Outreach
Project EXPORT has 3 Outreach objectives:
To encourage greater community and individual involvement with minority Health issues, specifically the metabolic syndrome, through community-directed, culturally sensitive programming
To develop novel methods for communicating credible, relevant health information to under-served audiences, and to foster new audiences.
To promote more effective community decision making today and healthier generations tomorrow by involving youth and community leaders in leadership programs, institutes, and community service through outreach and risk reduction efforts.
2004 Youth Leadership Institute
Hands
on Health South
Carolina - An award-winning consumer
health Internet site geared to the needs of ordinary citizens of
South Carolina.
Workshops on how to identify credible health information
on the Net have been conducted with community leaders, parents, teachers
and school nurses, middle
and high school students, and seniors in different locations throughout South
Carolina. Group participation has ranged from 50% to 90% minority, and workshops
have been provided in Spanish.
Get Net Smart for Good Health - A guide to teaching students how to find reliable health information on the Internet.
Export Summer Institute
Youth Leadership Institute at Medical University of South Carolina
Community Leadership Institute, Aiken, South Carolina
