Principal Investigator: IMMERGLUCK, LILLY MD
Coordinator: LAGHAIE, ELHAM MS
Summary
Innovative Teen Peer Health Mentoring Program
(short name: CATCH)
We will implement a health education program that includes a
unique peer educator partnership between a public school system, a public housing authority, an inner-city hospital based teen health clinic, and a medical school in Atlanta, Georgia. The health education program will address important health concerns of the target population (student residents of public housing and attend the public high school) in the form of health-based educational discussions and workshops that promote pro social development