Community Health – UM System Community Connect

Risco, MO seeks to change its food desert status

MU Business, Collaboration, Community Development, Community Engagement, Community Health, Economic Development, Food, Rural Development, Small Business Development

MU Extension Community Economic Development Field Specialist Richard Proffer meets regularly with Risco residents to guide them to establishing a local limited use food store.

Troostapalooza- 2021

UMKC Community Engagement, Community Health, Economic Development, Workforce Development, Youth Programming

UMKC is proud to serve as the lead sponsor for this year’s Troostapalooza celebration!

What’s Poppin? Health and Well-being Pop-up event

UM System, UMSL Community, Community Engagement, Community Health, Engagement Week, Health, Health And Wellness Fair, Mental Health, Well Being

Activities and presentations focus on taking care of physical and mental health, mini-wellness and vision screenings, gardening and nutrition, as well as building community. Attendees will go home with a bag full of goodies to help them live more healthy and engaged lives.This includes special bags of popcorn to promote neighboring and community action.

MU Health and Wellness Fair

MU, UM System Community Health, Engagement Week

Join us at the Family Impact Center Friday, Oct. 22, from 1-5pm for Stay Strong Stay Healthy, Food Demos, 4-H STEM activities, Audiology Clinic, Vet Med Pet Food Drive, Go Baby Go, MedZou and more! Plus you can find service activities all around the state of Missouri at your local extension office!

The Vacant House Next Door

UMSL Community, Community Development, Community Engagement, Community Health, Economic Development, Neighborhood Development

Join community experts and partners at an interactive event to explore solutions for vacant property issues across St. Louis County!

Interdisciplinary Practicum & Community Organization Partnership

S&T Community Health, Education, Rural Health

The Engineering Management senior design classes and Industrial-Organizational Psychology MS program partner with Phelps Health to help the organization address a community health issue. Undergraduate and graduate students provide consultation and data are collected by the instructors to study the effectiveness of this new practicum structure.

Community MOVE Session

UMKC Community Health, Health, Public Health

Move More Get More, a community-based research initiative sponsored, is hosting FREE MOVE sessions for the community all fall. Move sessions are fitness sessions designed to increase physical activity and community through movement.

Summer Internship Program Opens High Schoolers’ Eyes to Pharmacy Research

UMKC Child Development, Community Health, Health Care, Public Health, Youth Programming

Program introduces students to the role pharmacists play in improving people’s health and well-being

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Topic: Community Health