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2009 CityMatCH Urban MCH Leadership ConferenceMidnight spa parties: An innovative way to provide preconception health information tocollege-aged African American womenPRIMARY CONTACT:Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, MD,MPHDirector, Family Youth and Infant HealthMetro Nashville/Davidson County PublicHealth Department311 23rd Avenue NorthNashville, TN, 37203Phone: (615) 340-5614Fax: (615) 340-2195Email: kimberlee.wyche@nashville.govCATEGORYPreconception health and health careRacial and ethnic health disparitiesFOCUSProgram Policy FocusISSUECO-PRESENTER(S)/AUTHOR(S):Jamila Walker, jwalker@fisk.edu (Author,Presenter)Jamesia Durden, Meesie06@yahoo.com(Presenter)African American women with a college education have similar birth outcomes of white women withouta high school diploma. Traditionally young women attending college have not been included incampaigns to impact infant mortality. This project is aimed at targeting this forgotten population using anage-appropriate, fun venue to deliver key preconception health/wellness informationSETTINGThese events take place on college campuses with a large number of African American women. InNashville, Historically Black Colleges and Universities have been utilized. The participants are primarilystudents on the campus, but the event also draws young women from the surrounding community.PROJECTThese model events are a part of a larger project in partnership with the Federal Office of Minority Healthto train college students as peer educators, and to have them plan, and execute events in their communityaround preconception health. The events are designed for participants to receive education on issues suchas:• Protecting the Girls: Breast Health,• Oh! No He Didn’t Hit Me!: Domestic Violence on campus,• What’s in Your Genes?: Knowing Your Sickle Cell Status,• The Freshman 15: Nutrition for College Students,74
2009 CityMatCH Urban MCH Leadership ConferenceScreenings are also available for:• STD/HIV,• Pregnancy,• Fitness,• Blood pressure and diabetes,Other topics/ Services provided:• Keeping the Do Done: Taking care of natural hair,• Managing Debt: Financial Planning,• Chair and hand massages,• Yoga,• And much moreParticipants complete a health assessment upon entry to the event, visiting educational tables for smallgroup sessions that rotate every 20 minutes, or screening tables. Participants can go in whatever orderinterests them. Spa services are available first come/first serve. Each education session, screening or otherservice earns the participant a stamp. Stamps are redeemable with an event evaluation upon exiting for t-shirts, bags, and other give always. Each participant receives a one-on-one review of their healthassessment and a statement of their potential birth outcomes based if they were to become pregnant nowon their individual scoreACCOMPLISHMENTS/RESULTSThe Health Assessment information is used to determine the kind of educational information needed atfuture events. The exit survey has shown this to be a very effective way of getting health information outto a hard to reach generation. Currently, a pre and post-test to assess knowledge acquisition is beingtested.Evaluation Plan: These events have resulted in over 200 young women receiving a preconception healthassessment, as well as important health/wellness information. These assessments have clearly shown howmuch this information is needed. Samples of some of the results follow:• 74% of all attendees have scored in the moderate risk category.• 10.9% report having been physically abused.• 12.9% report having had an STD in the past.• 34% report having had a pregnancy scare.INFORMATION FOR REPLICATIONBudget: $2,000 per eventResources: Student event monies on Campuses, and “creative financing”Key Partners: Public Health, Academic Institutions, High Profile student groups on campus75
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