3rd Annual Asheville African American Health Symposium

May 2–May 3, 2025 Closed Medicine Nursing Other

3rd Annual Asheville African American Health Symposium

Description

The Asheville African American Health Symposium at MAHEC launched in 2020. According to the January 2020 Healthy North Carolina 2030 Report, there are inequities in life expectancy across race, geography, and gender, as well as intersections of these characteristics that show wide gaps between groups. The disparities for African Americans compared to other groups are due in part to issues stemming from limited healthcare access, lack of trust in medical professionals, social and economic factors and unemployment. Health inequities are unremitting and widespread within the African American population.

The goal of the Asheville African American Health Symposium is to have healthcare providers apply learned evidence-based strategies from African American healthcare leaders across the nation in order to continue improving the health of African Americans. This conference will increase their knowledge and awareness of the healthcare crisis, analyze healthcare inequities affecting our black communities, and examine the cause of them, including implicit bias of providers, historical trauma of African Americans, and lack of diversity within the healthcare workforce.


Accommodations

Hampton Inn & Suites
Rate: $139+
Book By: April 3, 2025
Phone: 828.277.1800
Book Online: Book Your Room Here
Free hot breakfast included!

Target Audience

Healthcare Providers including Internists and Family Practice Physicians; Advanced Practice Providers including PAs, NPs, Nurses, Cardiologists, OB/GYN Physicians/providers, Certified Mid-Wives, Residents, Medical Students, and Health System Administration; Community Health Workers; and Community Members.

Objectives

The participants will:

  • Analyze healthcare disparities affecting black communities and examine the causes of these disparities, including implicit bias of providers, historical trauma of African Americans, and lack of diversity within the healthcare workforce
  • Recognize and compare the history of the African American race to modern day outcomes and associate the epidemiology of Black American health
  • Apply learned evidence-based strategies from African American healthcare leaders across the nation in order to continue improving the health of African Americans

Faculty

  • Portia X. Allie-Turco, PhD
  • Frank Castelblanco, DNP, RN
  • Ryan Clark, PhD, MS
  • Philip A. Cooper, CHW, NC-CPSS
  • Leslie Council, CPLC
  • Pam Diggs, MPH
  • Annaliesse B. Duncan, MD
  • JéWana Grier-McEachin, BA
  • Michael L. Hayes, NCCPSS, CCHW-VPP

Fees

$45.00 Early Registration Fee | AHEC Scholars, Passport Program Students, MedServe Students, and Davidson Fellows
$50.00 Early Registration Fee | Community Members, Non-Healthcare Providers, Passport Students
$150.00 Early Registration Fee | MAHEC Employees & Pre-approved Community Members (Please use discount code)
$100.00 Early Registration Fee | Non-Physician Healthcare Providers
$150.00 Early Registration Fee | Physicians
$45.00 Simulation Experience Early Registration Fee | Non-Physician Healthcare Providers
$60.00 Simulation Experience Early Registration Fee | Physicians
$60.00 Registration Fee | AHEC Scholars, Passport Program Students, MedServe Students, and Davidson Fellows
$65.00 Registration Fee | Community Members, Non-Healthcare Providers, Passport Students
$165.00 Registration Fee | MAHEC Employees & Pre-approved Community Members (Please use discount code)
$115.00 Registration Fee | Non-Physician Healthcare Providers
$165.00 Registration Fee | Physicians
$60.00 Simulation Experience Registration Fee | Non-Physician Healthcare Providers
$75.00 Simulation Experience Registration Fee | Physicians