Brilliant Detroit Boot Camp Translation 2021

The Morningside HealthLink Action Council was convened to lead community efforts to address childhood obesity in our neighborhood. Our first project is developing and running a campaign in our neighborhood that will help our community take action against obesity. We are partnering with Wayne State University on this project and will be using a method called Boot Camp Translation to help us with our campaign.

What is Boot Camp Translation?

• A process where community members put medical information and guidelines into their own words and then share this information with their neighbors in a health campaign.

• This method was actually developed by community members in Colorado!

• Campaigns using this method have made a big difference in improving community health in areas like getting screened for colon cancer, seeking treatment for depression, and increasing communication between families and doctors about asthma in kids.

What will I be asked to do?

• Attend meetings by Zoom

• Learn about childhood obesity and current guidelines to treat it (it’s okay if you don’t know much right now!)

• Determine what the Morningside community needs to know and what we want people to do about childhood obesity in our neighborhood

• Create a health campaign and action plan to get these messages out to our neighbors so they can take action and improve the health of our kids and our community

When and how long are the meetings?

• The group determines all meeting days/times

• The exact number of meetings depends on how much time we need to develop the health campaign

• Some meetings will be longer (1.5-2 hours) and others will be shorter (30-45 minutes)

What are the meetings going to be like?

• They will be co-led by staff from Brilliant Detroit and Wayne State University

• Staff will lead activities to help the group develop messages, design products or resources that include those messages, and figure out how to get campaign materials to the neighborhood

• Staff are there to help guide community members-community members will do most of the talking!

How much time is involved?

• About 15 hours between now and the end of June

For more information on the Boot Camp Translation, visit the MorningSide Brilliant Detroit Facebook page.