THE ECONOMY OF ABUNDANCE: Developing Service Learning on a Grand Scale in a Rapidly Changing Environment
Publication Date
1-1-2023
Document Type
Contribution to a Book
Publication Title
Promoting Health and Wellness in Underserved Communities: Multidisciplinary Perspectives Through Service Learning
DOI
10.4324/9781003446538-14
First Page
159
Last Page
174
Abstract
This chapter describes the experience of student-initiated integration of service learning into a community health promotion course. It begins with the instructor’s quest for a new way of teaching community-based analysis, a group of civic-minded students, and their idea to take our learning out of the classroom. The chapter describes the introduction to the Open-Air Health Fair, the evolution of our relationship with the Health Trust, a local nonprofit hospital conversion foundation that operates health promotion programs and provides grants to health-related organizations and initiatives in the geographic area surrounding the City of San Jose, and health fair efforts. HS 104 is one of the introductory courses in the health science major and minor at San Jose State University.
Department
Public Health and Recreation
Recommended Citation
Kathleen M. Roe, Andrea Nance, Alvin Galang, Anna Bingham, German Blanco, Ryan Duhe, and Kenneth Lee. "THE ECONOMY OF ABUNDANCE: Developing Service Learning on a Grand Scale in a Rapidly Changing Environment" Promoting Health and Wellness in Underserved Communities: Multidisciplinary Perspectives Through Service Learning (2023): 159-174. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003446538-14
