Junior Doctors Academy Students Promote Healthy Hearts Research and Campaign
My students need kits with blood cuffs and stethoscopes to research and collect data about cardiovascular systems, but also trained to give readings to their families and community to promote a healthy hearts campaign.
$1,071 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
We are a Title I school, so all our students are subsidized with breakfast, lunch and after school snack. Most of them come from low socioeconomic backgrounds, so they have many personal struggles at home, whether they have overworked parents in the fields to sharing an apartment with multiple families. Our school tries to provide the structure and stability to create a healthy environment for them to thrive.
My students celebrate the diversity of their neighborhood by taking pride in being a part of the same middle school.
We are made up of mainly Hispanic Latino students, along with the largest population of Hmong, Lao and Cambodian refugees in the country. A large number of them are English Language Learners, but our teachers are committed to help them become re-designated students so they are prepared to succeed in high school and attend college. Our school offers students a wide variety of electives and clubs, so they are given opportunities to find their talents and develop a well rounded education.
My Project
My middle school collaborates with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Latino Center in an elective course called the Junior Doctors Academy (JDA), where they could then continue to the high school and college programs to becoming health professionals in the future. The purpose of the program is to address the health disparity in the Central Valley, so we can equip and empower minorities to go into higher education in the sciences and/or medical fields. I teach a seventh grade section, and also an eighth grade section, with approximately 30-35 students in each course. Students have to apply and interview to gain a spot in the prestigious program. Although there is a minimum GPA requirement, my priority is to welcome any students that are passionate and committed to becoming community leaders.
The Healthy Heart Research and Campaign is to help students understand the health disparity and needs of their neighborhood and community.
According to the County Website, "Fresno County children and adults are more overweight, suffer from diabetes and heart disease, are less physically active and have less access to healthy food and recreational resources than their statewide counterparts."
By equipping the students with kit with a blood cuff and stethoscope, they can collect data on their own health while providing a service to their community. The students can then design their own research project and possible solutions to helping the community improve their health. The research portion would take about a month, but it would culminate in a presentation or talk to the community.
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