ABSTRACT
San Francisco Health Initiative (SFHI) is an undergraduate student organization founded in 2017 that works to address community issues in health by increasing awareness of high school students to relevant topics; it is expected that their increased awareness of local issues in health, coupled with improved access to higher education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), will expand the capacity of the free clinic workforce. SFHI has collaborated with local high schools in San Francisco to actualize this mission by conducting five workshops on the following topics: (1) environmental and racial health disparities, (2) racial disparities amongst people who suffer from chronic disease, (3) social pressure defined and assessed, (4) the basis of disease as a preventative health measure, and (5) effects of adiposity in the development of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). SFHI aims to create an affirming and inclusive environment that spurs high schools to pursue a college degree in a STEM field and to consider a career serving in a free clinic.
