As a primary grant partner, SEAAHEC hosted its first health literacy workshop during Discovery MedCamp, a SEAAHEC-sponsored summer camp for high school students designed to promote career exploration. Discovery MedCamp is hosted on the Auburn University campus and allows campers to discover a variety of health care professions, exploring health care career paths through a series of hands-on activities and presentations.

Discovery MedCamp 2022 hosted 28 campers. Participants included high school students (Grades 10-12) ages 14-18 years old residing in the following Alabama counties: (1) Chilton, (1) Tuscaloosa, (1) Barbour, (1) Mobile, (1) Autauga, (1) Marengo, (1) Coffee, (1) Houston, (1) Bullock, (2) Lee, (2) Randolph, (2) Geneva, (3) Jefferson, (4) Elmore, (6) Montgomery. 

On Tuesday, June 8th, Ayanna Sterling, Health Literacy Program Manager, conducted a presentation on Credible Sources for Teens & Young Adults. The hour-long presentation focused on identifying influencers of health information, including family, peers, news, and social media.

The presentation also provided the campers with tips when searching for health information through a hands-on activity that allowed them to use online sources such as blogs, news outlets, Google Scholar, and government websites to test their ability to recognize credible sources of health information online. 

Presentation: Credible Sources for Teens & Young Adults
Presenter: Ayanna J. Sterling, Health Literacy Program Manager, Southeast Alabama AHEC (Montgomery, AL)
Date/Time: Tuesday, June 8, 2022, 3:00 PM CST
Location: Discovery MedCamp, Auburn University, Auburn, AL (Lee County)

For more information on Discovery MedCamp and other Southeast Alabama AHEC programs visit www.seaahec.org