"Students Teaching Educational Plans for Success" is modeled after a health program started in Cincinnati by an interdisciplinary committee. Motivational interviewing, the science of behavior change, and evidence-based preventive strategies form our theoretical foundation. We hope to work in solidarity with the community towards better health. Sessions will be one Saturday a morning every month un
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til we convert to weekly sessions. During each session health science students and a faculty member will be doing the following:
1.Screening community members for high blood pressure, obesity, and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
2.Using self-management support and partnerships with local free clinics to improve chronic care outcomes and decrease emergency room visits
3.Using a community-based approach to increase health literacy and nutritional competency.
4.Employing quality improvement principles of effectiveness, efficiency, equity, patient safety, patient-centeredness and timeliness in the clinic
STEPS Initiative Board
Paul Blair, MSPH, MS4
Rebecca Beesley, MPH Candidate, MS2
Nikki Craker, MPH Candidate, MS2
Ross Humes, MS2
Matias Iberico, MPH Candidate, MS4
TJ Klein, MPH Candidate, PhD Candidate, MS2
Nadia Zaim, MS4
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