Center for the Health of Vulnerable Populations
The mission of the Center for the Health of Vulnerable Populations (CHVP) is to improve the knowledge of health disparities in vulnerable populations through research, collaboration and education. This includes initiatives to alleviate those disparities, thus improving the health, access, quality of care and quality of life of vulnerable populations.
Goals:
- To promote and enhance research within the School of Nursing related to aging, culture, disease processes, ethnicity, health care delivery, disparities, health education, health policy and health risks and behaviors in vulnerable populations.
- To foster collaborative research on the health of vulnerable populations within the School, across the University and state, and involving community and international partners.
- To disseminate research-based information on vulnerable populations' health and health needs to teachers, researchers, business leaders, health care providers, policy makers, the public and the international community.
- To develop knowledge through research that contributes to better health, fewer health disparities and improved health care for vulnerable populations.
The CHVP will include research training, research projects, grantsmanship, and community participation.
Resources include the National Institutes of Health, The National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Nursing Research, the National Institute for Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney diseases, Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) standards and requirements of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Veteran's Affairs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Diabetes Association, and others.
Current collaborating partners include the Center for New North Carolinians, the NC DHHS offices, Piedmont Triad school systems, Moses Cone Health Systems, Davidson Medical Ministries, NC A& T State University, Duke University Genomics Institute, and Wake Forest University Medical Sciences.
Contact:
Dr. Debra C. Wallace
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Director, Center for the Health of Vulnerable Populations
Office: 210 Moore Building
Telephone: (336) 256-0572
Fax: (336)334-3628
Email: debra_wallace@uncg.edu
Chasity Newkirk
Medical and Health Program Consultant
Center for the Disparities of Vulnerable Populations
Office: 233 McIver Building
Telephone: (336) 334-3701
Fax: (336)334-3628
Email:cjnewkir@uncg.edu
