The Health Science Book Club sends students health-focused and age-appropriate books for grades 2-4 with related activities and a 3D printed toy each month. All books sent out are free.
Students receive a journal with reflection prompts and are encouraged to read these books and complete these activities with their families to enjoy a fun summer of reading!
For more information email ihiprograms@nku.edu
Local elementary schools can receive a box containing STEM+H lesson plans and activities that abide with educational guidelines in their school district. All the resources are free and are aimed at relevant areas within fields including social determinants of health.
Program designed to address the absence of innovative health education for K-5 grade students and a lack of affordable resources for teachers. A Discovery Kit will contain a lesson plan tailored to the appropriate grade level and will consist of a topic related to healthy habits, biomedical engineering, the human body, or social determinants of health. In addition to lesson plans, the Discovery Kit will have tangible materials for the classroom to conduct an activity that relates to the content and reinforces the information presented. All kit materials are being created by NKU faculty and staff across multiple departments to ensure program delivery is effective and accurate. KY Academic Standards for Health Education and State Testing Curriculum are also being identified and addressed so students are gaining relevant content and skills.
For more information email ihiprograms@nku.edu
Students in middle and high school are invited to the Health Innovation Center to spend a day exploring the range of health careers. For High school students, we provide two central experiences, either in the Simulation Center or the Cadaver Lab. In each experience, students will rotate through sessions with different presenters discussing their careers and taking part in hands-on activities including a medical emergency in the St. Elizabeth Simulation Center.
For Cadaver Lab experiences only, students enter the prosectorium and gain hands-on experience with human autonomy and physiology.
Other topics discussed include Radiologic Science, Nursing, Pre-Med, Health & Technology, and Respiratory Care, social work, and clinical counseling. Other field trips include a collaboration with the biological sciences department where students can observe a cadaver lab in action.
For more information email ihiprograms@nku.edu
The Institute for Health Innovation hosts themed physical and mental health fitness events around popular television shows, comics, films, and video games. Wear themed outfits and talk about the fandom with other participants to unleash your inner geek!
For more information email ihiprograms@nku.edu
In collaboration with the Center for Simulation Education and the College of Health and Human Services, the Institute for Health Innovation has launched an American Heart Association CPR, AED, and First Aid certification course program.
This certification is free for all participants. This project increases the number of high school students, faculty, and CPR certified staff. The certification can be included in High School Credits, Certifications, and Boy & Girl Scout Badges.
For more information email ihiprograms@nku.edu
The outreach committee seeks to unite NKU departments to effectively streamline services provided to local K-12 students. By coming together, we seek to ensure the programming is effective and meeting our collaborative goals.
For more information email Carolyn Noe at noec3@nku.edu
A week of free day camps for middle and high school students. Students have the opportunity to meet with other kids their age throughout the Tri-state area and learn about different future health careers whilst being immersed in the NKU campus.
Students spend their time in sessions with different presenters to learn about these careers and feel what it’s like to be a college student.
For more information email ihiprograms@nku.edu
Incoming NKU students who have graduated high school receive these free boxes in the summer between their senior year of high school and freshman year of college to ease their transition. Boxes include invaluable college tips, on campus resources, and how to be an adult.
Boxes also include NKU swag!
For more information email ihiprograms@nku.edu
A series of free, fun events for youth and high school students to talk with local scientists and NKU faculty about current cutting edge ideas in health, science, and technology over food and refreshments.
Teachers are invited to start a café with the help of the Institute for Health Innovation. Youth leaders, with the help of an adult mentor, plan and run the café themselves.
For more information email ihiprograms@nku.edu
NKU’s on campus clothing closet. All clothes are free, all students must do is swipe their NKU All-Card. Clothes include business attire for interviews, internships, and student teaching, and casual ware for hanging out around campus. Students are allowed to come twice an academic year and take up to three tote bags of free clothes.
Our new Opioid-Impacted Family Support Program (OIFSP) provides scholarships, paid internships, and paid apprenticeships to students wishing to work with youth and families impacted by Substance Use Disorders as their career. The OIFSP is a specialized track in Northern Kentucky’s Human Services and Addictions program and is open to undergraduate and graduate students in Human Services and Addiction, Counseling, Social Work, and Psychology.
The purpose of the degree track is to increase the number of family support paraprofessional trainees who target children, adolescents, and transitional age youth with parents who have been impacted by OUD or other SUDs, and their family members in guardianship roles. This will increase the OUD/SUD behavioral healthcare capital for the eight-county northern Kentucky (NKY) region (comprising Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen, and Pendleton Counties), a high need and medically underserved area.
As part of the EDA i6 grant, the Institute of Health Innovation has developed an 18-credit post-baccalaureate certificate in Health Care Commercialization, the nation’s first certificate program on how the “business of health care” operates. This program will provide those who work in the supply side of health care with the knowledge and skills they need to bring an innovation in health care to market. It will help prepare those pursuing careers in health care to succeed in today’s entrepreneurial economy, where innovation is a primary driver of success, as it simultaneously meets a regional (and national) need for health-related innovation and entrepreneurship. This program began in October 2020 as part of NKU’s suite of accelerated on-line programs for professionals.
In collaboration with the College of Health and Human Services, the IHI developed an on-line microcredential for Adult Peer Support Specialists in Kentucky. With the support of an HRSA-OWEP grant, all students enrolled in this program receive full scholarships for tuition and fees. The program launched in Fall 2020 and has already certified 300 students from around the Commonwealth to serve as Adult Peer Support Specialists for those struggling with Substance Use Disorder.
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