Health Science Team Places First in Digital Conference

At this year’s student health edu-thon, teams were challenged to design and present a health education program plan that emphasized digital health technology/methodologies to assist at-risk adolescents facing mental health problems by applying evidence-based methods. The competition was limited to six graduate and 12 undergraduate teams.

With Roberta Donahue, professor of health science, as their faculty mentor, students Kirstyn Dietle, Brody Ashbury, Amanda Berry and Allison Oligschlaeger competed for Truman and each received a $150 cash prize for placing first. They developed a plan to implement “Emocean,” an app available in English and Spanish that supports the health of middle and high school students in northeast Missouri.

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