Students partner with different community agencies throughout the academic year to implement multiple community health fairs as part of the NUR 440 course. In addition to MUJER, they work with Inn Transition South, Lotus House, Camillus House, Miami Beach Senior Center, SafeSpace North, and others. The health fairs also form part of a larger goal of the UM SONHS’ Center of Excellence for Health Disparities Research: El Centro, to increase health literacy in vulnerable populations. One of the newest elements of these fairs is a research study led by Dr. Jessica Williams being launched this semester to evaluate the short and long term effectiveness of health fairs on individual-level health outcomes. Next semester, Dr. Williams hopes to launch an additional study looking at the community level outcomes of the health fairs.
Nursing Students Lead Community Health Fairs
The fair was conducted as a component of NUR 440: Population-Focused Nursing, a core course in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing curriculum which focuses on community-oriented approaches to understanding and addressing major public health concerns across the lifespan. As part of this learning activity, students are required to conduct a community needs assessment, and use the results to design and implement a health fair tailored to the specific needs of their assigned neighborhood. Sunday’s health fair was conducted by a group of students working with the MUJER, one of the SONHS’ community partners. MUJER (Men and Women United in Justice, Education and Reform) is a one stop domestic violence and sexual assault center whose mission is to protect the safety and well-being of at-risk women and children, and to preserve and strengthen families.
Students partner with different community agencies throughout the academic year to implement multiple community health fairs as part of the NUR 440 course. In addition to MUJER, they work with Inn Transition South, Lotus House, Camillus House, Miami Beach Senior Center, SafeSpace North, and others. The health fairs also form part of a larger goal of the UM SONHS’ Center of Excellence for Health Disparities Research: El Centro, to increase health literacy in vulnerable populations. One of the newest elements of these fairs is a research study led by Dr. Jessica Williams being launched this semester to evaluate the short and long term effectiveness of health fairs on individual-level health outcomes. Next semester, Dr. Williams hopes to launch an additional study looking at the community level outcomes of the health fairs.
Students partner with different community agencies throughout the academic year to implement multiple community health fairs as part of the NUR 440 course. In addition to MUJER, they work with Inn Transition South, Lotus House, Camillus House, Miami Beach Senior Center, SafeSpace North, and others. The health fairs also form part of a larger goal of the UM SONHS’ Center of Excellence for Health Disparities Research: El Centro, to increase health literacy in vulnerable populations. One of the newest elements of these fairs is a research study led by Dr. Jessica Williams being launched this semester to evaluate the short and long term effectiveness of health fairs on individual-level health outcomes. Next semester, Dr. Williams hopes to launch an additional study looking at the community level outcomes of the health fairs.
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