American Association of Community American Association of Community CollegesColleges

Bridges to Bridges to Healthy Healthy

Communities Communities ProjectProject

2003-042003-04

Quintin DoromalQuintin Doromal

Manager of Health and WellnessManager of Health and Wellness

Bridges to Healthy Communities ProjectBridges to Healthy Communities Project

Main Objective:Main Objective:

Reduce HIV infection in community Reduce HIV infection in community college studentscollege students by (1) strengthening by (1) strengthening the capacity of community colleges to the capacity of community colleges to support the goals of Healthy People 2010; support the goals of Healthy People 2010; and (2) providing students with and (2) providing students with information on CDC’s six priority health-information on CDC’s six priority health-risk behaviors, risk behaviors, emphasizing prevention emphasizing prevention of HIV, STDs and unintended of HIV, STDs and unintended pregnancies.pregnancies.

Bridges to Healthy Communities Bridges to Healthy Communities ProjectProject

Grantee CollegesGrantee Colleges

Baton Rouge Community CollegeBaton Rouge Community College

Georgia Perimeter CollegeGeorgia Perimeter College

Middlesex County CollegeMiddlesex County College

Southern Maine Community CollegeSouthern Maine Community College

St. Louis Community CollegeSt. Louis Community College

Sullivan County Community CollegeSullivan County Community College

Bridges to Healthy Communities Bridges to Healthy Communities ProjectProject

Mentor CollegesMentor Colleges

John BeresteckyJohn BeresteckyKapi`olani Community CollegeKapi`olani Community College

Carla LewisCarla LewisPitt Community CollegePitt Community College

Susan BroderickSusan Broderick andand Madeline BurridgeMadeline BurridgeSanta Barbara City CollegeSanta Barbara City College

Baton Rouge Community CollegeBaton Rouge Community College

Sigma Eta AlphaSigma Eta Alpha, a , a student health student health advocate club was advocate club was formed to promote formed to promote HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS awareness and awareness and prevention prevention programs, such as programs, such as Don’t Cancel that Don’t Cancel that Class HIV ProgramsClass HIV Programs

Georgia Perimeter CollegeGeorgia Perimeter CollegeAnnual HIV Symposium

that includes workshops for students and community members who are marginalized (i.e. hearing impaired, international students and community members who are new immigrants from Vietnam, Bosnia, Sudan, and Somalia).

Middlesex County CollegeMiddlesex County College

Dancing Around Dancing Around the Truth: the Truth: HIV/AIDSHIV/AIDS, an , an interpretive dance interpretive dance performance as performance as part of the part of the Winter Winter Dance ConcertDance Concert held held on campus for the on campus for the college and college and community.community.

Southern Maine Community CollegeSouthern Maine Community College

HIV Update for HIV Update for 20042004 seminar for seminar for health science health science students and students and faculty.faculty.

Revision of Revision of Faces of Faces of AIDSAIDS,, as a social as a social science elective science elective that includes a that includes a service learning service learning component.component.

St. Louis Community CollegeSt. Louis Community College

Administered ACHA Administered ACHA College College Student Health SurveyStudent Health Survey on on all 3 campuses, developed all 3 campuses, developed campus specific social campus specific social norms marketing norms marketing campaigns, created campaigns, created innovative SL projects such innovative SL projects such as a student generated as a student generated installation titled installation titled Starting a Starting a Conversation about Conversation about HIV/AIDSHIV/AIDS, developed a , developed a student organization called student organization called HIV International Peer HIV International Peer Education LeadersEducation Leaders (HIPEL),(HIPEL), and used video technology and used video technology class to develop and class to develop and disseminate HIV disseminate HIV prevention messages.prevention messages.

Sullivan County Community CollegeSullivan County Community College

Recruited students as Recruited students as HIV Peer Health HIV Peer Health EducatorsEducators,, and used and used information from information from student survey, HIV student survey, HIV testing survey and testing survey and Great American Great American SmokeoutSmokeout to generate to generate social norming social norming materialsmaterials..

Bridges to Healthy Bridges to Healthy Communities Communities

ProjectProject

2004-052004-05

Three InitiativesThree Initiatives Bridges Mini-Grant AwardsBridges Mini-Grant Awards: : Five 10-month mini-Five 10-month mini-

grants ($3,000 each, from June 2004 to March 2005), to grants ($3,000 each, from June 2004 to March 2005), to establish or strengthen a partnership with a establish or strengthen a partnership with a community agency and develop a collaborative, community agency and develop a collaborative, innovative, and sustainable service learning activity innovative, and sustainable service learning activity that incorporates HIV/AIDS awareness and that incorporates HIV/AIDS awareness and preventionprevention. .

Speakers TourSpeakers Tour: Selected former : Selected former BridgesBridges grantee grantee colleges and colleges and BridgesBridges mentors will present at state, regional mentors will present at state, regional and national conferences and conventions.and national conferences and conventions.

Bridges StoriesBridges Stories: Best practices publication from : Best practices publication from Bridges Bridges colleges last year (2003-04), and six additional colleges last year (2003-04), and six additional BridgesBridges grantees from previous grant years. grantees from previous grant years.

