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Women's Health Workshops: Improving Health Literacy Preliminary Phase

Rim Gebremariam, OMS II

Western University of Health Sciences | College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific California Community Service Learning Program August 12, 2014

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Self Introduction

• Interest in Women’s Health
• Interest in Public Health
• Interest Preventative Medicine
• Interest in reducing disparities in underserved

communities

• Why improve health literacy in at-risk female

populations?

"Educate a women and you educate a nation"

Project Introduction

• Re-entry to community is difficult
• A New Way Of Life (ANWOL) Re-entry Project

provides support

• Health Literacy & Health Outcomes
• Project Aim: Promote health living and

provide health education to improve health literacy in women living in positive and supportive environment provided by ANWOL.

Clientele Served

• Residents of ANWOL
• Females
• 18+ yo
• English language

proficient

• 4-8 participants at a

time

Methodology

• Health education workshops

in lecture/discussion format

• Workshops are held for a

duration of 1 hour

• One to two times per week
• n Tuesdays and/or

Thursdays of each month.

• Preliminary phase is program

creation and implementation

• Next phase of project is to

implement the 4-Level Kirkpatrick Model Evaluation

Workshop Questionnaire, Level 1 Evaluation

’ 3) The time allotted to the workshop was: Not Enough Just Right Too Much 4) Overall, the workshop was well designed. Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree 5) The instructor was effective in teaching the workshop material. Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree 6) The instructor’s lecture materials and/or videos were helpful in learning the material. Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree 7) I learned something new today. Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree 8) Today’s workshop directly relates to my life. Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree 9) I feel that I can apply the content of today’s workshop to my daily life.

Pending IRB Approval, the next phase of this project will include administering surveys to program participants.

Summer Project Schedule

Date Time Module 4/15/14 6:30-8:00pm Nutrition:diabetes, heart disease, and cancer 5/6/14 6:30-8:00pm Anxiety and Stress Management I 5/20/14 6:30-8:00pm Anxiety and Stress Management II 6/3/14 6:30-7:30pm Addiction 6/24/14 5:30-6:30pm Bacteria and Viruses 7/1/14 5:30-6:30pm Sexually Transmitted Infections 7/3/14 5:30-6:30pm The Heart 7/10/14 5:30-6:30pm Positive effects of Exercise 7/15/14 5:30-6:30pm Mental Health Awareness Part I 7/22/14 5:30-6:30pm Mental Health Awareness Part II 8/7/14 5:30-6:30pm Breast Cancer Awareness 8/19/14 5:30-6:30pm The Doctor’s Appointment 8/26/14 5:30-6:30pm Reading Prescription Drug Labels TBD* 5:30-6:30pm Healthy Cooking TBD* 5:30-6:30pm Low Back Pain TBD* 5:30-6:30pm Headaches

Project Improvements and challenges

Binders Jeopardy Games

Future Steps & Recommendations

• Guest speakers
• Props/models
• Inviting other students from the 9 different

WesternU colleges

• Service-learning program at WesternU
• Health fair
• IRB approval

Acknowledgements

A special thank you to the following….

• National Medical

Fellowships

• A New Way Of Life Re-

entry Project

• Gail Blackwell
• Dr. Jan Boller
• College of Osteopathic

Medicine of the Pacific