Community Engagement

Students are emerged in the community through an Applied Practice (AP) experience.

Recent Applied Practice Experiences for Community Health Promotion students include:

1. Hennepin County Medical Center: Develop a group counseling intervention for patients (kidney transplant candidates) and their social support networks for use in the clinical practice setting, and piloting this intervention at 2 transplant centers in Minneapolis.
2. Minnesota Department of Education: Conduct research on building comprehensive school climates in Minnesota.
3. Project HEAL Minneapolis-St. Paul Chapter: Adapt a social media literacy curriculum aimed at middle school aged children in hopes of reducing eating disorders in adolescents in Minneapolis.