Lifestyle & Prevention Medicine Unit

Following commencement of its operations three years ago, the LPMU has been involved in various research and outreach activities that have resulted in publications in the areas of chronic disease prevention, lifestyle medicine, adolescent health, breastfeeding and obesity as well as ongoing epidemiologic assessments of the burden of Hypertension and Diabetic
retinopathy in Mutare.
A number of mental health & lifestyle related outreach activities were supported under the PAPSE project including the establishment of substance recovery support groups for AU students and UMC youths in Mutare district and an Adolescent Clinic at Old Mutare Mission Hospital.
AU CHANS students have been widely engaged in some of these LPMU research and/or outreach activities including opportunities to intern at the CRC for students from the MPH program and BSc Psychology and supervision of LPM-related research projects for MPH and BSN students.