented by P2 student Debra Towell.
• Week of March 22: Importance of exercise and healthy diet, presented by P2 student Katie Heyer.
• Week of March 29: Proper medication disposal, presented by P1 students Judhea Mae Campollo and Cheyenne Garretson.
The 30-second health tips will air on five radio stations: KWXX 94.7 FM Hilo, KAOY 101.5 FM (KWXX Kona), KNWB (B97.1 FM Hilo), KMWB (B93.1 FM Kona) and KPUA 670 AM.
Students are also posting weekly health tips, including more detailed information about each of these topics, on Instagram and Facebook pages @uhhilo.dkicp.