Students collaborate with community on health promotion projects
Third-semester Northern Division students completed health promotion projects at the Santee Sioux Reservation. Students donated water and did blood-pressure checks at the nutrition center, while another group of students provide education on ear infections and hand, foot and mouth disease at the Ta Koji Daycare. The students also collected cleaning supplies for the daycare. Accelerated students did school screenings and other groups went to the Little Moccasin Program for pregnant women and the preschool for educational programs. Accelerated and traditional population students all took a tour of the Genoa Indian Industrial School Museum.
Other projects included:
- First-semester students provided blood pressure screenings at the PATCH Health Fair in Norfolk, Nebraska, in September. The PATCH Health Fair is a community event that provides free or low-cost health screenings and educational opportunities to residents of Northeast Nebraska.
- First-semester students at the CON-Northern Division completed a health promotion project at Jefferson Elementary School by participating in their health fair titled “Building Healthy Minds and Bodies One Block at a Time.”