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The Center has developed partnerships with minority communities with the goal of improving community health, increasing the participation of African-Americans and Latinos in research, and improving students' and researchers' understanding of issues related
to minority health, health disparities, and research participation. Center partnership efforts are taking place with the following communities:
El Centro Latino, Carrboro,
North Carolina
El Centro Latino (ECL) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2000 and located in Carrboro, NC. ECL is committed to improving the quality of life for Latinos in and around Orange County. ECL provides social and educational services and opportunities to
Latinos in the area. ECL has a dedicated staff, volunteers, and members. This agency serves the Latino community by providing multiple activities including a: Parent Association Group, children's program to provide enriching and safe experiences for preschool
or school-aged children, "intercambio" to facilitate a cross-cultural understanding and language exchange, a women's group for social support, and Las Chicas De Accion, a group for Latino adolescents.
El Centro Hispano, Durham, North Carolina
El Centro Hispano is a Latino community based organization located in east Durham dedicated to improving the quality of life of Latino residents. El Centro was founded nine years ago as a project of the Catholic and Episcopal Churches and since 1997 has been
an independent, non-profit organization. The Center is owned and controlled by the local Latino community. It provides a multitude of services to low-income Latinos, for example English classes and numerous programs for adults and children.
University/Community Wellness Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
The University/Community Wellness Center is located at two cites in East Winston-Salem, in what is called the "Enterprise Community" (EC). This area is characterized by poor housing, lack of economic development, high crime, and severe health and health care
disparities. Residents of the Enterprise community are primarily minorities (mostly African Americans and Hispanics) and from low socioeconomic backgrounds. All six of the census tracts in Forsyth County designated as Medically Underserved Areas (MUA) are in
the EC. The School of Health Sciences at Winston-Salem State University created the University/Community Wellness Center (UCWC) to develop sites in each of the public housing communities in Forsyth County as a way of addressing the health and healthcare disparity
of this underserved population. Currently two sites have been developed in low-income housing communities. The first was established May 1997, and is in a high rise apartment complex and serves primarily older adults. The second was established March 2001 in
a low income housing development and serves primarily women and children. Within these two cites, advanced practice nurses, clinical laboratory therapists, physical therapists and occupational therapists provide culturally sensitive primary care.
Bertie County
Bertie County is a rural county located in Eastern North Carolina with a total population of 19,773 and an African American population of 12,326 (62%). One salient health disparity for African Americans in Bertie County is cerebrovascular disease or stroke.
Bertie County is located in the "stroke buckle" of the nation's stroke belt with stroke death rates two times greater than the rest of the country. |
