Profile for Katie Wagoner

Grace Babb, Edith Ben-Eboh, Isabella Burr, Mitch Drost, Delanie Johnson, Lila Tully and Katie Wagoner, all Public Health and Community Health Education students, presented "Case Study Presentation" at National Case Study Competition in Health Education on March 1 online. Two UWL teams participated in the National Case Study Competition in Health Education. One team was Grace Babb, Isabella Burr and Lila Tully (who took 1st place) and the other team was Edith Ben-Eboh, Mitchell Drost and Delanie Johnson (who took 3rd place)! Katie Wagoner served as the faculty advisor for both teams. This national competition gives undergraduate (and graduate) students of health education the opportunity to display their developing expertise. Teams of students are challenged to solve a real-world health issue using the competencies required for a health education specialist. Case scenarios were provided three weeks before the competition. Students prepared a response to their assigned case scenario, and then presented their response to judges in a 25-minute closed forum. This year, teams were tasked with developing an evidence-based, culturally relevant approach to prevent a new hepatitis A outbreak in Wayne County, Indiana.

Submitted on: Mar. 3, 2023

Grace Rollin, Anders Cedergren, Keely Rees and Katie Wagoner, all Public Health and Community Health Education, presented "Bridging the Gap: Sexuality Education for First Year College Students" at Society for Public Health Education Advocacy Summit on Oct. 22 in Washington, DC. Comprehensive sexuality education is crucial for adolescents. Factors such as funding, religion & politics make it difficult to establish consistent education across public K-12 districts. This session provides a solution for campuses.

Submitted on: Oct. 26, 2022

Elise Anderson, Issy Beach, Eve Klawitter, Grace Rollin, Sophie Spiess, Katie Wagoner and Lauren Witt, all Public Health and Community Health Education students, presented "Case Study Presentation" at National Case Study Competition in Health Education on Feb. 23 online. Two UWL teams participated in the National Case Study Competition in Health Education. One team was Sophie Spiess, Elise Anderson and Grace Rollin (who took 2nd place!) and the other team was Lauren Witt, Eve Klawitter and Isabella Beach. Katie Wagoner served as the faculty advisor for both teams. This national competition gives undergraduate (and graduate) students of health education the opportunity to display their developing expertise. Teams of students are challenged to solve a real-world health issue using the competencies required for a health education specialist. Case scenarios were provided three weeks before the competition. Students prepared a response to their assigned case scenario, and then presented their response to judges in a 25-minute closed forum. The UWL teams were two of 15 undergraduate teams representing 8 schools from across the nation to compete. This year, teams were tasked with developing a social marketing campaign to reduce incidence and mortality due to skin cancer in Steele County, MN. Campaigns included measures to assist the local community in securing funds to support the campaign, training staff concerning the implementation of the campaign, and in communicating the new campaign to the Steele County community.

Submitted on: Feb. 25, 2022

Ashley Clark and Morgan Worachek, both BS Public Health- Community Health Education; Lillian Minor, Keely Rees and Katie Wagoner, all Health Education & Health Promotion; and Eta Sigma Gamma, Beta Phi ; received the award for Health Education & Health Promotion at SOPHE Annual Meeting 2021 on Monday, April 5 in St Louis (virtual). The Chapter Excellence Award is the highest award a Chapter can receive and recognizes a year of Chapter achievement. The Chapter Research Award was based the research project the Beta Phi Chapter conducted in coordination with the UWL Greenfund for the DivaCup Research. This fund provided 40 reusable menstrual cups to be given to University of Wisconsin-La Crosse students. In the spring of 2018, students who were given reusable menstrual cups were asked to participate in research regarding their perceived benefits and barriers to regular use of menstrual cups, social support, and self-efficacy. This project was created using the Health Belief Model for behavior change.

Submitted on: Mar. 19, 2021

Katie Wagoner, Health Education & Health Promotion, served Vice President for GROW. GROW is a non-profit on a mission to connect children with healthy food and nature. Even during these challenging times, GROW continues to reach and impact hundreds of children, even in the face of COVID, through weekly video lessons and resources, as well as handouts of school garden-produce bundles and snacks delivered through the district lunch program.

Submitted on: Oct. 27, 2020