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Objectives. To assess the implementation of a community-based health promotion program in the pharmacy school curriculum that combined didactic and experiential educational tools to teach public health and management concepts. Design. The health promotion curriculum was implemented sequentially during the second professional year. The programs were assessed based on 5 criteria including pharmacy student participation, course examinations and projects, and evaluations of pharmacy students, teachers, and first-grade students. Assessment. Overall, the service-learning programs were beneficial to both the community and the pharmacy students. One hundred percent of the health fair participants reported being either satisfied or very satisfied. Six hundred people participated in the health fairs and over 900 first-grade students participated in the poison prevention program. Mean knowledge scores of the first-grade students were 3.95 before participating in the program and 4.46 after. Conclusions. These programs offer valuable benefits to the community while developing professional attitudes and skills in pharmacy students