Program Details

• Spend one week in the Delta region, based primarily in Clarksdale, MS.
• Learn about working with publicly available demographic and population health data, and learn strategies and techniques for assisting community leaders to apply that data.
• Work directly with individuals from the communities visited in the Delta during facilitation of participatory workshops.
• Develop a working knowledge of community assessment and applied research.
• Be able to combine demographic and health quantitative research with interactive, participatory, field-based research.
• Apply and practice skills through an applied research service-learning project, collaborating with local nonprofits, community health centers, and hospitals.
• Have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the rich culture of the Delta, including the opportunity to visit the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretative Center in Indianola.

*Please verify specific dates with instructor and confirm that the course has adequate enrollment to make before making travel arrangements.
*Itinerary subject to change.