September 1, 2001
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Thomas Jefferson University expanded coverage of topics concerning population health in the Jefferson Medical College curriculum and established university-community partnerships to promote the health of individuals living in and around Philadelphia.
September 1, 2001
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The University of Iowa established a community-university partnership in rural health care and prevention that used qualitative and quantitative methods to assess the health of the population in three counties and helped those counties set goals and address local needs.
September 1, 2001
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The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, established a collaborative educational program with an infant mortality program and introduced medical and nursing students to population-based medicine through a focus on maternal and infant health.
September 1, 2001
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Researchers at the University of Missouri - Columbia, established a Rural Scholars Program and introduced curricular changes, including multidisciplinary opportunities for medical, nursing, and health services management students.
September 1, 2001
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Tufts University worked to design, implement, and evaluate a didactic and practical curriculum stressing the interwoven concepts of culture and community for the improved training of health professionals.
September 1, 2001
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The University of Tennessee, Memphis, provided health education to rural young people while exposing health professional students to rural communities and principles of population-based medicine.
September 1, 2001
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The Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine introduced curriculum changes involving behavioral sciences and population-based medicine, established an Academic Health Department to integrate community health workers into the academic environment.
September 1, 2001
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Rush University built on its pre-existing Rush Community Service Initiatives Program, a network of community service and educational programs, established in 1990, matching medical students with the social and health needs of disadvantaged communities.
October 1, 2001
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The Association of Academic Health Centers hosted the Sixth Congress of Health Professions Educators, June 7-8, 1999, in Washington, D.C. and the Seventh Congress, June 8-9, 2000, also in Washington, D.C.
November 1, 2001
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health convened a blue ribbon panel to develop a strategic plan to encourage women of childbearing age to increase their intake of folate and folic acid.