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September 2024 Newsletter

We are thrilled to kick off the 2024-2025 school year and celebrate HIP’s 16th year of service! 


HIP staff are hard at work planning our regional Leadership Summits in Miami, Broward, Little Rock, and New York City. Each Leadership Summit gathers faculty sponsors and student board members from each HIP partner school. This event is an interactive day of team building, education and celebration!

HIP SPOTLIGHTS

PARTNER FOCUS

The University of Miami Health System, UHealth, is thrilled to partner with HIP again! UHealth will be sponsoring HIP’s Miami Leadership Summit at the University of Miami and partnering on education and health promotion initiatives throughout the school year.


Dr. Erin Kobetz, Ph.D., M.P.H., UHealth's

Chief Health Equity Officer, remarks:


“UHealth’s partnership with Health Information Project (HIP) reflects our commitment to increasing health literacy throughout Miami-Dade County. High school students must navigate the excess, often misleading health content, that is routinely disseminated via social media. The program’s peer educators serve as trusted sources of accurate health information."

NYC EXPANSION


We are continuing our expansion work in the New York City region! We welcome introductions to anyone interested in bringing HIP to their school, school district, town or city.


Please feel free to reach out to andrea@behip.org with any connections.

HEALTH NEWS


Pandemic lockdowns aged teen brains by as much as four years, researchers from the University of Washington found.

 

The new study provides more evidence of how disruptions to daily routines may have contributed to health issues such as anxiety, depression and eating disorders in adolescent boys and girls. 


The study also noted that girls’ brains, in particular, aged far faster than expected.


One of the study’s lead authors, Dr. Patricia Kohl, attributed the change to “social deprivation caused by the pandemic.”


She suggested that adolescent girls were hit harder because they are more dependent on social interaction — in particular, talking through problems with friends — as a way to release stress.

MIAMI LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!


Are you available on October 1st to come to the University of Miami to volunteer at our Leadership Summit? We are looking for volunteers any time between 7:30am-4pm.


Email andrea@behip.org if you or any of your family or friends are available.

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