College of DuPageCollege of DuPageGlen Ellyn, ILGlen Ellyn, IL

The College of DuPage Center for Service The College of DuPage Center for Service Learning in collaboration with Canticle Learning in collaboration with Canticle Ministries, will present a community dialogue Ministries, will present a community dialogue day in November 2004. The dialogue will day in November 2004. The dialogue will encourage people to look differently at encourage people to look differently at HIV/AIDS and together craft a future HIV/AIDS and together craft a future community action plan based on community action plan based on understanding and knowledge. The event will understanding and knowledge. The event will provide an educational prelude to World AIDS provide an educational prelude to World AIDS Day on December 1, 2004.Day on December 1, 2004.

Danville Area Community CollegeDanville Area Community CollegeDanville, ILDanville, IL

The college will create a service The college will create a service learning class with an HIV/AIDS and learning class with an HIV/AIDS and STD theme, focusing on awareness STD theme, focusing on awareness and prevention strategies. The class and prevention strategies. The class will be taught with an adjunct faculty will be taught with an adjunct faculty from our community partners. from our community partners. Students will first learn the basics Students will first learn the basics about HIV/AIDS and STD, after which about HIV/AIDS and STD, after which they will design and carry out they will design and carry out awareness and prevention activities.awareness and prevention activities.

Owens Community CollegeOwens Community CollegeToledo, OHToledo, OH

The college will partner with the Ryan White The college will partner with the Ryan White Program at the Medical College of Ohio (MCO) to Program at the Medical College of Ohio (MCO) to conduct service-learning projects emphasizing conduct service-learning projects emphasizing prevention of HIV, STDs and unintended prevention of HIV, STDs and unintended pregnancies. First year Registered Nursing pregnancies. First year Registered Nursing students receive educational courses on disease students receive educational courses on disease processes of HIV/AIDS in processes of HIV/AIDS in Adult Health IAdult Health I, drug , drug intervention in intervention in Pharmacology Pharmacology and nursing and nursing protocols for HIV/AIDS in protocols for HIV/AIDS in Nursing SkillsNursing Skills. Students . Students rarely have the opportunity to put a human face rarely have the opportunity to put a human face on the disease. This experience would allow them on the disease. This experience would allow them to work with individuals who are at risk for HIV, to work with individuals who are at risk for HIV, STDs and unintended pregnancies, transforming STDs and unintended pregnancies, transforming classroom knowledge to experiential learning.classroom knowledge to experiential learning.

Rose State CollegeRose State CollegeMidwest City, OKMidwest City, OK

Students participating in the Service-Learning Students participating in the Service-Learning HIV/AIDS Awareness program will train in HIV/AIDS Awareness program will train in HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention education HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention education that will enable them to provide peer counseling that will enable them to provide peer counseling and referrals. Once training is completed, and referrals. Once training is completed, students will be certified through CarePoint, Inc., students will be certified through CarePoint, Inc., and the Central Oklahoma American Red Cross and the Central Oklahoma American Red Cross National HIV/AIDS Education Program. The Rose National HIV/AIDS Education Program. The Rose State College/CarePoint HIV/AIDS Awareness State College/CarePoint HIV/AIDS Awareness Program will be the first such program in a Program will be the first such program in a community college in the state of Oklahoma. community college in the state of Oklahoma. Through this program, students will be available Through this program, students will be available to the community to provide group presentations to the community to provide group presentations and one-on-one peer education to youths and and one-on-one peer education to youths and young adults.young adults.

San Antonio CollegeSan Antonio CollegeSan Antonio, TXSan Antonio, TX

The objectives of this collaborative model with The objectives of this collaborative model with community agencies is to: (1) train a pool of SAC community agencies is to: (1) train a pool of SAC students to become “Safe Sex Experts” (peer students to become “Safe Sex Experts” (peer educators), (2) provide HIV/AIDS, STDs, and teen educators), (2) provide HIV/AIDS, STDs, and teen pregnancy awareness and prevention workshops, pregnancy awareness and prevention workshops, events, and/or health fairs to two groups of events, and/or health fairs to two groups of community stakeholders (college students, and community stakeholders (college students, and middle and high school students), (3) strengthen middle and high school students), (3) strengthen an existing community agency partnership with an existing community agency partnership with Community Clinic-Project SAVE; and (4) establish Community Clinic-Project SAVE; and (4) establish two new community agency partnerships with San two new community agency partnerships with San Antonio Metropolitan Health District and JOVEN (a Antonio Metropolitan Health District and JOVEN (a non-profit agency that empowers youth who are at-non-profit agency that empowers youth who are at-risk through counseling, programming and by risk through counseling, programming and by involving them in leadership through community involving them in leadership through community development projects).development projects).

BridgesBridges to Healthy Communities to Healthy Communities ProjectProject

Mentor Colleges, 2004- 2005Mentor Colleges, 2004- 2005

Ellen FarnsworthEllen FarnsworthSouthern Maine Community CollegeSouthern Maine Community College

Onalie PettitOnalie PettitSullivan County Community CollegeSullivan County Community College

Kathleen SwyersKathleen Swyers St. Louis Community College St. Louis Community College