Kidney health awareness was created

Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Public Relations and Advertising Department senior students created a new awareness company within the scope of their graduation projects. Under a joint workshop with the Turkish Kidney Foundation, a seminar on “Drink Water for your Kidney” was held in the conference hall of Istanbul Gelisim University Vocational School (MYO).

Before the seminar, in order to raise awareness on kidney health to a person from the project group, was dressed kidney mascot with the slogan of the project. The person wearing the kidney mascot was recorded walking and screened in the seminar. For the purpose of kidney health, leaflets taken from the foundation were distributed to inform about the ways to protect kidney health. In the seminar held in cooperation with the Turkish Kidney Foundation Project Coordinator Ayşe Onat and Diyetitian Gökçen Efe gave information about kidney diseases, diet, treatment of diseases.

During the research phase of the project, a group of 100 students participated in the survey. The research was conducted by Public Relations and Advertising department students Gamze Kır, Hatice Seda Özkan, Galip Kökçüoğlu, Gizem Demirel and Görkem Seven under the supervision of Head of Public Relations and Advertising Department Asst. Prof. Emel Tozlu Öztay, Lect. Nevra Üçler, Head of Marketing and Advertising Department of Istanbul Gelisim University Vocational School Lect. Fulya Beteş. According to the results of the survey, it was concluded that the participants did not have enough information about the ways to protect kidney health except drinking water.

The speakers expressed their gratitude to the students of Istanbul Gelisim University Public Relations and Advertising Department and the head of the department Emel Tozlu Öztay. At the end of the event, Tozlu presented plaques to Turkish Kidney Foundation Project Coordinator Ayşe Onat and Dietician Gökcen Efe Aydın.