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Dr. Barbara Wilder, associate professor in AUSON, spoke to the Community Advisory Board Nov. . She informed board members regarding activities and initiatives undertaken at the Nursing Care Clinics serving
the Auburn Housing Authority (AHA). For six years the clinics have provided fundamental health promotion/disease prevention, education, screening and referral services for medically underserved AHA residents. These activities give Auburn’s nursing students an opportunity to develop their skills in providing interdisciplinary health care in a community setting while giving them experience with diverse cultures. Each< month the nursing students and Linda Byrd, clinical instructor, CRNP, have approximately 200 client visits at the Nursing Care Clinics. AUSON is laying the groundwork for a new initiative designed to increase physical activity in African American women living in the AHA. “We are planning to establish an accessible facility for the women at Boykin Community Center,” Wilder stated. “We would like to have at least 2 women between the ages of 30 and 70 initially.” The women will have a physical assessment to make certain there are no physical limitations for them, and then they will receive walking shoes and t-shirts. The emphasis will be improving functional fitness and building a support system for the participants, who will have an individually developed exercise prescription. Guidance will be provided to help them achieve their personal fitness goals.