Grassroots Health

School community-based Health education we provide 1 sports-based Health education programs in middle schools, 2 Health communication workshops for parents and caregivers of middle school students, and 3 linkages to clinical and social services for students and their families. We use an asset-based approach to Health promotion and youth development, and our innovative curricula cover the topics of mental, nutritional, and sexual Health, including 30 one-hour sessions. Our curricula use physical activity and sports as an avenue for teaching Health messages and dismantling the stigma associated with sensitive Health topics. All of our curricula are implemented by trained college student-athlete volunteer Health educators.

Evaluation communication of research in the spirit of ensuring evidence-based practice and community-informed approaches to Health promotion, we devote significant resources to curriculum development and evaluation, the creation of research and evaluation partnerships, and the presentation of research findings at local, national, and international conferences.

Civic engagement leadership development we provide intensive training-of-facilitator workshops for volunteer college student-athlete Health educators, including four-day, 16-hour training workshops in each of our curricula. We also devote resources to supporting the leadership development and impact-based service skills of our college student-athlete volunteers.