How do we protect children from alcohol advertising that
is specially developed to target young people?
This topic will be discussed at a public lecture on Sept.
24 at 7 p.m. that is sponsored by the University of British
Columbia’s Interprofessional Continuing Education program
in co-operation with the Aurora Centre at B.C. Women’s Hospital
and Health Centre.
A 45-minute video called Spin the Bottle: Sex, Alcohol and
Advertising will be presented by Jean Kilbourne, an international
specialist on how alcohol and tobacco advertising affects
youth. The presentation focuses on techniques that alcohol
marketers use to link their products to young people’s self-image.
Kilbourne will offer concrete strategies for youth to counter
alcohol advertising messages and will answer audience questions.
There is a $10 charge to attend the lecture. Attendees can
pre-register online, by phone or fax or pay at the door.
The lecture is part of national conference called Women’s
Substance Use Treatment: Celebrating and Moving Forward to
be held Sept. 25 and 26 at the Coast Plaza Hotel and Suites
in Vancouver.
Highlights include: Ruth Elwood Martin, clinical assistant
professor, UBC Dept. of Family Practice, who will discuss
addiction-related illnesses experienced by women in prison.
UBC School of Nursing Prof. Joy Johnson will present research
on development of tobacco dependence in teen girls.
Representatives from Fir Square Combined Care Unit at B.C.
Women’s Hospital will introduce a substance use treatment
program for pregnant women that is the first of its kind in
Canada. Lorraine Greaves, executive director, B.C. Centre
of Excellence for Women’s Health, will examine tobacco policy
in Canada relative to trends in girls’ and women’s smoking.
Judy Lyon of The Aurora Centre will discuss working with
women who have substance addiction as well as disordered eating
and body image issues. For registration details and conference
information, visit the Web site at www.interprofessional.ubc.ca.
UBC Interprofessional Continuing Education provides educational
programming to health care professionals and concerned individuals
on health related issues in a multidisciplinary environment.
The Aurora Centre is a women’s substance use treatment centre
in Vancouver celebrating its 30th year of offering services
to women.
As part of Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of British
Columbia, British Columbia’s Women’s Hospital and Health Centre
is the only facility in B.C. devoted exclusively to the health
of women, newborns and families.
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