November 21, 2023
Contact: Brittney Dabney, Communications, Public Relations and Marketing
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Tuskegee University leaders are committed to ensuring that everyone has access to quality health care. Through the Center for Rural Health and Economic Equity, the University supports groundbreaking efforts to improve health equity in underserved communities, and the University has committed $2.2 million to support its efforts. I was just awarded a dollar.
Grants provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Research Collaborative for Minority-Serving Institutions Research Center are critical to the mission of addressing health disparities in maternal and child health, especially among marginalized populations. It becomes a milestone. The $2.2 million grant will provide resources for community-based participatory research to improve maternal and infant health outcomes in Alabama’s rural Black Belt counties.
“This is a pivotal moment in our commitment to ensuring that all people have access to quality health care, regardless of where they live or their background,” said Vice President of External Affairs, General Counsel and Grant said Crystal James, principal investigator. “We appreciate the support of the Office of the President and the generous gifts from donors who understand the urgency and importance of this mission.”
In addition to Attorney James, the multidisciplinary team of experts includes Co-Principal Investigators Dr. Deloris Alexander, Dr. Torlonda Lee, Dr. Cordelia Ndeu, Mr. Abraham George, and Dr. Janet Lewis Clark. , will partner with university faculty. The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Nursing and Health Hygiene, Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Management and Information Sciences, and Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences collaborate to provide the research infrastructure for rural maternal and child health centers. Family Health Equity (Regional MCH Center).
This significant investment leverages support from a diverse range of stakeholders, including individual public, private, and community stakeholders, and brings everyone together through a common commitment to reducing disparities in health care access and outcomes. Unite. This framework ensures that local voices are heard and incorporated into the development of strategies that are evidence-based as well as culturally sensitive and tailored to the unique needs of the communities they serve. Masu.
Rural Maternal and Child Centers provide an evidence-based framework for assessing and eliminating barriers to maternal and child health equity in rural America. The initiative will also train early-career researchers, community health workers, doulas and midwives to identify, intervene and reduce risk factors that negatively impact the health of mothers and infants in rural areas.
By focusing on holistic solutions that address economic barriers alongside health issues, the center’s innovative approach aims to improve rural communities by bridging gaps in access to care and economic opportunity. We are trying to revolutionize the medical landscape. This initiative will develop best practices that can be replicated in rural areas across the country.
“The work of Rural Mother and Child Centers is important not only to the communities they serve, but also to broader national efforts to advance health equity. Reproductive justice issues have become front and center in the United States. “The Rural Mother and Child Center will continue to provide the research needed to raise health concerns about rural mothers and babies at this moment in history,” James said. “By pioneering new models of care delivery and economic empowerment, this center aims to be a beacon of hope for communities facing persistent challenges in accessing quality health care. .”
Focusing on the strategic position of “One Tuskegee,” which encompasses internal and external stakeholders in Macon, Bulloch, and Barbour Counties, the research initiative will identify best practices that can be replicated in rural communities across the county. Develop. It provides a platform for education and capacity building while partnering with 17 other similarly funded minority-serving agencies to address maternal and child health outcomes across the United States.
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