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2001- 2013

¡VIVA! Peer Tutor Project Overview. 2001- 2013. This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00007-C with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.

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2001- 2013

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  1. ¡VIVA! Peer Tutor Project Overview 2001- 2013 This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00007-C with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.

  2. 2001 National Library of Medicine contract University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio and the NN/LM SCR develop the Health Information Hispanic Outreach Program Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC) of Harlingen partners with South Texas Independent School District

  3. Peer Tutor Program History Project Personnel Debra Warner, RAHC Library Dir. Lucy Hansen, STISD Lead Librarian Dr. Cindy Olney, Evaluation Specialist Serena Ceci Med High Students Serena Arancibia Cecilia Castañeda Joey Nichols William McCormick Joey William

  4. 2003 - 2004 Peer Tutors Jessica Conaway Flor Zuviri Michael Ortiz Matthew McCormick Kayvon Kiani Lisa Brown Brittany Linkenhoger Chris Martin Ginny Cohen Loida Tamayo Aileen Carranza Luis Capuchina Orlando Ortiz Elizabeth Meyers

  5. 2004 - 2005 Peer Tutors Henry Crites Jaime Cantu Samantha Richardson Andrea Kall SarahYang Matthew McCormick Kayvon Kiani Flor Zuviri Lisa Brown Michael Ortiz Lucy with Rachel Herrera & Nerey Esparza Nina Lu Jessica Conaway

  6. 2005 Summer Institute Peer Tutors Erin Norris Library Intern Andrea, Unnam,Stephanie & Sarah Nereyda Esparza Virginia E. Cohen Camilo Gonzalez Michael Ortiz Carolina De La Garza Matthew McCormick Georgina De La Garza Davinia Rodriguez

  7. 2005-2006 Peer Tutors Clay Young Jose Calzada Juhi Koolwal Mayda Saldaña Stephany Gonzales Stephen Galarza Samantha Richardson Victoria Elizondo Nidia Cedillo Jackie Ho-Shing Marisol Garcia Lianne Yang Luis Lopez

  8. 2006 Summer Institute Peer Tutors Katherine Farley Adrian Perez Clay Young Andrea Kall Gracie Cuellar Diego Figueroa Miguel Setien Nidia Cedilla Samantha Richardson Mayda Saldana Michelle Castellanos Jackie Chang Camilo Gonzalez Nerey Esparza (GPT) Michael Ortiz (GPT)

  9. 2006-2007 Peer Tutors Lianne Yang Jackie Chang Gracie Cuellar Luis Lopez Katherine Farley Diego Figueroa Veronica Guerra Michelle Castellanos Adrian Perez Miguel Setien Piyush Pathak Clay Young

  10. 2007 Summer Institute Peer Tutors Josue Arenas Hunaid Rana Clay Young Gracie Cuellar Arya Kudalmana Lianne Yang Steven Padilla Veronica Guerra Piyush Pathak Luis Lopez Rocio Rodriguez William McCormick (GPT)

  11. 2004 – 2007 Overview • 2004 - 2005 • Science Academy and Med Academy peer tutors recruited • Summer Institute introduced • 2005 - 2006 • Med High Peer Tutor Project becomes¡VIVA! Vital Information for a Virtual Age • First annual Teen Health Fair • Teacher Content Advisors hired for Summer Institute • Online Summer Symposium • 2006 - 2007 • Partnerships with other high schools initiated • NNLM/SCR trip as capstone event for Summer Institute • Careers in medical libraries promoted • MLA poster session

  12. 2007 – 2009 Overview • 2007 - 2008 • Med Academy renews peer tutor program • DeBakey Seminars in Medicine field trip • ¡VIVA! web site launched • http://bla.stisd.net/viva.html • Summer Institute included field trip to the NLM • 2008 - 2009 • Peer tutors exhibit MedlinePlus at HOSA conferences • Texas Library Association Conference presentation • NIH Challenge Grant proposal by Dr. SuadGhaddar • Improving Adolescent Health Literacy: A MedlinePlus-Based Intervention • Health Careers Fair

  13. 2007-2008 Peer Tutors Sci Tech Katherine Farley AryaKudalmana Luis Lopez Cristina Mendez Steven Padilla PiyushPathak Rocio Rodriguez Lianne Yang Med Academy Ramiro Cantu Rosaidalia Cardenas Ernest Culver Nora Galan David Delgado Citlalic Laguna Julie Cavazos Luna Hernandez Breanna Rodriguez Bianca Sanchez Taylor Villanueva Victoria Lozano Med High Josue Arenas Michelle Castellanos Alice Eure Carolina Garcia Veronica Guerra HunaidRana Kelly Reyna

