Positive youth development/Adolescent African American males |
Promote healthy life outcomes and opportunities to restore the lives of hurting African American men by age 25 yrs. |
Preventive Medicine/Psychology |
Provide health promotion activities to high school males enrolled in southwest Atlanta. |
Trained 20 youth to educate over 200 students through group sessions, seminars and one on one. |
HIV/African American women |
Serves individuals vulnerable to the HIV epidemic, conducts outreach efforts. |
Preventive Medicine |
HIV/AIDS prevention education program to include 35 African-American women 14-21 years of age. |
Conducted 2 sessions with a total of 36 women between the ages of 16 -25 years to discuss use of condoms as protection against STDs. |
Physical Activity/South Georgia youth |
Program targeting obesity in children in Southwest Georgia. |
Psychology/Public Health |
Conduct fitness testing on all 6th grade students at a middle school. |
Provided health examinations and fitness counseling to 75 6th grade students. |
Asthma/Atlanta youth |
Asthma coalition that addresses the growing disparity in health outcomes between black and white children. |
Internal Medicine |
Share information on the effects of smoking and environmental tobacco smoke on children and adults. Target audience Hispanic/Latino. |
Conducted 2 weekend smoking cessation workshops with 21 persons in attendance. |
Mental Health/Adolescent African American youth |
Promote healthy life outcomes and opportunities to restore the lives of hurting African American men by age 25 yrs. |
Preventive Medicine |
Provide health promotion activities to high school males in southwest Atlanta. |
Identified materials to discuss mental health with 30 male student health promoters during weekly sessions. Held a forum for an audience of 200 males. |
Down Syndrome/Atlanta families affected by Down Syndrome |
Ensure that individuals with Down syndrome have access to comprehensive medical services and interventional therapies to optimize their potential. |
Pediatrics |
Sponsor educational workshops on Down syndrome to families-design and distribute brochures. |
Sponsored 4 educational workshops for families, professionals, and community programs that were designed to distribute up-to-date educational materials on Down syndrome. Co-sponsored 2 awareness activities in the Metro Atlanta area. |
HIV/African Americans |
Online television show to discuss HIV health related issues in African American Community |
Community Psychology |
Facilitate a weekly HIV/AIDS workgroup. |
Produced 10 weeks of programming for an online television show, focused on HIV prevention, testing and treatment, as well as wellness, awareness and recovery. |
Physical Activity/Church members |
Exercise program located in a church. |
Preventive Medicine/Family Practice |
Promote physical activity among members of the church to decrease obesity. |
Recruited two walking club coordinators. Recruited 150 people to join walking clubs after church services and identify safe places to walk in their neighborhood or around workplace during the week. Planned a series of three monthly exercise classes, 20-25 participated in exercise classes. |