{"id":223231,"date":"2023-03-16T16:11:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T20:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=223231"},"modified":"2023-03-17T09:30:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T13:30:51","slug":"pophealthexperience-a-public-health-primer-for-high-school-students","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2023\/pophealthexperience-a-public-health-primer-for-high-school-students\/","title":{"rendered":"PopHealthExperience: a Public Health Primer for High School Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin sphnews-block-editorial-leadin is-style-default has-media has-media-focus-center-middle has-light-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/RFR_0501.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Population Health Experience students walk down the street in Boston\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/RFR_0501.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/RFR_0501-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/RFR_0501-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/RFR_0501-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/RFR_0501-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/RFR_0501-755x503.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/RFR_0501-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/RFR_0501-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/RFR_0501-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/RFR_0501-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/RFR_0501-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/RFR_0501-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">PHX<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPopHealthEx<em>perience<\/em>: a Public Health Primer for High School Students\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">PopHealthEx<em>perience<\/em> (PHE) offers rising 8th-12th graders the opportunity to develop foundational public health skills and explore public health careers. PHE will return to the Boston University Medical Campus July 10\u201321\u00a0.\u00a0<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar sphnews-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">March 16, 2023<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/authors\/megan-jones\/\">Megan Jones<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>After two weeks immersed in the field of public health during the summer after his sophomore year of high school, Dominic Muratore developed a heightened awareness of the health disparities in his own backyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery day to get [to school], I drive through South Providence, which has the highest rate of asthma in Rhode Island because it is next to all the industrial factories. South Providence also has the lowest income levels and is mostly communities of color, so that just shows the effects of systemic racism in city planning on public health,\u201d says Muratore, now a junior at La Salle Academy, a high school in Providence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muratore learned how to form research questions, find accurate data, and pitch evidence-based solutions as a participant in last summer\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/populationhealthexchange.org\/learning-opportunities\/pop-health-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\">PopHealthEx<em>perience<\/em><\/a> (PHE). An initiative of SPH\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/education\/lifelong-learning-office\/\">Lifelong Learning Office<\/a>, PHE offers rising 8th-12th graders the opportunity to develop foundational public health skills and explore public health careers. The program will return to the Boston University Medical Campus July 10 \u2013 21 for its fourth year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat makes our program unique is the access it provides students,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/leslie-tellalian\/\">Leslie Tellalian<\/a>, assistant dean of Lifelong Learning and PHE founder. \u201cThey connect with our faculty, and we get them into places they might not get to go otherwise. We emphasize experiential learning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/PHE-at-State-House.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223298\" width=\"357\" height=\"268\"\/><figcaption>PHE participants tour the Massachusetts State House <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>SPH faculty and graduate students engage PHE participants in workshops, case studies, policy analyses, and field trips around Boston. A visit to the Massachusetts State House led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/david-jernigan\/\">David Jernigan<\/a>, professor of health law, policy and management,&nbsp;was the highlight of PHE for Muratore. Students met with a state representative in the morning and ended the day with a game of Frisbee on Boston Common. He credits the experience with reinforcing his dream to one day work in public health as an environmental lawyer and politician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PHE\u2019s interdisciplinary curriculum covers a spectrum of public health: advocacy and policy, environmental health, biostatistics, and epidemiology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere was really something for everyone,\u201d says Hanna Gialil, now a sophomore at Boston\u2019s Commonwealth School. Touring the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neidl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory (NEIDL)<\/a> with PHE last summer inspired her to pursue an internship studying infectious disease. She recently presented her research on the parasite <em>Toxoplasmosis gondii<\/em> at her school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/PHE-Presentation.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223318\" width=\"357\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/PHE-Presentation.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/PHE-Presentation-450x300.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><figcaption>PHE participants deliver a presentation on mental health<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Instruction in effective public communication is integrated throughout PHE, says Tellalian. \u201cParticipants are empowered to have a voice, to take a stance and create something.\u201d Over the course of the two-week program, students work together to write and produce a short digital media advocacy piece on a public health issue of their choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis was right around the time that Roe v. Wade was overturned, so my group wanted to focus on advocating for abortion access,\u201d recalls Gialil. She teamed up with Muratore to create a video showing how limiting abortion access negatively affects minority women. On the last day, they shared their work with an audience of their parents and peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gialil says she is still in touch with Muratore and other students she met at PHE. She stays connected with SPH faculty and staff on LinkedIn. Muratore, who hopes to attend BU in the future, also keeps up with SPH on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/PHE-Fun.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223317\" width=\"356\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/PHE-Fun.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/03\/PHE-Fun-496x375.jpeg 496w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><figcaption>PHE participants gain digital media production skills<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It delights Tellalian that students keep in touch. \u201cThere&#8217;s a lot of time built in to make sure that they get to know one another\u2014fun icebreakers every morning, outdoor lunches in the courtyard, public health Jeopardy\u2014we\u2019re making sure that it\u2019s playful,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s been fun for our faculty, staff, and graduate students too. The cohorts have been great, and we love having them on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tellalian recently learned that one of last year\u2019s PHE participants will be a freshman on BU\u2019s Charles River Campus in the fall. His mother shared in a note to Tellalian, \u201cI appreciated the opportunity for my son to interact with students from other schools in the heart of Boston. He got to explore public health\u2014a new topic for him\u2014from the perspective of data sciences and media, two things that are in his area of interest. He really enjoyed special opportunities like visiting the NEIDL.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing else like PHE,\u201d Tellalian says. \u201cIt\u2019s just so special.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muratore says, \u201cThe friends and knowledge I gained\u2014[PHE], genuinely, was one of the best experiences in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Register for PHE Summer 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/populationhealthexchange.org\/learning-opportunities\/pop-health-experience\/registration\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After two weeks immersed in the field of public health during the summer after his sophomore year of high school, Dominic Muratore developed a heightened awareness of the health disparities in his own backyard. \u201cEvery day to get [to school], I drive through South Providence, which has the highest rate of asthma in Rhode Island [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22210,"featured_media":223390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":"PHX"},"tags":[2728,2304,1984,3574],"bu-publication":[3516],"sphnews-article-category":[3519,3528],"sphnews-topic":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"profile_tax":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/223231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223231"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/223231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223451,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/223231\/revisions\/223451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223231"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=223231"},{"taxonomy":"sphnews-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sphnews-article-category?post=223231"},{"taxonomy":"sphnews-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sphnews-topic?post=223231"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=223231"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=223231"},{"taxonomy":"profile_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_tax?post=223231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}