CHS students manned tables at JCSU to help stamp out tobacco use by their fellow students.

School of Community Health Sciences

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Centers in the School of Community Health Sciences (public health):

Nevada Center for Health Statistics and Informatics (NCHSI)

Center for Health Ethics (HCE)

Nevada Center for Ethics and Health Policy (NCEHP)

Center for Program Evaluation (CPE)

Southern Nevada, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV):

UNLV School of Community Health Sciences (public health)

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CHS Students Take on Tobacco

30 Students from the School of Community Health Sciences took the American Cancer Society's course on Tobacco Control, then put those lessons to use at this year's Annual Great American Smoke-Out. SCHS partnered with Washoe County Health District, the UNR Student Health Center, and the ASUN bookstore for this very successful event.

Students set up tables in the Joe Crowley Student Union to get the message out to their fellow students. Students who used tobacco products were encouraged to hand them over; about 25 students emptied their purses and pockets of their tobacco products and were given free turkey sandwiches (for going "cold turkey"), Quitting kits and information about cessation resources. As hookas have become more popular, information was provided about the dangers of this alternative method of smoking and to provide a great boost to student's lungs, an oxygen bar was available for pure, healthy inhalation!

Surveys regarding student attitudes concerning tobacco were completed by about 350 students. Students received a gift certificate to the ASUN Bookstore for completing the survey.

About Us

The unique strengths of our School of Community Health Sciences (public health) include an ecological approach to health and wellness across the life span, integration of ethics and physical activity with traditional public health disciplines, and engagement with the community in the tradition of American land grant universities.

he School of Community Health Sciences (public health) offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Community Health Sciences and a Master of Public Health degree specializing in epidemiology or social/behavioral health and a dual MD/MPH and MPH/MS in nursing.

Other degrees are offered in collaboration with other units on campus, including a dual Master of Public Health/Master of Science in Nursing and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences and Health.

In addition, students pursuing a degree in a different major at the University of Nevada can earn a Minor in Health Ecology.

The University of Nevada, Reno is a top-tier research university located in the high desert on the picturesque eastern flank of the Sierra Nevada, just 30 minutes from Lake Tahoe and three hours from San Francisco.