SARN, along with Health Care for All – NC, NCCU Department of Public Health and Occupy Health and Wellness NC held a forum on racial disparities in health care on Thursday, January 31st at 6pm at the Hayti Heritage Center in Durham, NC. The event featured Jonathan Kotch, MD, MPH, FAAP, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and Gayle Harris, MPH, RN, Director, Durham County Health Department. Community responses were given by Mary White of Occupy Health and Wellness NC and Bill Jenkins, MPH, PhD of Community Health Analytics. The forum was moderated by David Jolly, DrPH, MPH, Associate Professor and Chair of NCCU Department of Public Health Education.
Read the Durham Herald Sun article about the forum here, and a followup editorial here.
This event was sponsored by Health Care for All – NC, NCCU Department of Public Health, Occupy Health and Wellness NC, and Southern Anti-Racism Network.