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Engaged scholarship at the Brown University School of Public Health: designing education for better prisoner and community health

Engaged scholarship at the Brown University School of Public Health: designing education for... The purpose of this paper is to describe the course, “Designing Education for Better Prisoner and Community Health,” which provided students with the knowledge, skills and resources needed to build real-world health education materials for persons who are criminal justice involved.Design/methodology/approachA multiphase engaged scholarship course was designed and implemented through the Brown University School of Public Health in Rhode Island, USA.FindingsStudents collaborated closely with instructors, subject matter experts and affected community members to develop highly tailored health education projects across six topic areas. The structure and outcomes of the paper are described with the hope that other instructors and institutions might replicate components of the model.Originality/valueEngaged scholarship in public health can provide students with rich, collaborative learning experiences, and when executed effectively, these endeavors can provide underserved communities with robust and informed health education interventions and programs. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Prisoner Health Emerald Publishing

Engaged scholarship at the Brown University School of Public Health: designing education for better prisoner and community health

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Emerald Publishing
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1744-9200
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10.1108/ijph-04-2020-0025
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe the course, “Designing Education for Better Prisoner and Community Health,” which provided students with the knowledge, skills and resources needed to build real-world health education materials for persons who are criminal justice involved.Design/methodology/approachA multiphase engaged scholarship course was designed and implemented through the Brown University School of Public Health in Rhode Island, USA.FindingsStudents collaborated closely with instructors, subject matter experts and affected community members to develop highly tailored health education projects across six topic areas. The structure and outcomes of the paper are described with the hope that other instructors and institutions might replicate components of the model.Originality/valueEngaged scholarship in public health can provide students with rich, collaborative learning experiences, and when executed effectively, these endeavors can provide underserved communities with robust and informed health education interventions and programs.

Journal

International Journal of Prisoner Health – Emerald Publishing

Published: Nov 17, 2021

Keywords: Health in prison; Prison; Education; Health promotion; Engaged scholarship; Jail

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