Cornell Center for Health Equity (CCHEq) members contributed to the design and development of two New York State initiatives that seek to build public health capacity of individuals, communities, and the state, and thru that, help to advance health equity in New York State. |
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The New York State Citizen Public Health Leader Training aims to build knowledge, awareness, and agency among New Yorkers. This free distance-learning course shares health-related information and calls to action in plain language and engaging videos, with goals to improve health literacy and to facilitate connection and communication with peers, allies, and key social resources. This training helps community members take an active role in helping their networks prevent and rebuild from the effects of COVID-19, and integrate health promotion into their own lives. This short course is open to all NYS residents 16-years and older.
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The five-part New York State Public Health Essentials Training makes up a key part of New York State’s Public Health Corps Fellowship. The Public Health Essentials Certificate is an 80-hour, self-paced program that has both a web-based and facilitated project-based curriculum focused on equipping learners with the foundations of public health so they can better serve their communities. The training helps learners explore the public health approach and methods; the demographics and health status of people living in their county; and the resources they can build upon to close health-related gaps. Via training, and with mentoring, learners complete project work that is directly applicable to their county, including county resource guides, county demographic and health profiles, statements of need/opportunity, and outreach and communication plans to better engage with underserved communities. This practice equips learners to engage with higher-risk, vulnerable populations community members; collaborate with existing programs; work with community gatekeepers to understand community perceptions and barriers; set up ‘pop-up’ education sessions; generate interest in and acceptance of public health initiatives; and gather and report key data to the county and state. All 1,000 Fellows will complete the course to earn a Cornell certificate, and work embedded in communities to support the COVID-19 response, and advance public health and equity.
If you are interested in becoming a Fellow, apply here.
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These projects, and the partnership with NYS, is facilitated by Gen Meredith.
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Seeding Health Literacy to Grow Healthy Communities
CCHEq co-leads, Adam Hughes and Gen Meredith, received a 2-year USDA/RHSE award to facilitate public health capacity building within cooperative extension offices in New York State. The Seeding Health Literacy to Grow Healthy Communities project will utilize two active distance-learning curricula to build public health competence among inter-professional cooperative extension teams and collaborators; facilitate development of coordinated public health improvement plans linked to existing county priorities; and support planning to augment current extension programming to include public health content and reach underserved communities. Using a developmental evaluation approach, the project management team will assist each county team to monitor and adapt processes to achieve program impacts: improved citizen health literacy, COVID-19 and opioid/substance misuse prevention, and use of health promotion programs that support community health, wellbeing, and quality of life.
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Vaccination Conversations with Scientists (VaCS) |
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If you are interested in helping, VaCS is still looking for volunteers. Sign-Up Today!
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Over 1000 pre-medical students have participated in the COVID-19 STEM Community Education and Empowerment Internship in the spring and summer of 2021. Participants engaged in 20 hours of education and community building which ended with a capstone presentation reviewed by over 15 faculty and trainees part of the Weill Cornell Medicine and partner institutions Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Weill Cornell Medicine; Columbia University; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYU Grossman School of Medicine/ NYU Langone Health; and SUNY Downstate Medical School.
The purpose of the internship is to empower students interested in medical and health fields to disseminate accurate information about COVID-19 and vaccination by educating diverse communities and raising awareness about COVID-19, its impact, vaccine science, and approaches for community education regarding Covid-19 vaccination. Students created poems, games, TikTok videos and infographics to raise awareness about COVID-19 vaccination and prevention. We plan to host a fall program to continue to support youth in community education efforts.
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The annual Make Your Match, residency diversity open house, will take place on Saturday, September 18. We have almost 300 participants registered and look forward to providing mentorship to medical students across the country.
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The annual Fordham Health Career Conferences had 20 participants from various New York City high schools that met virtually on Mondays and Wednesdays from July 12 through July 28 and was planned by faculty lead Dr. Andrea Card. All high school participants were part of the Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) at Fordham University. Participants learned about social determinants of health, COVID-19 vaccines, and different health care professions from Weill Cornell/NewYork Presbyterian professionals from nursing, social work, and medicine.
One of the participants shared:
"I loved the fact that your program showed us doctors' lives and the way they became a doctor. It was also extremely engaging when learning about the science, diseases, vaccines and different types of doctors there are. I also loved the fact we had guest speakers. We are eager to continue this summer program in-person in the future."
The Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Medicine held its 2nd annual Fellowship Diversity Open House on July 15, 2021. Since it was held virtually, we were able to host over 50 trainees from all over the world. Participation included faculty from General Internal Medicine Research.
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The Cornell Center for Health Equity Undergraduate Student Chapter is leading Cornell’s first ever affinity group program for freshmen and transfer student who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and/or disabled. This pioneering program gives students a chance to learn about their own identities, their sense of belonging, and their sense of community, while allowing them to meet peers with similar identities. The aim of this program is to increase the sense of self, belonging, and community among new students and, if successful, will be implemented on a larger scale at Cornell.
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September 22, 2021
Winston Prince, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), South Georgia, was named the National Medical Association's (NMA) 2021 Practitioner of the Year. He previously served as the 105th President of the NMA.
A Weill Cornell Medicine alum, Dr. Price s a practicing pediatrician in Bainbridge and is heavily involved in the Southwest Georgia region, supporting efforts to increase the number of Black men in medicine and addressing disparities in healthcare. He is a member and leader of numerous community groups and serves as the faculty lead for community volunteer projects.
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Join Us in the Pursuit of Health Equity |
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Become a Member
The Cornell Center for Health Equity is delighted to announce that it has reached 233 Center members. Complete the membership application to become a member today!
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