Building Healthy Communities In The Dominican Republic

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Katherine Brown, Biological Sciences; Chloe Schockling, Health Science; Michelle Fuentes, Language and International Health; Rebecca Lenti, Psychology.

The overall goal of this presentation is to inform how translational research can be used to expand the use of U.S. evidence-based public health assessment tools to reach communities worldwide. In order to contribute to improving the health and well-being of communities in the third-world like Las Malvinas in the Dominican Republic, Clemson University students via a Creative Inquiry have partnered with Dominican University students (UNIBE) and Las Malvinas neighborhood association and school. This collaborative effort will lead the research team to create a comprehensive Community Health and Assets Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan. The students will share with participants about the methodological approach to adapt the CDC’s CHANGE tool, both culturally and linguistically, to capture the public health needs of this community. In addition, students will share about challenges of this process (e.g., working from abroad, language barriers, limited community organizations, binational IRB approval, etc.).



May 12, 2016 17:19
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The Clemson Global Symposium was originally created by a collaboration of recent Clemson Alumni, current Clemson students, faculty, and staff with their eyes on the following mission: to serve as a catalyst in fostering the development of Clemson students as global citizens. The Symposium focuses on two main goals: To foster awareness of cross-cultural understanding through opportunities for overseas service and/or academic and research activities and to encourage engagement of Clemson students in taking on global responsibilities and problem solving in partnership with citizens from other countries. More sessions will be added as they are available.