Undergraduate Research in Health at Emory
Gabrielle Stearns, a graduate of the CSHH News Team, interviews four current and former students who conducted research while undergraduates alongside their professor, Helena Pachón.
Making Plants Palatable: HLTH 328’s Annual Community Share Event
A breaking-news account of the end-of-semester Community Share Event staged by HLTH 328 to encourage plant-based eating, co-written by the students of HLTH 385W.
Thank You, Emory!
A core principle of human health is the idea that health is not merely the absence of disease. Rather, health is a dynamic state of physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual well-being.
Fostering Community Through Health Coaching
Tasked with developing a supplemental group coaching session to help current and former DPP participants maintain their health, I chose to focus my supplemental sessions on “slip-ups”, which was a term discussed during the first part of the DPP core curriculum.
Health Education is Health Empowerment: Reflections from a Two-Time DPP Health Coach
When I practiced my sessions with my peers, the biggest barrier to physical activity was time, so I was somewhat blindsided when a participant last year informed me they were retired and had all the time in the world.
Making a Case for Early Childhood Health Education
The way health education is approached when we are younger sets the stage for how we execute healthy habits later in life, which is why it’s so important to expose children to various health topics in school.
Navigating the Transition from College to Career
While facilitating health lessons for King Middle students I had to learn to adapt to changes in the timetable or variation in participation levels while still getting through all the content in the allotted time. This taught me to think on my feet and remain calm when things didn’t go exactly according to plan.
Improving Health Education Through Relationships
Children as young as two years old can benefit from the basics of health knowledge, but through my community teaching experience at King Middle School, I see clearly now that middle childhood is the developmental period where children may benefit the most from health education as this is the stage of life where we start to gain more independence and responsibility.
Health 1,2,3,4
The four-course series aims to provide students with strategies and resources to play an active role in their own health, while also equipping them with the skills to promote the health of their peers.
Introducing the Spring 2022 News Team
Introducing the new student writers and assistant editor, and new faculty editor, of the Emory CSHH Exploring Health News Team.