Youth Empowerment for Health Equity.

Team Expansion

Current Team

• 27 CHAMPIONS 

• 1 Program Manager

• 1 Research Specialist 

• 1 Program Coordinators 

• 3 Undergraduate Students 

• 2 Recruited HS Students 

Limitation

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Currently missing man power to carry out complicated goals of CHAMPIONS, especially public-health related, educational, and research goals.

• Ask students to bring friends to CHAMPIONS activities 

• Use blackboard, Honors College, or Volunteer Services to recruit undergrads

• Partner with Volunteer Services

Transition Tasks

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• Recruit from HCOE, UHP, GMED, LMSA, or SNMA

• Keep responsibility of students to a minimum

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• Contact David for Meetings with Gear Up

• Contact 2 Charter Schools

• Say: "All we need is space."

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• Contact David for Meetings with Administration

• Or, schedule meetings on our own

• Contact 2 Charter Schools

• Includes Current Team

• 10 Recruited HS Students 

  • Wednesday College Prep​

  • Train in Bystander CPR

  • Outreach Events (Attendance)

• 5 Pre-Health Students 

  • ED Supervision​

  • Data Entry

  • Follow-up Phone Calls

  • Train in Bystander CPR

  • Virtual Mentor Option

• 5 Health Professional Students 

  • ED Supervision​

  • Teachers 

  • Community Events

  • Train in Bystander CPR

  • Virtual Mentor Option

• 3 Gear-up Staff & 2 Staff Members from Charter Schools

  • Office Space ​

  • Liaison to Admin

• School Administration

  • Pilot Sessions

  • In-school Program Discussions

Phase 1

• Recruit students that want a long-term commitment

• Have contracts

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• Follow-up on in-school discussions

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• Recruit from EM Office

• Keep responsibility to a minimum

• Use webinar technology to reduce time commitments

• Recruit students that want a long-term commitment

• Have contracts

Transition Tasks

Phase 2

• Includes Current Team and Phase 1 Details

•  HS Students at Partner Schools 

  • SHIP Program (In-school)

    • Emphasize Bystander CPR

  • Best students selected as Volunteers

  • After-School Clubs

• 5-10 additional Pre-Health Students 

  • ED Screening (explained later)

  • In-School Teachers (Basic Science & Health)

  • Community events 

• 5-10 additional Health Professional Students 

  • In-School Teachers (Clinical Skills) 

• 5 Physicians or Health Professionals

  • Guest Speakers​

  • Virtual Mentor Option

• Additional Program Coordinators Needed

Overall Supervisor

Phase 1:

ED Supervisor

Current:

Coordinator or Program Manager

ED Screening, Data Entry, & Follow-up Phone Calls

27 CHAMPIONS Students

• Involve Pre-Health & Pre-Professional Students

Goal: 10  Patients per student

Actual: Possibly only called about 20 - 80 in total

<270 Patients for Follow-up

27 CHAMPIONS Students

ED Screening & Follow-up Phone Calls

Coordinator or Program Manager

ED Supervisor & Data Entry

Pre-Health or Health Professional Students

Overall Supervisor

Phase 2:

CHAMPIONS will train all new Screeners; consequently, they will still be indirectly responsible for reaching more patients.

Note: CHAMPIONS will still have direct contact with patients but we will reduce problems like overwhelming students, limited man power, poor time management, and travel costs.

• Scale up number of patients reached

ED Screening

Pre-Health or Health Professional Students

27 CHAMPIONS Students

Coordinator or Program Manager

Trainers/Monitors

27 CHAMPIONS Students

Data Entry

Pre-Health or Health Professional Students

Benefit: with a larger amount of screeners, we can increase the total number of people screened. 

Instead of being primary source of follow-ups, pre-health and health professional students will handle most of the responsibility. CHAMPIONS will be asked to "supervise" and have weekly check-ins with these students.

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So CHAMPIONS will be asked to call one student instead of 20 patients.

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They may also continue to have their small pool of 10 follow-ups.

