2. Objectives
Conduct need-assessments for local
communities and campuses.
Enhance the capacity of faculty to
integrate service-learning into the
curricula.
Recruit, train, and guide Student Health
Ambassadors to develop health and
wellness projects to promote readiness
for change.
Assess short and long-term outcomes of
service-learning activities in communities
of color.
Develop and maintain a pipeline of
students of color interested in entering
the health professions workforce.
Student Health
Ambassadors
Student Health Ambassadors (SHA) are
select full-time students in the HBCU
Wellness Project at Lane College. Our
award-winning SHAs are exposed to service
learning instruction that enables them to
work with local health and social service
agencies and also serve as community
representatives. In this role, SHAs can
positively impact the health and well-being
of underserved community residents in
culturally sensitive and relevant ways.
SHA Key Roles
To promote health and disease
prevention
Work with community partners and
residents
To investigate key community health
issues through extensive study
HBCU Wellness Project
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCU) Wellness Project is an intervention
designed to unite students and communities
with a mission to modify risks for chronic dis-
eases.
The goal of the HBCU Wellness Project is to
leverage educational and service-oriented
resources at HBCUs to positively impact the
health and well-being of Tennessee
residents.
Prioritized Diseases Include:
Breast Cancer
HIV/ AIDS
Infant Mortality
Prostate Cancer
Obesity
Our story
The HBCU Wellness Project is directed by
Meharry Medical College and functions
through four historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCUs) in Tennessee. The
Wellness Project has been at Lane College
since 2006.
Contact
Lane College HBCU Wellness
Project
545 Lane Avenue
Jackson, TN 38301-4501
(731) 426-7569
hbcuwellness@lanecollege.edu
Visit us on the web: www.lanecollege.edu
Student Health Ambassadors at the annual Meharry
Medical College Spring Symposium.
