Community Programs in the School of Medicine

Title: Center for Minority Health Research
Description: The objectives of the Center for Minority Health Research are:
  1. to identify and evaluate interventions which improve the health of inner-city African-American children and youth.
  2. to advance the methodology for data gathering, implementation and evaluation of programs involving multiple and at times potentially competing health outcomes and inputs
  3. to increase the number of minority professionals involved in health services
  4. to influence local, state and national health policy and program implementation based upon these findings.
Programs include:
  • "Focus on Kids", an HIV risk reduction program which was awarded the prestigious title of one of five programs identified nationally as "A program that works"
  • "Project Impact", which is a community-university linked research and intervention program to reduce the risk of HIV infection among urban youth by increasing parental monitoring and communication
  • "AIDS Risk Reduction among Namibian Youth", which is a collaborative effort among governmental agencies to provide a curriculum to youth in Namibia to support them in their efforts to choose futures which are free of health challenges, including HIV
  • "Youth Attitudes Toward the Police", a project that collects data in order to develop a more positive relationship between police and youth
  • "Youth Exposure to Violence and Distress", a violence prevention effectiveness trial for African-American adolescents and parents residing in public housing projects in Baltimore City
  • "T.R.A.P. - Teen Relationship Abuse Project", a project that studies the prevalence of violence among African-American youth and is developing a culturally relevant intervention.
Training is also available to Emergency Medical Service Providers entitled, "Effective Communication and Cultural Competence in Emergency Care of the Adolescent" . The "Summer Intern Program" is also available to increase opportunities for minority students in health outcomes research.
Website: http://medschool.umaryland.edu/community/minority.asp
School(s): Medicine
Contacts:
Jennifer Galbraith
410-706-4267


Community Served: Citywide; Nambia, Africa
Services Provided: Advocacy,Career development
Services Provided Other: Research to inform national healthcare policy.
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Program Timeframe: Continuous
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