Thursday, July 15, 2010

American Liver Foundation Programs

The American Liver Foundation (ALF) offers a series of concise, interesting health education sessions and activities that are free of charge. The CORE programs listed here are all require the use of PowerPoint for the presentation.

Liver Wellness
The Liver Wellness program increases understanding of the liver and its role in maintaining health, liver illnesses and liver transplant. The Liver Wellness program seeks to make liver wellness part of everyone's concern, whether or not they have liver disease.

Hepatitis C Treatment Choice Initiative (TCI) Program
The program is designed to address the needs of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) positive individuals, caregivers and providers by providing them with the information they need to make informed choices. We will educate on nutrition, liver viruses, liver cancer and liver transplantation.

THINK B
The American Liver Foundation's THINK B national campaign is designed to increase hepatitis B awareness, screening and treatment among at-risk populations, especially Asian Americans. It provides outreach and education to health care providers and patients.

Love Your Liver Youth Program
The Love Your Liver Youth Program is an interactive education session geared towards Elementary and High School aged youth to provide health education and support regarding important liver-related topics, including liver viruses, transplantation as well as family physical activity and nutrition.

Fatty Liver Information Program (FLIP)
The Fatty Liver Information Program (FLIP) is targeted to the general public, as well as people with liver disease. The program facilitates a greater understanding of the liver and its functions, discusses the development and progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and offers a multi-disciplinary approach for maximizing liver health.

If your library is interested in hosting one of these programs contact Suzanna Masartis, Division Vice President of the American Liver Foundation, Allegheny Division, at smasartis@liverfoundation.org or 412-434-7044.

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