One of the most exciting classes that I teach throughout the year is the Ethnic Health & Health Disparities class – MPH 6008. This course continues to be a very unique course primarily because it allows students to investigate practical and serious ethnic health issues that are often overlooked in our society today.
Here are some of 2011 Ethnic Health & Health Disparities fieldwork projects/proposals:
The Need for Good Nutrition and Physical Activity Within the African American Population Especially the School Children
Eliminating HPV Linked Cancer Disparities among Minorities Within Eastern North Carolina
“Que Onda..?” A Discussion about Health with Honduran Male Immigrants Living in Durham, NC
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Treatment of Pain
Perceptions of HIV Risk among Black Women in Eastern North Carolina
Efficacy of Smoking Cessation Programs for Rural White Virginians
Obesity and its Ethnic Health Disparities
Motor Vehicle Crashes among Lumbee Youth in North Carolina
An Individual and Community-Based Intervention to Decrease the Prevalence of Diabetes among Lumbee Indian Youth and Prevent the Occurrence of Cardiovascular Disease
These fieldwork projects/proposals showed alot of diversity of the type of relevant ethnic health and health disparity issues in North Carolina and throughout the United States.