Nursing Student Led Health Education: An Evidence-based Curriculum for 6th Graders in Chicago’s South Side: A Pilot Study

The purpose of this study was to improve and standardize existing health education efforts at a Chicago middle school in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.  The goal was development of an evidence-based health education curriculum addressing the needs identified by the Student Standards Health Education Assessment Project, U.S Department of Health and Human Services, the director, the faculty, and the staff at the middle school. The health education curriculum was developed around eight identified areas and incorporated evidence-based research in both format and content in order to keep middle school students engaged and deliver relevant material. The program has the potential to increase the health literacy of students and offer them tools to positively impact their health behaviors.  As a component of the study, nursing students were assigned to develop and teach lessons about teen health to the middle school students.
Singer, R., Crooks, N., Gilbert, J., Neely, J., & Lenon, P. (2021). Nursing Student-Led Health Education for Sixth Graders on Chicago’s South Side.  SAGE Open Nursing. Volume 7: 1–10 https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608211029070 

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