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Topic 8:

Tuesday, May 19, 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Here are some questions to get you thinking about the topic: Are over-the-counter medications helpful, or all hype? Are "natural" products better and safer for us? When can pills/medications be the best thing? Psychotropic meds - what should an adult know? Do you think it is good or bad that drugs are advertised on TV? How should you get rid of unused meds? Flush them down the toiler?

 Read more about it by clicking these links:

• Compelling AP article about teens abusing prescriptions. MSNBC
• Can antidepressants cause violence? Check out the following Youtube film.

The cash bar opens at 6:30 p.m. with Very Berry Punch as the themed drink of the evening. Grab a drink and find a table, or mingle for a while, munching on free hor d'oeuvres.

Discussion starts at 7 p.m. with expert Dr. Barbara Frankowski—Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Vermont.

Barb Frankowski, MD, MPH has been a pediatrician in Burlington for almost 25 years. She received her undergraduate degree from Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT, her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, and her MPH from the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. She is a Professor of Pediatrics at the UVM School of Medicine and an Attending at Vermont Children's Hospital. She has a special interest in adolescents and school health and has served as the Health Consultant for the Burlington Public School District for the past 15 years. She enjoys teaching sexual education classes for Burlington students from 4th grade to high school.

At the state level, Dr Frankowski is the Chair of the Vermont School Health Committee and serves on several advisory boards. At the national level she has been Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on School Health and has participated in writing many policy statements to ensure the health and safety of our children in schools. Active in quality improvement research, Dr Frankowski also works with the Vermont Child Health Improvement Program (VCHIP) on several research projects, including asthma in school aged children, health care for children and adolescents in foster care, childhood obesity, and health care focusing on strengths for adolescents.