TY - JOUR
T1 - Preparing African Americans for careers in health care
T2 - The Jackson Heart Study
AU - Srinivasan, Asoka
AU - Brown, James
AU - Fahmy, Nimr
AU - Heitman, Elizabeth
AU - Singh, Madhu
AU - Szklo, Moyses
AU - Taylor, Herman
AU - White, Wendy
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - The Jackson Heart Study Undergraduate Training Center (UTC) at Tougaloo College was developed to increase the numbers of African-American students entering public health and health related fields. The UTC includes a scholars program for undergraduate students at Tougaloo College, three four-week programs for high school students called the SLAM (science, language arts, and mathematics) workshops, and an introductory epidemiology course for healthcare professionals and graduate students. The scholars program recruits 12 Tougaloo College freshmen annually for the duration of their undergraduate education. As of the 2005 summer, 512 students have enrolled in the SLAM workshops. The introduction to epidemiology course has provided training for 155 individuals from 1999 to 2004. This paper documents the need for this program based on the conspicuously small proportion of African Americans who are health practitioners in Mississippi. The content and selection process for each program is described, and a summary of the enrollment history, characteristics of the program participants, and their accomplishments is presented. Finally, the methods of program assessment and tracking are discussed.
AB - The Jackson Heart Study Undergraduate Training Center (UTC) at Tougaloo College was developed to increase the numbers of African-American students entering public health and health related fields. The UTC includes a scholars program for undergraduate students at Tougaloo College, three four-week programs for high school students called the SLAM (science, language arts, and mathematics) workshops, and an introductory epidemiology course for healthcare professionals and graduate students. The scholars program recruits 12 Tougaloo College freshmen annually for the duration of their undergraduate education. As of the 2005 summer, 512 students have enrolled in the SLAM workshops. The introduction to epidemiology course has provided training for 155 individuals from 1999 to 2004. This paper documents the need for this program based on the conspicuously small proportion of African Americans who are health practitioners in Mississippi. The content and selection process for each program is described, and a summary of the enrollment history, characteristics of the program participants, and their accomplishments is presented. Finally, the methods of program assessment and tracking are discussed.
KW - African Americans
KW - Jackson Heart Study
KW - Minority investigators
KW - Undergraduate training
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M3 - Article
C2 - 16317988
AN - SCOPUS:29244460383
SN - 1049-510X
VL - 15
SP - S6-71-S6-75
JO - Ethnicity and Disease
JF - Ethnicity and Disease
IS - 4 SUPPL. 6
ER -