Rebecca Lopez is collaborating with another Schweitzer Fellow from the Los Angeles program, Janelle Rodriguez, to create a health education and parenting curriculum for young parents in East Los Angeles that teaches CPR/First Response First Aid skills, and addresses the issues of safer sex and domestic violence. They have partnered with the AltaMed Adolescent Family Life Program to reach … [Read more...] about In Los Angeles, teaching teen parents the skills they need to succeed
Archives for February 2013
North Carolina Schweitzer Fellows Provide Dental Care
Schweitzer Fellows Shannon Holcomb and Christin Carter were featured Feb. 26 in the campus paper of East Carolina University for their work providing dental care to community residents. Both Fellows are second-year dental students at the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine and recently organized a community event at Grimesland Community Resource Center. Holcomb and Carter, along … [Read more...] about North Carolina Schweitzer Fellows Provide Dental Care
Fellow for Life Wins RWJF Roadmaps to Health prize
Fellow for Life Claude-Alix Jacob is the Chief Public Health Officer for Cambridge, which has won an inaugural Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Roadmaps to Health prize. The RWJF Roadmaps to Health Prize honors outstanding community partnerships helping people live healthier lives. Cambridge is one of six winners of the inaugural prize. In a blog post about the prize, the RWJF … [Read more...] about Fellow for Life Wins RWJF Roadmaps to Health prize
Fellow for Life Wins RWJF Roadmaps to Health prize
Fellow for Life Claude-Alix Jacob is the Chief Public Health Officer for Cambridge, which has won an inaugural Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Roadmaps to Health prize. The RWJF Roadmaps to Health Prize honors outstanding community partnerships helping people live healthier lives. Cambridge is one of six winners of the inaugural prize. In a blog post about the prize, the RWJF … [Read more...] about Fellow for Life Wins RWJF Roadmaps to Health prize
In North Carolina, using art to talk about health
When he was a child, Schweitzer Fellow Parteek Singla’s parents used art as a way to help the then shy boy express himself. The process instilled a love of art in him that manifests itself today in Singla’s love of photography. Today, the medical student is combing his love of art with his love of health with Project JUMPST(ART) which teaches young people to talk about issues that impact their … [Read more...] about In North Carolina, using art to talk about health