A Call to Action To Prevent Underage Drinking |
Dr. David Jernigan, Executive Director of the Center of Alcohol Marketing and
Youth (CAMY), was invited to be an expert witness to the House Joint Memorial 64
(Alcohol Advertising and Youth Drinking) proceedings on October 30, 2007. An
interview with KNME (PBS Channel 5) was taped that same day and aired on Friday,
Nov. 9, 2007. The Department of Health was represented by both Jim Roeber and
Glenn Wieringa on the HJM 64 Task Force.
David Jernigan Ph.D. is Research Associate Professor at Georgetown University and Executive Director of the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth. He has worked as an advisor to the World Health Organization and the World Bank. He was principal author of WHO’s Global Status Report on Alcohol and Global Status Report on Alcohol and Youth, and co-authored Media Advocacy and Public Health: Power for Prevention, and Alcohol in the Developing World: A Public Health Perspective.
For more information contact:
Jim Roeber, Alcohol Epidemiologist, NM Dept. of Health at jim.roeber@state.nm.us (505) 476-1757
An Evening with Acting US Surgeon General Dr. Kenneth Moritsugu
and First Lady
Mrs. Barbara Richardson
New Mexico has among the highest rates of youth alcohol problems in the country, devastating the well being of families and burdening the state with economic costs of more than $700 million a year. Hosted by New Mexico’s First Lady, Mrs. Barbara Richardson and the Department of Health, the US Surgeon General Moritsugu visited New Mexico on Sept. 25-26, 2007.
Among his many presentations, he was interviewed by KNME's Gene Grant, the moderator of their Friday night public affairs program "In Focus" that aired on Sept. 28, 2007. The interview with the Surgeon General was then discussed among a panel of community leaders throughout New Mexico.
Since August 2006, Rear Admiral Kenneth P. Moritsugu, MD, MPH, has served as Acting Surgeon
General of the United States. Prior to this appointment, he served as Deputy Surgeon General. Having
completed residencies in internal medicine and in preventive medicine, Dr. Moritsugu is board certified
in preventive medicine and is a certified correctional health professional. The Surgeon General serves
as America's chief health educator by providing Americans the best scientific information available on
how to improve their health and reduce the risk of illness and injury.
For more information contact:
Glenn Wieringa, NM Dept. of Health, Glenn.Wieringa@state.nm.us or
Christina Maxwell, Santa Fe Community Partnership, cmaxwell@nmvoices.org.
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