The first program that students and professionals will be collaborating on is a youth lead Grocery Store Tour Project. Undergraduate students and high school students residing in under-resourced communities will be trained to conduct Grocery Store Tours. Grocery Store Tour participants will be patients referred from their Primary Care Physicians. These patients will be individuals identified as having barriers to a healthy diet.

 

Undergraduate students will also receive mentorship and public health career exposure from graduate students as well as professionals in the field. Undergraduate students will in-turn mentor high school students and expose them to the paths of higher education.

 

The final phase of the program will include a train-the-trainer component for representatives of Community Based Organizations to conduct the tours in their own communities, spreading and sharing the effectiveness of this program to communities beyond.