Kidney health awareness raised

Before the seminar, a “kidney mascot” with the project’s motto  was given to one person from a project group to raise awareness of kidneys health.

The video of the person with mascot walking around the school was presented during the seminar.  Moreover brochures about the measures to save kidneys health were distributed.  The project was conducted in cooperation with Turkey Kindey Foundation, Ayşe Onat , the coordinator of the project and  Gökçen Efe, dietitian made speeches about eating habits and the treatment of illnesses.

As a part of the project a group of 100 people were questioned and the result of  this survey were presented during the project. The research was conducted by the students of Public Relations and Advertising depatment Gamze Kır, Hatice Seda Özkan, Galip Kökçüoğlu, Gizem Demirel and  Görkem Seven with the support of Head  of the School of Applied Sciences, Public Relations and Advertising Department Emel Tozlu Öztay,  Faculty Member Nevra Üçler, Head of Vocational School of Higher Education, Department of Marketing and Advertising  Fulya Beteş. According to the results it became clear that participants are not aware of any other kindeys supporting ways  except drinking enough water.

The participants of the project expressed their gratitude to Head   of  Istanbul Gelisim University the School of Applied Sciences, Public Relations and Advertising Department Emel Tozlu Öztay. At the end of the event Tozlu presented plaques to Turkey Kindey Foundation Project Coordinator Ayşe Onat and Dietitian Gökçen Efe.