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Addressing the Health Needs of At-Risk Youth: Community and Nursing/Physical Therapist Student Perceptions of Working Together in a Chicago Neighborhood After-School Program
Approach. The Westside Health Authority (WHA), a community-based organization in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, approached their CBPR partners at Northwestern University (NU) and Rush University (RU) and asked for assistance to change an after-school program. In response, NU/RU faculty designed an IPE experience, which included nursing and physical therapist (PT) students. In collaboration with WHA Youth Development Center (YDC) staff, RU nursing students and NU PT students developed and implemented a 10-week nutrition and physical activity (PA) program entitled, Kids in Motion (KIM).
Product/Outcome. 14 African-American children (6-12 years old) participated in KIM, which consisted of a PA/heath education session led by PT students (on Monday), a PA led by YDC staff (on Wednesday), and a nutrition activity conducted by nursing students (on Thursday). Students and staff participated in separate focus groups after completion of KIM. Findings suggest the community partners’ expectations of the health promotion program for youth were successfully met. Additionally, the students' findings indicate increased confidence and preparedness in working with underserved communities to plan programs based on areas of need identified by community stakeholders.
Implications: CBPR and IPE experiences within community settings should be considered as a sustainable method to meet both the programming needs identified by community partners and the experiential educational needs of health professions students.
Learning Areas:
Other professions or practice related to public healthPublic health or related nursing
Learning Objectives:
Explain the role of community-based participatory research (CBPR) and interprofessional education in meeting needs of youth identified by community partners and the experiential educational needs of students in the health professions.
Keyword(s): Youth, Participatory Research
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been the principle or co-investigator on this and several other public health nursing research and quality improvement projects. My area of professional and research expertise is public health nursing, adolescent health and pedicatric weight tmanagement.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to be an abstract Author on the content I am responsible for because I have taught physical therapist (PT) students in the clinic and classroom for over 25 years and been involved in community-engaged research (CEnR) for the past 5 years. For those 5 years in the community I have been responsible for bringing successive cohorts of PT students into the community to conduct CEnR and improve the health of the community.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.