TIGER TEAM: CLEMSON UNIVERSITY AND VOORHEES STUDENTS WORK TOGETHER TO PROMOTE HEALTH

Clemson University and the Voorhees College are working together on a four-year collaborative NIH research project called EXPORT. Faculty and students of both institutions are working together to help members of the Voorhees community, as well as people in the surrounding towns and counties , take steps to improve their health. One of the goals of the EXPORT project is to bring students of Voorhees and Clemson together to work on community initiatives that will better prepare the students for careers in health and related fields. Dr. Karen Kemper is the private investigator of one of the EXPORT research projects that is addressing physical activity promotion and obesity prevention at Voorhees College . In Spring 2004, several students from Voorhees College and Clemson University were identified to begin work with Dr. Kemper on the physical activity study. Several Clemson students have participated in the project: Chris Roeder worked on the social marketing plan; Erin Gruesbeck, worked on designing health message concepts and layouts; Stephen Heape assisted in enrolling 140 students in the pedometer study; Kristian Gordan managed all of our data sets and enrolled 72 participants in the Cardiovascular Risk Assessment study; and Lawrence Black and Kala Benson measured blood pressures of study participants attending the annual Voorhees Health Fair. Several students from Voorhees College also worked with Dr. Kemper throughout the year. These students included: Erica Meyers, Jarsalynn Eichelberger, Jessica Thompson, Charita Scott, Peter Mukwevho, Dwanda Gamble, Lynetta Gathers, Manda Jackson, and Tiffany Peterson. Together they developed a campaign brand, several message slogans, and a group identity (Tiger Team) for the Physical Activity promotion campaign.

In addition to designing the Tiger Team physical activity messages, the Voorhees students completed research training to collect data for pedometers, height, weight, and waist circumference. In Fall 2005, the Tiger Team will design a health intervention to prevent heart disease, diabetes and obesity among students at Voorhees College.

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