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April 2013 in the College April 22nd-26th College Health Week

Friday April 26th Workers’ Memorial Day

A week of awareness raising regarding a number of health issues, plus free blood pressure checks in the Luminary Fitness Suite. Please see the RESPECT screen in the main Atrium or visit www.hartlepoolfe. ac.uk/respect for more details.

A ceremony and service to mark this annual date (see opposite) will be held in Conference 1 at 11.30am, including the showing of a short film. It will then move onto the Tree of Remembrance on Riley (Floor 2, turn left from the lifts/main staircase) for dedications.

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Passover (Final Day) (Jewish) Autism Awareness Day Maundy Thursday (Christian) Yom HaShoah - Jewish Holocaust Remembrance Day World Health Day Ugadi (Hindu) Vaisakhi (Sikh) Birthday of Guru Nanak (Sikh) Hola Mohalla (Sikh) Yom Hazikaron (Jewish) Yom H’atzmaut (Jewish) Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Nanakshahi calendar) (Sikh) Birthday of Guru Angad Dev (Sikh) Swaminarayan Jayant (Hindu) Ridvan - first day (Bahai) Anniversary of Haile Selassie’s visit to Jamaica (Rastafari) Earth Day St George’s Day (Christian) Theravada New Year (Buddhist) World Malaria Day Lag B’Omar (Jewish) Workers’ Memorial Day Ridvan - ninth day (Bahai) RSPCA Week

Find out more at hartlepoolfe.ac.uk/respect

Selected Dates for

April 2013

2nd Autism Awareness Day The sixth annual World Autism Awareness Day is April 2nd 2013. Every year autism organisations around the world celebrate the day with unique fundraising and awarenessraising events. In the UK The National Autistic Society is a leading UK charity for people with autism (including Asperger Syndrome) and their families. Providing information, support and pioneering services, they campaign for a better world for people with autism. Their website is www.autism.org.uk. Autism is a highly variable neurodevelopmental disorder that first appears during infancy or childhood, and generally follows a steady course without remission.

Mild autism is very common, and most people tested do register somewhere low down on the autistic spectrum. In more severe instances characteristic symptoms include impairments in social interaction, impairments in communication, restricted interests and repetitive behavior. In such cases unusual social development becomes apparent early in childhood. Autistic children show less attention to social stimuli, smile less often, avoid looking at others and respond less to their own name. Children with high-functioning autism suffer from more intense and frequent loneliness compared to non-autistic peers, despite the common belief

that children with autism prefer to be alone. Making and maintaining friendships often proves to be difficult for those with autism. For them, the quality of friendships, not the number of friends, predicts how lonely they feel. How autism occurs is not well understood and there is no known cure. Children recover occasionally, sometimes after intensive treatment and sometimes naturally. It is not known how often recovery happens, and estimates vary between 3% to 25%. Most children with autism feel a lack of social support, and find meaningful relationships, future employment opportunities or selfdetermination to be challenging.

7th World Health Day - High Blood Pressure World Health Day is celebrated on 7th April to mark the anniversary of the founding of World Health Organisation in 1948, and more information can be found at www.who.int Each year a theme is selected for World Health Day that highlights a priority area of global public health. The theme for 2013 is high blood pressure. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure. If left uncontrolled, high blood pressure can also cause blindness, irregularities of the heartbeat and heart failure. The risk of developing these complications is higher in the presence of other cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes.

One in three adults worldwide has high blood pressure. The proportion increases with age, from one in ten people in their 20s and 30s to five in ten people in their 50s. Prevalence of high blood pressure is highest in some low-income countries in Africa, with over 40% of adults in many African countries thought to be affected. Many people do not know they have high blood pressure because it does not always cause symptoms. Even if you appear perfectly fit and healthy you may have hypertension and damage may be being caused. As a result, it leads to more than nine million deaths every year, including about half of all deaths due to heart disease and stroke.

However, high blood pressure is both preventable and treatable, and is easily diagnosed. In some developed countries treatment of the condition, together with other cardiovascular risk factors, has brought about a significant reduction in deaths from heart disease. The risk of developing high blood pressure can be reduced by: • reducing salt intake; • eating a balanced diet; • avoiding harmful use of alcohol; • taking regular physical activity; • maintaining a healthy body weight; and • avoiding tobacco use.

