Student Engagement
Students gain hands on experience in population health to support improvements in health outcomes in Delaware.
Students participate weekly in the community providing care
Nursing students have the opportunity to participate weekly in the community and on a mobile health van as part of their community health clinical rotation.
Doctoral students in Epidemiology have the opportunity to connect with clients and community partners to apply epidemiological methods.
Nursing students participate in Community Health Fairs
Community Health Fair
Nursing students prep on skills, develop informational sheets about tests and readings, and teach about the importance of regular screenings and results, while participating in community health fairs.
Behavior Health & Nutrition students
Presentations, Small Interactive Groups, and One on One Meetings
Behavior Health & Nutrition students prepare, facilitate, and present virtual programming to the community. Students also meet individually with community members to develop plans to achieve and maintain wellness.
Department of Psychological & Brain Science
Small Interactive Groups and Behavior Health Screens
Staff, Post Doc, and Graduate students are available on days that the van is in the community to provide virtual behavioral health support and consultations. These members of the Department of Psychological & Brain Science also develop and facilitate monthly small behavior health groups.
Doctor of Nursing Practice Students
Physicals & Sport Physicals
Students work directly with the HEALTH for All Medical Director to complete physicals & sports physicals for children in our partner schools.
Nursing students create health education sessions and videos
Health Education Sessions and Videos
Nursing students facilitate virtual health education sessions and create health education videos for the children and families in our partner schools.
Technical communication students created brochures and informational materials for Mom’s House Wilmington. They analyzed the organization’s mission, needs, and audiences to produce documents that meet several objectives.
Stories Captured
Students enrolled in Professional Writing Internship met virtually with community partners at Shiloh Baptist Church, Mid-County Center, Knollwood Community Center and their members to capture their lived experiences around COVID 19. Students create materials as their project portfolio & for communities to archive.