CPHI Small Group Assignments

2005

Group 1 - Health Disparities/Outreach

• Yolanda Agredano: Development of an education program addressing the importance of mental health within a Latino/a community in California
• Carina Lopez: Establishment of a health literacy program to eliminate health disparities in a community in San Diego
• Kevin Makino: Advancement of an established Outreach Program to service homeless patients via a mobile emergency shelter
• Javeria Qureshi: Development of a health outreach program for Muslim patients in Chicago via IMAN-Rush collaboration

Group 2 - Health Fair

• Laura Korin: Community health assessment (Health Fair) to combat obesity and improve healthcare access within a community in Bronx, New York
• Sayone Thihalolipavan: Development of South Asian Health Fair at local NYC temple (in collaboration with CAAHS-NYU) to empower SAA population in this community
• Jenny Chiang: (Nutrition/Obesity) Development of a grass-roots community nutrition program to combat obesity

Group 3 - Health Education Curricula/Programs

• Joseph Amos: (Nutrition/Obesity) Development of a health education curriculum to combat obesity in a community in Galveston, Texas
• Nikita Joshi: (Sex Education) Initiation of a sexual education curriculum for middle schools in the Cleveland, OH area
• Jennifer Lyons: (Domestic Violence) Raise awareness of issue of domestic violence in Chicago communities via medical curriculum
• Michelle Khan: (Cancer Prevention/Screening) Organization of a health education program on Human Papilloma Virus, cervical cancer and screening in the DC area

Group 4 - Health Education Curricula/Programs (PART DEUX)

• Christina Khan: (Cancer Prevention/Screening) Organization of a health education program on Human Papilloma Virus, cervical cancer and screening in the Champaign, IL area
• Rachel Rosansky: (Health Literacy) Empowering community in Charleston, SC via development of ESL-style health literacy curriculum
• Brad Rittenhouse: (Health Education) Development of a health education curriculum targeting 3rd and 4th graders in Iowa City, IA community
• Elizabeth Paddock: (Health Education) Initiation of a health education program in Albany, NY community via Project Medscope model.

2004

Group 1-Free clinics

• Recruitment of uninsured patients into a medical student run free clinic
• A phased project for initiating and maintaining a community-based free clinic
• Development of socially responsible fundraising guidelines for a student-run mobile clinic
• Refugee/immigrant public health assessment in Nashville, Tennessee

Group 2-Nutrition

• Medical students providing essential basic nutritional education to middle school students, empowering them to make healthier lifestyle choices
• Nutritional education project aimed at Galveston area public school students and their parents

Group 3-Women's health

• Health education and counseling program to reduce maternal morbidity from infectious diseases at Bellevue Hospital
• Domestic violence prevention through multi-dimensional interventions at the University of Pittsburgh
• Developing a curriculum to train inner city teenage girls as health educators in their community

Group 4-Miscellaneous

• Educating rural primary care physicians on substance abuse: diagnosis, referral, and treatment
• Health action group at a predominantly black high school or church to address health promotion through the performing arts
• Unite for Sight, New Orleans: To improve health care access and education for the local community
• Combating the rise of antibiotic resistant pathogens

2003

Group 1

• Improving rape and sexual assault awareness among medical students
• Osteoporosis prevention program
• Culturally-sensitive support group for pregnant women with an educative component
• Emergency contraception awareness and availability

Group 2

• Survey to assess local support for a citywide public smoking ban
• Organizing a candlelight vigil for the uninsured
• Forming a student-run free clinic

Group 3

• Healthy snack stands in schools and neighborhoods
• Pneumococcal vaccine educational campaign
• Improving nutrition among city youth through fast food education

2002

Group 1

• Nutrition Health Education Project
• Diet and Exercise Program for Young People

Group 2

• Hispanic Child Vaccination and Pre-natal Care Project
• Peer Adolescent Lactation Support Group
• Health Education and Pre-natal Care Project for Low-Income Adolescent Mothers

Group 3

• Expanding Dartmouth's Public Health Education Program
• Creation of Medical Student Public Health Curriculum, Medical Student Public Health Interest Group, and Medical Student International Elective Opportunities

Group 4

• Peer-to-Peer Health Education Project
• Sexual Assault Prevention Education Project for Middle School and High School Students

Group 5

• Foreign Language Course for Health Professionals
• Health Literacy Project

Group 6

• Advocating for Smoke-free Restaurants and Bars
• Improvements on Existing Student-run Clinic