Health Sciences

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Health Sciences Technology Academy Lessons
learned from community partnerships".
Priscah Mujuru RN MPH .Research Assistant
Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine
February 27, 2004
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Overview

• HSTA is a community owned and governed
  partnership among the numerous units of West
  Virginias colleges and universities and many
  Appalachian communities
• HSTA students are talented 9th-12th grade
  students who, for economic or other reasons,
  might not ordinarily achieve these career goals
• HSTA students and their teachers come to campuses
  each summer for clinic, laboratory, and classroom
  training and enrichment activities
• HSTA provides the infrastructure and support for
  community-based science projects mentored by
  teachers, health professions students and
  volunteer community leaders during the school year

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Students Participation

• Current participants are as follows
• 27 African American
• 46 Financially Disadvantaged
• 69 First in their family to go to college
• 67 Rural environment inhibiting success

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Objectives for Students

• Enhance competence in science, math,
  technology self-esteem
• Increase interest in postsecondary study in
  health sciences (including public health)
• Develop wellness disposition (future health care
  practitioners)
• Increase allegiance to WV communities

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Teacher Participation

• Science teachers at local high schools are
  employed to conduct after-school science clubs
• A 10 to 1 student-teacher ratio is maintained.
  This enables teachers to personally know their
  students and develop strategies that help their
  students stay excited about science, math, and
  technology

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Objectives for Teachers

• Through program of sustained professional
  development (workshops, graduate credit, MA
  degree), enable teachers to
• Provide academic enrichment to HSTA students
• Transfer content/resources (e.g., human energy
  balance) to regular school curriculum
• Become leaders in their schools

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Infrastructure for Student Learning

• HSTA provides the infrastructure and support for
  student learning that includes support from
• Local Boards of Education
• Health professional students (RHEP)
• Volunteer health professionals and other
  community leaders
• This support culminates in successful Curriculum
  Components
• Summer Institute on College Campuses
• After-School Clubs in doing Research and
  Community Service Projects

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Infrastructure of Success

• Involves communities as follows
• Local Governing Boards
• Joint Governing Boards
• Local Teachers
• Local Field Site Coordinators
• Local Budgets
• Local Ownership

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Local Board Membership

• The Local Governing Board is made up of but not
  limited to
• One representative from the community
• One representative from the local schools
• One representative from the Health Care
  Professions
• One parent of a HSTA student
• One HSTA student
• WVRHEP regional site coordinator
• One WVRHEP representative where available
• http//wv-hsta.org/GenInfo/pp2.htm

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Joint Governing Board Membership

• The Joint Governing Board shall be made up
  ofOne Ex-Officio for the University System
• Two representative and one alternate from each
  Local Governing Board
• One Ex-Officio from the Board of Education
• Two representatives from WVRHEP joint governing
  committee
• Two Ex-Officio from the college of HRE, WVU
  Extension, or Center for Black Culture and
  Research
• Three Ex-Officio from WVU Health Professions
  Schools
• http//wv-hsta.org/GenInfo/pp1_2.htm

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HSTA Organizational Chart
Community
Campus
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Socio-economic impact to the State of West
Virginia through community involvement /YEAR
Socio-economic impact to the State of West
Virginia through community involvement (YEARLY)
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Outreach Outcomes

• Initial expansion strategies
• Legislative visits
• Symposium
• Workshops
• Awards and Recognition
• Publications
• Presentations (Local, National and International)

• Receptions
• Community Service
• Yearly Local Governing Board Retreat
• Chairs and Vice Chairs retreat
• Community based science projects
• Press Conferences

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Outcomes for Students

• Through systematic efforts and collaboration
  among community, colleges, faculty and staff we
  now maintain
• Data base with rich files on each student
• Constant tracking of students while in the
  program
• College Liaison after graduation

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Progress of HSTA Students

• Out of the total 1,871 students served, 466
  students have successfully completed HSTA upon
  high school graduation with an average GPA of 3.5
  
• Approximately, 92 of these students have
  entered college, with 59 majoring in the health
  sciences
• This year, HSTA is proud to publicize that 5 of
  the sixty-two 1999 cohort entered their first
  year of medical school

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Credit of HSTA Success

• Community Ownership
• Legislative Support of over 1M/year
• Tuition and Fee Waivers
• Multiple funding sources
• Collaboration among institutions, staff and
  faculty

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Sustainability

• The West Virginia State Legislature created a
  1M/year line in the state budget
• The West Virginia State Legislature passed
  unanimously in April, 1997 for West Virginia
  State Colleges and Universities to provide
  tuition or fee waivers to students who
  successfully complete the 4 year high school HSTA
  program.

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