Every semester, I am asked a number of questions about the Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) program from a number of administrators, directors, researchers, faculty members, and potential students. Here is an overview and update of the ERHD program during the 2012-2013 academic year at East Carolina University:
The outcomes of the ERHD program is to graduate new public health professionals from various professional and ethnic backgrounds who acquire a new set of pubic health skills designed to be more culturally competent in the field of public health and to be more culturally competent in the field of public health and to be more culturally competent in ethnic and rural health disparities. During the 2012-2013 academic year, Director Dr. Eric Bailey directed the program, managed the trainees, taught the ERHD courses, evaluated the level of ethnic and rural health disparities cultural competency among trainees, and marketed the program at local and national public health and medical conferences. Director Bailey also coordinated the ERHD Admission Committee and the ERHD Scholarship Committee. The ERHD program consisted of nine full-time students of various racial and ethnic backgrounds (African American, Hispanic/Latino and Caucasian). The ERHD program also awarded $8,000 in scholarship support and graduated seven students.