New
partnership to promote skin cancer awareness to school pupils
The
School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences (PBS) has launched a new
initiative to engage, educate and enhance local communities, and is set to run
its first community volunteering project in collaboration with Skcin , a leading UK skin cancer awareness charity. This project, part of
the 3Es public engagement initiative, will also
assist Skcin in the delivering and roll out of their Sun Safe
Schools Accreditation
Pupils
from primary and secondary schools across Merseyside will take part in this 3Es
engagement project. Skcin trained LJMU student volunteers will be working with
key stage 1 and 2 pupils to broaden their understanding of UV and reinforce sun
safety through fun interactive workshops and assemblies which will involve
telling stories and teaching the children the ‘slip, slop, slap’ song. Pharmacy
practice students will also be engaging with secondary schools to assess their
current knowledge and understanding of UV, skin cancer and sun bed use, before
delivering workshops to explore the science behind harmful UV rays and sun
screen. The overall aim is to promote the fact that prevention is better
than cure and education can lead to early detection and reduce soaring
incidence rates of skin cancer in the UK.
Professor
Satya Sarker, PBS School Director said “Liverpool John Moores University acts
as a catalyst for positive social change, and enhances life, aspirations and
prospects within our communities. We also encourage active citizenship in
students and staff. The project with Skcin involving our academics, students and
local schools is a great example of this impact.”
Marie Tudor, Business Development Manager at Skcin said, “This is an important collaboration with Liverpool John Moores University to improve the health and wellbeing of our local communities. Skin cancer rates are rocketing, with Liverpool displaying some of the UKs highest incident rates but 85% of skin cancers are preventable. Education is the key to saving lives and helping us to address this major public health concern. Through education we can evoke a cultural change and shift in attitude towards sun safety, which will help to reverse the soaring rates of skin cancer for current and future generations.”
A public
seminar presenting the project findings will take place in 2018.
Follow
the project on twitter @LJMU3Es
Webpage www.ljmu.ac.uk/3Es
From left to right: Dr Ian Bradshaw, Mrs Marie Tudor
(Skcin), Mr Bob Morris, Dr Laura Randle, Dr Kehinde Ross, Prof. Satya Sarker
and Dr Fyaz Ismail (PBS)
·
Follow
us on twitter @LJMU3Es
No comments:
Post a Comment