How to put on a condom

Here’s a very good explanation on how to use a condom. It was commissioned by Student Services Health Promotion and put together by  aidswest.ie

Free condoms are available from the Wellness Centre and Student Union.

For more info check out thinkcontraception.ie & www.b4udecide.ie

Free! All the fun of the fair. This wednesday

Roll up, roll up.  All the fun of the fair - sex, drugs, alcohol and weird and wonderful demonstrations! Yes its Health Fair time again, this Wednesday 5^th February in the Bailey Allen Hall . 

I’ll be there to chat about the risky bizzness  blog as well as my other work . You can get your i-pods and personal sound systems checked for free and find out how to get ahead in bed (or where ever!)

There will be demonstrations, workshops and lots of stalls to check out. Here’s all the details…

Workshops

Time        Workshop

1-2	"Sex, Drugs and Alcohol…Frisky and Risky "  A workshop on risks that people may take in their lives. A no-holds-barred session covers such topics as sexual activity, binge drinking & drug use,  given by Lorraine O Connell and Neil Wilson, Educators with AIDS West.  Light lunch provided.
4-5	"How to get Ahead in bed " A workshop covering everything you need to know about sex in order to be a good lover, given by Dr Siobhan O’ Higgins, Educator   NUIG /AIDS West . Snacks provided

Demonstrations

Time       Demonstration

11.30-12	Tai Chi – Zhen Yang
12-1	Cookery – Kate Wright
1-2	Cheerleading
2-3	Grow your own herbs – Laura O’Connor
3.30-4	Tai Chi – Zhen Yang

Stalls to check out include…

Health Awareness

Croi: Preventative measures against heart disease and stroke

Epilepsy Ireland: Awareness regarding epilepsy and its service

Deaf Hear: Awareness regarding music and hearing loss

Diabetes Ireland: Information regarding diabetes, healthy eating and portion sizes

Act for Meningitis: Raising meningitis awareness

Daffodil Centre: Raising awareness related to cancer

Chinese Medicine: Health & wellbeing from traditional Chinese medicine

Alzheimer Society Ireland: Developing Galway city as a dementia friendly city

NUIG BioMedical Society: Awareness re organ donation & Irish Kidney Association

Sexual Health, Pregnancy and Parenting

Rape Crisis Centre:  Counselling and support services to survivors of sexual violence and abuse.

Cura: Crisis pregnancy information and support

AIDS West: Sexual health and risk taking

La Leche League of Ireland: Breastfeeding information and support

Cuidiú: Support for parenthood

Mental Health

See Change: Mental Health Awareness

Pieta House: One to one counselling to those in suicidal crisis or engaging in self-harm

ALIVE: Benefits of volunteering on both personal and community level

GROW: Mental health promotion

Wellbeing

Reflexology: Way of relaxation through reflexology

Knit & Crochet Group: Hand craft as a form of relaxation

Cuidiu: Parenting information and techniques

DJ Society: Music for Mind, Body & Soul

Physical Health

NUIG Sports Unit: Information and support regarding physical activity

NUIG Cheerleading Society: Demonstration of stunts

Tai Chi: Demonstration

NUIG Table Tennis Club: Watch the players, or join in!

Student Services

Participate: A programme for students who have difficulties with social anxiety and public speaking.

Health Promotion Service: Alcohol awareness and standard drinks

Health Promotion Service: Smoking Cessation

Student Counselling: Promotion of the student counselling service

To keep up to date follow Risky Bizzness on @RBizzness

Student Counselling - free workshops

Student Counselling is running a number of free student group workshops in the coming weeks. 

1.   Coping with Stress                               – Mon, February 3rd , from 5pm-7pm

2.   Finding Optimism on the Blue Days   – Mon, February 3rd , from 5pm–7pm

3.   Troubled by Procrastination               – Tues, February 4th , from 6pm–8pm

For bookings and any queries please contact paula.crowley@nuigalway.ie

Free food and fun at the Muscailt launch party! Your all invited :-)

You are all invite to the launch party of NUI Galway’s Múscailt spring festival which takes place on Monday 27th January at 5pm in The Cube.  There will be food and fun. Tell all your friends!

(PS. The lovely painting for the festival invite and brochure is by the wonderful artist Marina Wild)

Healthy Eating & Mental Health – free workshop

Mona and Rob Wise (http://www.wisewords.ie/) will be demonstrating cooking skills as well as sharing practical tips on nutrition and mental health, budgeting and shopping for food, and eating with others.

The event will take place on Wednesday 29 January at 7.30 pm at Ros Geal Residence, 19 University Rd (next to Tesco Express across from NUIG).

Happy Eating!

 

Here’s another food article you may find useful:

Debate about benefits and risks of fruit drinks and smoothies.

 

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MUSIC & HEARING LOSS – free test of MP3 & portable music players.

Many students may not be aware that they are listening to music at damaging levels on MP3 or portable music players.

One way of checking whether you are listening at a safe level or not is by testing your sound level through a sound head.

The Keepthesound campaign  will be attending the NUI Galway Health Fair to test the sound level you are listening to your music at.

They will connect your music source to the sound head and 30 seconds later you will see the result.

The Health Fair takes place in the Bailey Allen Hall , on Wednesday 5^th February from 11am – 5pm

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Music & Hearing Loss- protect your ears & keep the sound

The Keepthesound campaign  website explains that a combination of three different factors could result in hearing loss after listening to music:

• The duration of time listening
• Closeness to the source of the sound
• How loud the music is played

No matter how loud the music is turned up when you listen to it, the basic rule is that the longer you listen, the more you stress the muscles in the inner ear. Fatigue of the ear may result in a temporary threshold shift, limiting the amount of quiet sounds that you can hear. MP3 players are more likely to cause hearing loss than older portable music devices. They provide high-quality sound at very high volumes, and users tend to listen longer than ever before.

Tips for Protecting Your Hearing:

• Take regular breaks from your headphones to give your ears a rest, the risk of damage increases with length of exposure.
• Turn down the volume a notch - even a small reduction in volume can make a big difference to the risk of damage to your hearing.
• Avoid using the volume to drown out background noise, for example the sound of the train or traffic (find out about additions to in-ear headphones that help with this problem).
• If your MP3 player has a ’smart volume’ feature, use it so you have control of the volume you are listening at.
• Remember - if you have ringing in your ears or dull hearing after listening to your MP3 or personal stereo, it is a serious warning that the music was loud enough to damage your hearing.

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