MURFREESBORO — Two
MTSU researchers will continue their work promoting health education with a
$43,000 grant from the Baptist Healing Trust.
Stuart Bernstein and Catherine Crooks of the Department of
Psychology will use the funding to continue the Healthy Raiders Reading Program,
a service-learning endeavor that helps members of underserved populations learn
more about health care.
In staffing the program, MTSU undergraduate students in the
psychology, allied health and pre-medical disciplines learn how to communicate
the importance of becoming active participants in the maintenance of one’s own
health.
The program partners with Read to Succeed, St. Thomas Mobile
Medical Unit, Head Start and Murfreesboro City and Rutherford County Schools
under the Collaborative Learning and Leadership Institute.
“The work of Drs. Bernstein and Crooks speaks to our primary
mission in the college,” said Terry Whiteside, dean of the College of
Behavioral and Health Sciences. “They are not only training the next generation
of professionals to make an immediate impact upon graduation, but they are
using that training in real world settings to address one of our most
intractable issues, health literacy.”
The Baptist Healing Trust, a private foundation, awarded
more than $1.07 million in its most recent grant cycle. It has granted more
than $69 million to worthy causes since 2002.
For more information, contact Bea Perdue, development
director of the College of Behavioral and Health Sciences, at 615-898-2417 or bea.perdue@mtsu.edu.
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