[450] AFRICAN YOUTH HEALTH SUBJECT OF “MTSU ON THE RECORD”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 30, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081; WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

AFRICAN YOUTH HEALTH SUBJECT OF “MTSU ON THE RECORD”
MTSU Professor Studies Wellness and Teen Behaviors in His Native Ghana

(MURFREESBORO) – Dr. Andrew Owusu, assistant professor of health and human performance, will discuss the second stage of his study of youth health and wellness in his native Ghana at 7 a.m. this Sunday, May 3, on “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
Owusu is the primary investigator/country coordinator for the Ghana School-Based Student Health Survey project, which began in 2006 in partnership with the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Ghana’s Ministry of Education, Science and Sports.
The first phase of the investigation involved the initiation of capacity-building activities and data collection on health-risk behaviors among approximately 6,000 students. With this achievement, MTSU became the first U.S. institution to successfully lead the implementation of a comprehensive nationwide surveillance system dedicated to the health of school children in an African country.
For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or gklogue@mtsu.edu or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800. To listen to last week’s program on the Liberty Fund Socratic Seminar, go to http://frank.mtsu.edu/~proffice/podcast2009.html and click on “April 26, 2009.”

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