School of Public Health
Public Health Clubs
Advancing good health and well-being through public health in action
The University of Memphis School of Public Health is excited to invite high school students to participate in Public Health IDEAS Club. The RE-AIM Public Health IDEAS Club is a high school initiative aimed at engaging students in public health issues, fostering their development as future health leaders and community advocates.
Building a global health network
Starting in Your High School
Our mission is to empower high school students with practical skills and knowledge in public health through innovative workshops, community-based research and public health campaigns. Learn how to support your community’s health and well-being with student-led projects and initiatives following our Public Health in Action Curriculum:
- Public Health Problems: Identify your community’s public health solutions.
- Systems Thinking: Reconsider social, behavioral and systemic barriers to well-being.
- Prototype your public health ideas: Identify root causes and create innovative solutions.
- Importance of Public Health Research: How does research shape action?
- Case Study Research: Apply past lessons to future public health challenges.
- Data Reporting and Visualization: How ethical use of data translates to outcomes.
- Storytelling with Data: Understand health communication and design best practices.
- Evaluating Health Interventions: Developing frameworks to assess program success.
- Technological Innovations: Use expanding and emerging technology in public health.
- Public Health Entrepreneurship: Apply low-cost solutions to public health problems.
What to Expect
Interested in starting a public health club in your school? Email us at sphclubs@memphis.edu and a member of our team will reach out to coordinate the curriculum materials and involvement with UofM SPH initiatives like Public Health Days and Public Health Hackathon.
From the Dean
“The initiative is built upon the relevance of transforming ideas into implementation for solving pressing public health challenges of the 21st century through Research, Skills, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.” Ashish Joshi, PhD, MBBS, MPH
Built on 4 Pillars (CARE)
Coping
Adaptability
Resilience
Empathy
- Students will be facilitated by experts in the field to come up with out-of-the-box solutions to address common public health challenges in local and global settings.
- Encourage creative, innovative and out-of-box thinking that will help translate ideas into designing and developing public health solutions to support community health and well-being.
Participants
International Participants
Country Representation of Public Health IDEAS Clubs