PA AHEC NEWS

Community health workers (CHWs) are champions of health equity, Pennsylvania AHEC Program Director Dr. Ben Fredrick told attendees at the First Annual CHW Conference at the end of September. Dr. Fredrick presented maps showing widespread and persistent health disparities and gaps in social determinants of health within communities across Pennsylvania. By serving their own communities, meeting people where they are physically and mentally, and advocating for each individual pa

Pennsylvania AHEC Program Director Dr. Ben Fredrick told state legislators and their staff that we need four times the number of medical students from rural Pennsylvania to address widespread rural primary care physician shortages and rural health disparities. Dr. Fredrick delineated Pennsylvania’s rural health care workforce challenges and possible solutions during a Sept. 6 legislative briefing organized by the Pennsylvania Rural Health Association and sponsored by state Se