- School:
- Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy
- Academic Mentor:
- Dr. Pamela Stamm
- Site Mentor:
- Lawanda Gray
- Site:
- Notasulga High School and TUSKEGEE-MACON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC.
Joi and Micah worked with The Junior Healthcare Leaders of Alabama’s (JHLA) initiative to increase health literacy within adolescents in the rural Alabama community of Notasulga. Their goal was to establish health equity through the practice of health information comprehension and career readiness. Throughout the year, student participants were engaged in active learning and were provided the foundational knowledge needed in order to understand disease states. Student health literacy increased by 10.4% based on results from a knowledge-based assessment and survey given before and after JHLA’s intervention.