Innovations in Pharmacy · 3 authors, 2 centres
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This paper reflects on a student pharmacist-led service-learning project called "Healthy Ramadan" aimed at providing health education to a Muslim community. The authors report that despite good intentions and receiving a national award, the project's actual impact was limited, with only 24 adult participants completing pre- and post-surveys, and they argue that more meaningful community engagement is needed for sustainable impact.
The project was planned with assumptions about community needs and involved minimal community input in its design. The central result reported is that the event's reach and impact were limited; only 24 adult participants completed both pre- and post-event surveys, and a minority of these participants had the targeted chronic conditions. The authors describe the event's impact as "dismal" compared to national estimates of mosque attendance. The paper's primary focus is on critiquing this approach and advocating for a shift towards active and sustained community engagement practices in future student-led projects. The implications are that service-learning projects should prioritize genuine community partnership to achieve mutual benefit and avoid acting on assumptions.