  14. 2008-2009 Peer Tutors Med High Erica Garcia Jeffrey Go Jonathan Guzman Pablo Muniz Christian NinalJerielOmoso Ryan Palacios HunaidRana Kelly Reyna Med Academy Rosaidalia Cardenas Nora Galan Julie Cavazos Luna Hernandez Maritza Robles Breanna Rodriguez Bianca Sanchez Taylor Villanueva Sci Tech Ismael Melendez Cristina Mendez Rocio Rodriguez

  15. 2009 – 2011 Overview • 2009 - 2010 • Peer tutors present MedlinePlus to all incoming freshmen at South Texas ISD New Scholar Academies • BETA peer tutors recruited • Peer tutors present at the Mexican American School Board Association Conference • Peer Tutors exhibited at Open House, and Parent Advisement sessions • Health Careers Fair • 2010 - 2011 • Peer tutors present at Texas Association of Future Educators conference • Peer tutors host the M+ Run 4 the Health of It 5K run • Health careers field trip to NNLM/SCR in Houston • Peer tutors host the M+ Paddle 4 the Health of It 5K kayak race

  16. 2009-2010 Peer Tutors Sci Tech & Med High Med Academy & BETA

  17. 2010-2011 Peer Tutors M E D H I G H M E D A C A D S C I T E C H B E T A

  18. 2011 – 2013 Overview • 2011 - 2012 • ¡VIVA! Facebook page developed • http://www.facebook.com/VIVAPeerTutors • Peer tutors exhibited MedlinePlus at South Texas ISD’s Wholehearted Scholar Fest • Peer tutors sponsored a nationwide Health Literacy Challenge video contest • Peer tutors exhibited MedlinePlus at the Texas Onion Fest in Weslaco, TX • 2012 - 2013 • Peer tutors presented to staff Head Start of Hidalgo County • Peer tutor project implementation guide completed • Peer Tutoring for High School Health Information Literacy: A Guide for Assessing if This Program Can Work for You • Peer tutors participated in Photovoice • Participatory action research strategy

  19. 2011-2012 Peer Tutors S C I T E C H M E D H I G H M E D A C A D B E T A

  20. 2012-2013 Peer Tutors BETA Sci Tech & Med High Med Academy

  21. Training & Meetings

  22. Class Presentations

  23. Outreach Events

  24. Peer Tutor Program Awards 2003 Texas Library Association Project of the Year HOSA Student Community Awareness Projects NCLIS Blue Ribbon Winners 2004 National Award for Museum and Library Service awarded to the RAHC by the IMLS 2006 National School Library Media Program of the Year award – Individual library category 2012 National School Library Media Program of the Year award – District libraries category

  25. Evaluation Data shows that: • Students improve research and evaluation skills • Students improve public speaking and presentation skills • Teachers use more hands-on teaching • Research projects introduced earlier incurriculum sequence

  26. Project Team Members • Lucy Hansen lucy.hansen@stisd.netPrincipal Investigator • Sara Reibman sara.reibman@stisd.netProject Specialist • Ann Vickmanann.vickman@stisd.netProject Director • Linda Robles herlinda.robles@stisd.netProject Specialist • Rigo Olivarez rigo.olivarez@stisd.netProject Specialist • Javier Jiménez javier.jimenez@stisd.netTechnology Support • Debra Warner debi.warner1129@att.netProject Consultant • Cindy Olney, PhD. olneyc@coevaluation.com Evaluation Consultant

  27. Contact Information Biblioteca Las Américas http://bla.stisd.net 100 Med High Dr. Mercedes, TX 78570 (956) 514-4268 South Texas Independent School District http://www.stisd.net/ 100 Med High Dr. Mercedes, TX 78570 (956) 565-2454 or 1-800-217-8839 Med High http://medhigh.stisd.net/ 700 Med High Dr. Mercedes,TX 78570 (956) 565-2237 or 1-866-546-2263 Medical Academy http://medicalacademy.stisd.net/ 151 S. Helen Moore Rd. San Benito, TX 78586 (956) 399-4331 or 1-800-784-7722 Science Academy http://scitech.stisd.net/ 900 Med High Dr. Mercedes, TX 78570 (956) 565-4620 or 1-866-611-3622

  28. PowerPoint prepared by Sara Reibman & Ann Vickman 2014

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