Javier Flores and Michael Tapia

Guiding Question: How can lower income families incorporate modern and traditional remedies when going through an illness?

We chose this topic because we both aspire to become Registered Nurses. We have seen many individuals in need of medical care and want to give back to our community. Our research focused on whether traditional and modern medicine should be combined to create patient recovery methods. We completed 20+ fieldwork hours with our mentor and volunteering at health related events in the community. We interviewed families and medical professionals to find out what kinds of medicines they turn to during an illness and learned that while modern medicine is difficult for low-income families to obtain, both families and health professionals see the benefits of combining both. To report our findings, we created a unique brochure and video that encourage using both types of medicinal techniques.