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Follow Up

27 CHAMPIONS Students

27 Pre-Health or Health Professional Students or EM Staff

540+  Patients for Follow-up

20 or more Patients each

Settings for Bystander CPR Training & Cancer/CVD Assesment

Current Settings

• ILHR Events

• HCOE Events

• Emergency Department

Limitation

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Thus far, our bystander CPR trainings have reached a limited number of people. Our current model gives us access to few events. The ED will need us to overcome transport & incentive issues to be maximized. Even then it is not the most conducive setting for trainings.

Additionally, the CHAMPIONS students have not maximized their potential impact. 

Tasks

• School success will depend on administrative, student, and GearUp support 

• See following page

• Seek permission from hospital admin 

• Recruit CHAMPIONS for shifts

• Use volunteers stationed at lobby for support

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• Request calendar from HCOE, UHP, GMED, LMSA, or SNMA

• Select prefered events for partnership

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• Select preferred neighborhood(s), especially those near students

• Select organization open to partnerships and has communal space 

• Host regular training events

Phase 1 Settings

• Includes Current Setting

• Partner Schools

  • Site is flexible, accessible to students, and offers many potential model for success

  • See following page

• UI Health Lobby  

  • Students can have a table and mannequins 

  • Flexible shifts 

  • Captive and friendly audience

• LMSA & SNMA (Minority Medical Student Organization) Events

  • Potential Mentors

  • Limited effort after initial partnership agreement

• Community Organization

  • Already have locations in high-risk neighborhoods 

  • Have events where they regularly bring in community members 

  • Monthly events can be planned

Phase 2 Settings

• Includes Current Settings and Phase 1 Settings 

• Community Clinics 

• Public Library

• ED or visitor lobbies of Hospitals in the Illinois Medical District 

• Businesses (e.g. Walgreens/CVS)

School Engagement Based on Support

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No Administrative Support &​ No Student Support 

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• CPS: Rely on Gear Up 

  • Gear UP has stated that there are things they can do with minimal admin oversight ​

  • Use Gear Up room

  • Target Gear Up Cohort 

  • CHAMPIONS Team or ILHR can train new students 

  • If available, CHAMPIONS students can train 

• Charter Schools​: Rely on 1 Staff Member and 1 room

  • All we truly need is 1 enrichment coordinator at each school willing to give us​ a room and help us advertise to students

  • Employ similar tactics

Mild Administrative Support &​ Mild Student Support 

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• Lunchtime or Free Period Trainings

  • Students can sign up for shifts ​

  • Benefit: they do not need to remain at school for additional time

Mild Administrative Support &​ Strong Student Support 

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• After-school Trainings

  • Students can sign up for shifts ​

  • There is no regular programming beyond CPR Training

• Partner with Allied Health​

  • There are students who are already on health track and can be tapped to be CHAMPIONS recruits, serving as trainers themselves​

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Strong Administrative Support &​ Strong Student Support

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• After-school Club

  • Students can sign up for shifts after school

  • Students dedicate time to bi-weekly meetings

  • Benefit: Students can go beyond CPR Training and provide more programming

• In-class Teaching

  • SHIP

  • Time can be dedicated to training students in bystander CPR and having them teach it back

• School Assembly

  • Large trainings

  • Benefit: Train students faster

• 100% Trained

  • Administration allows us to systematically train their entire student body by tracking student participation

• Parent Trainings

  • Space is provided for parents or community members to receive trainings​

Rationale

• You will see Mandatory, Suggested, & Recommended

  • To minimize stress, most mandatory activities can be done without coming to UIC and at the students leisure

  • To make sure they still do come to UIC or meet with other CHAMPIONS they are still required to do 1 “strongly suggested” or 2 “recommended” activities

• Participation leads to reward

  • Participation as described can be tracked and used to determine who should receive scholarships and who should return in the summer

  • Students should be informed

• Protecting possible conflicts

  • Some students will likely have busy schedules. I believe this can be adjusted to accommodate them as best we can.

CHAMPIONS Student

25 Students

Recruited Associate

CHAMPIONS Student:

"Hey, I need your help with a health survey. We're trying to improve the resources in our community. 

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Can you help me find 4 adults we can call together? It should take 20 minutes."

10 per CHAMPIONS Students

Total  =  250

Recruited Associate:

"Hi, Mom. I'm helping my friend do a health survey. Do you have five minutes to quickly answer the questions."

Survey Participant

4 per Associate

Total  =  1000