25th World Malaria Day

What is RESPECT? The College prides itself on treating every student like an individual, whilst helping them to achieve their individual goals. We embrace diversity and we also believe that every person who passes through our doors demands our unconditional help and respect. “Respect for Everyone” is our campaign to create a College community which is safe and welcoming and gives everyone the opportunity to reach their full potential. Responsibility and Accountability: being responsible and answerable for our actions, our use of language and our treatment of others. Equality: every person in College has a voice. We value each other’s opinions and perspectives. Social responsibility: we encourage people to take care of this College and this community and work together to improve it. Pro-Active: we actively support the RESPECT agenda. Education, training and information: the College champions education. All members of its community engage in on-going education, training and professional development. Caring for Others: we actively support local, national and international charities through fundraising and social activities that demonstrate care for the wider community. Transparency: we are honest and open about what we do and the way we do it.

To find out more look for RESPECT on our Facebook page, facebook.com/hartlepoolfe and on Twitter, twitter.com/hartlepoolfe

Malaria is a highly infectious mosquito-carried disease which affects humans and some species of animal. It begins with a bite from an infected mosquito as it feeds on a host’s blood, which introduces protists (microrganisms) through saliva into the victim’s circulatory system. Once in the body, these travel to the liver to mature and reproduce.

The World Health Organisation has estimated that in 2010 there were 219 million documented cases of malaria. That year, between 660,000 and 1.2 million people died from the disease - roughly 2000 to 3000 per day. The actual number of deaths is not known with certainty, as accurate data is unavailable in many rural areas, and many cases are undocumented.

Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever and headache, which in severe cases can progress to coma or death if untreated.

Many of these were children in Africa, and malaria is commonly associated with poverty. One simple way of preventing malaria is the use of nets to cover beds, which prevents mosquitos from feeding on people while they are asleep and unable to fend off the insects. Many charities focus on providing these nets.

The disease is widespread in mosquito-friendly tropical regions equator, including much of SubSaharan Africa, Asia and the Americas.

Despite a severe need no effective vaccine currently exists, although efforts to develop one are ongoing. Severe malaria is treated with intravenous or intramuscular quinine or, since the mid-2000s, the artemisinin derivative artesunate, which is superior to quinine in both children and adults. However, some strains of the disease have developed resistance to several antimalarial drugs including artemisinin. Several medications are available to prevent malaria in travellers to malaria-endemic countries, and more information can be found at www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Malaria/Pages/ Introduction.aspx

28th Workers’ Memorial Day Every year more people are killed at work than in wars. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) one worker dies every 15 seconds worldwide, some 6,000 every day. Many die simply because worker safety is considered a low priority by some (often developing world) employers. Workers’ Memorial Day (WMD) commemorates lost or injured workers on 28th April every year. All over the world workers and their representatives conduct events, demonstrations, vigils and other activities to mark the day. The day is intended to serve as a rallying cry to “remember the dead, and fight for the living”.

Workers’ Memorial Day was started by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in 1984. The Canadian Labour Congress declared an annual day of remembrance in 1985 on 28th April, which is the anniversary of a comprehensive Workers Compensation Act passed in 1914. The late safety at work campaigner Tommy Harte brought Workers’ Memorial Day to the UK in 1992, and it was quickly adopted by unions and worker safety organisations worldwide. By 1996 it had been recognised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), and from 2006 onwards an annual theme was adopted, allowing organisers to focus on specific topics.

ILO figures reveal that each year more than two million women and men die as a result of workrelated wounds and diseases. Workers suffer approximately 270 million accidents each year, and fall victim to some 160 million incidents of work-related illness. Hazardous substances kill 440,000 workers annually, with asbestos alone claiming 100,000 lives. In the UK the Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a leader in coordinating activities across the country, publishing a comprehensive listing of events and suggestions. More information can be found at www.tuc.org.uk/wmd

If you have an event, activity or display that falls into our RESPECT agenda, or would like support and information on how to organise one, please contact Debbie Caygill on 01429 404142, or email dcaygill@hartlepoolfe.ac.uk, heading it “Respect”


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