WED-009 - Creating Student-led Interactive, Skills-focused Resources to Enhance Health Literacy and Improve Health Behaviors
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM PST
Location: Pacific I/II, 2nd Floor
Area of Responsibility: Area VI: Communication Subcompetencies: 6.4.3 Develop communication aids, materials, or tools using appropriate multimedia (e.g., infographics, presentation software, brochures, and posters), 6.5.4 Use current and emerging communication tools and trends (e.g., social media). Research or Practice: Practice
Professor University of Central Arkansas Conway, Arkansas, United States
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Describe different strategies for facilitating student-led health communication projects, focused on developing appropriate skills-based resources using free or low-cost basic design-platforms.
Identify benefits of facilitating student-led health communication projects.
Idenfity critical lessons learned from facilitating student-led health communication projects.
Brief Abstract Summary: Learn different strategies, for both online and in-person courses, used for facilitating student-led health communication projects focusing on developing skills-based health resources. Discover several free or low-cost basic design-platforms for creating a variety of health communication resources. Identify benefits and critical lessons learned while facilitating student-led design projects.
Detailed abstract description: This presentation will identify several strategies used in online and in-person health promotion professional preparation courses to develop students’ health communication skills, using free or low-cost and basic-level design platforms. The presenter will show several examples of interactive, skills-focused resources created by undergraduate and graduate students. Working with local and state-level organizations to create relevant health communication resources has provided students with memorable and fulfilling service-learning opportunities. Providing an opportunity for students to connect health communication skills learned from the course materials and apply these skills into practice has led to awards, funding for students and faculty, and has created additional service-learning opportunities for future students. Along with how this project has personally and professionally benefitted students, the presenter will go over critical lessons learned from student input as well as personal experiences from the presenter and authors. Lessons learned is especially valuable to attendees, so that they can avoid similar mistakes if choosing to implement this project into their curriculum.
