NNLM AoU Community Award: Community Health Center: Improving Health Literacy in High School Students

The main goal of our Improving Health Literacy in High School Students proposal is to educate high school students on health disparities affecting their communities and discuss the impact that the All of Us Research Program can have on reducing health disparities in future generations to improve health outcomes.

To accomplish our goal, we will:

1. Educate high school students on the importance of health literacy, health disparities that affect their communities and the All of Us Research Program.

2. Recruit 24 students to participate in a health disparity project that involves conducting a literature review to identify the prevalence of the problem; biological, environmental, lifestyle or societal factors causing the disparity; and local, state or national policies in place that work to widen or end the disparity.

3. Allow students to present their findings at a school assembly and local community event and serve as advocates for the All of Us Research program to their peers, families and communities.