Designing Education for Better Prisoner and Community Health...Designing Education for Better...
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Designing Education for Better
Prisoner and Community Health:A Case Study in Engaged Scholarship
Bradley Brockmann, JD, MDiv1,2
Alexandria Macmadu, MSc1,2
1The Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights,
The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI2Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI
Developing the Course
Purpose
The purpose of this course is to provide
students with the background and skills
needed to design and implement real world
health communication projects that address
health needs encountered by justice-involved
populations.
Structure
TRI-Lab: Teaching, Research, and Impact
Three semesters:
Spring – Teaching
Summer – Research/Prototype Development
Fall – Impact/Implementation
Spring 2016 (Teaching)
● In-class component divided into two sections:
○ 8 sessions on prisoner health context
○ 6 sessions on health communication and
CBPR
○ 3 sessions on skill-building (e.g., focus
group training)
○ 7 sessions on designing interventions
○ 2 sessions for students’ final presentations
Spring 2016 (Teaching)
Summer 2016 (Research)
● 3 weeks of graphic design instruction
● 12 weeks of intensive research, development of
program prototypes working with consultants
including formerly incarcerated individuals
● Students conducted focus groups and one-on-
one interviews with medical experts,
community partners, RIDOC staff, and people
who are justice-involved
● Regular meetings and critiques
Summer 2016 (Research)
Fall 2016 (Impact)
Students continued to refine, finalize, and
implement their educational videos, curricula,
posters, pamphlets, and booklets across six
health topics…
Six Student-Led Projects
●Hepatitis C
●Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
●Navigating the Healthcare System
●Weight Management
●HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
●Difficult Emotions and Critical Reflection
Hepatitis C
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Navigating the Health Care System
Navigating the Health Care System
Weight Management
Weight Management
HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
Difficult Emotions and Critical Reflection
●Trauma-informed framework to provide men
who are incarcerated with practical skills for
dealing with difficult emotions
(depression, stress, anxiety), and to deepen
their critical reflection skills and enhance
their capacity for healthy decision making
●Nine session group curriculum
●Individual counseling after each session
●Pilot beginning now in max security
Student Feedback: Community
“It was an amazing opportunity to get out of my head and in to
talking to people, listening to people, and designing around needs
and experiences.”
“My experiences in this summer’s TRI-Lab have taught me the
importance of gaining the trust of the people that you serve. More
importantly, I learned that building trust takes a lot of time and
patience, but it is absolutely necessary if you want to make an
impact.”
“The biggest takeaway I definitely received from this class is
ultimately teamwork. Community... No one is an island. And
throughout this course I found this aspect both inspiring but also
beautiful to watch and be a part of.”
Student Feedback: Passion
“In no other health-focused class at Brown have I felt as
personally interested in and connected to a course.”
“This class has refueled a desire to work with this population
in some way shape or form in whatever I do in my future.”
“Overall, I think this course has been incredibly influential in
what I want to do with my life after college.”
“I am so grateful to have been a part of this project because it
really has informed the way I interact with every person I
meet.”
Student Feedback: Influential
“Many of [our] interviews were extremely humbling and made me
reflect on my privilege and place within the Providence community.
I was extremely glad I had the opportunity to enter a very personal
space and hear such personal stories.
“Learning about the incarcerated population in the U.S. has also
influenced the way I look at many different aspects of my life… It
has become an issue that I care about deeply, and ask any of my
friends or family members: it’s a topic I don’t often stop thinking
about.”
“This experience during the school year and over the summer has
… really helped me hone in on a community with whom I would
absolutely like to work moving forward..”
Thank you!Questions?
[email protected]@lifespan.org