Healthy College Park Campaign
Flickr Album: Mona Center Visit
The state of Maryland has need for additional assistance to supplement the work of elected officials and nonprofit agency staff in order to advance policy issues and public programs. Heightened demands of homeland security combined with pressure to increase services all without raising taxes create a unique opportunity for Maryland residents to contribute to their community and their state.
The Health Advocates In-Reach and Research (HAIR), is a community-based intervention developed by Dr. Stephen B. Thomas and a team of researchers from the Maryland Center for Health Equity at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health in College Park. The primary aim of HAIR is to create an infrastructure to engage barbershops and beauty salons in Prince George’s County, Montgomery County and Baltimore City as culturally relevant portals for health education and delivery of public health and medical services in the community.
The Mid-Maryland Mission of Mercy and Health Equity Festival (MID-MD MOM) is a free adult dental clinic with wraparound healthcare services. More than 800 clinical volunteers, including licensed dental professionals and 500 general volunteers will provide a projected $1.1M of free dental care and thousands in health screenings over three days to more than 1,000 underserved, uninsured and underinsured adults. This event is a collaborative effort by the University of Maryland School of Public Health’s Maryland Center for Health Equity.
Health in All Policies Workgroup
On May 4th, 2017, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan signed into law the University of Maryland School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity Workgroup on Health in All Policies.
The law:
Research Overview
Our research program is grounded in fourth generation research: putting into action the knowledge and information we have gained about what causes health disparities and how to reduce and eliminate them. While some of our research programs focus on answering outstanding questions about why certain disparities exist, others incorporate w
The overarching educational goals of the Maryland Center for Health Equity are to:
Dr. Sandra Quinn and colleagues have been investigating vaccine acceptance, racial disparities in vaccine uptake, factors that may help increase public trust and approval of vaccines and other medical countermeasures, and crisis and emergency risk communication since 2002. In addition to focusing on seasonal influenza, their research has also addressed acceptance of vaccines and other medical countermeasures, such as a drug, in the context of public health emergencies including the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza pandemic.
We have three major research studies that are incorporated into our Center of Excellence grant (NIMHD, Award Number 5P20MD006737 Quinn & Thomas, PIs) and additional research protocols supported by other funding sources. Click on a title below or scroll down for more details about each project.
Center of Excellence Research Sub-Projects: