PA AHEC NEWS

The Pennsylvania Training Center for Health Equity further advanced health equity training in June. Our Community Health Worker (CHW) Project ECHO-based series focused on domestic violence, including how to talk about domestic violence, how to help victims make plans, and available resources. The series offers free continuing education that CHWs need to maintain their state certification. Sessions are recorded and posted on PA AHEC’s learning management system and can be watc

The Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity at George Washington University is seeking applicants for its one-year, non-residential fellowship program to run from January 2023 through November 2023. The objectives of the fellowship are to know disparities, combat inequity, build leaders, and create a network. The fellowship is open to early-mid-career leaders involved in work related to health. Ten fellows will be selected to focus on U.S. health equity, and 10 will be selected to

A fundamental mistake in decision-making and program implementation that produces inequitable results and processes is an approach that treats everyone the same, Pennsylvania AHEC Program Director Dr. Ben Fredrick said during the Pennsylvania Department of Health Office of Health Equity's conference on November 4. Instead of using an "equality" approach that takes no account of important differences in how people can participate in programs and opportunities, Dr. Fredrick rec