title: Health disparity intervention through minority collegiate service learning.
abstract: In Tennessee, African Americans suffer significantly from infant morbidity, sexually transmitted diseases, and deaths from vascular disease and cancer. The Meharry Medical College Wellness Project addresses these health disparities with a service learning curriculum focused on community-based research. Trained minority undergraduates have conducted 355 Institutional Review Board-approved community intervention projects statewide.
authors.forename: Mitchell H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Parks
authors.forename: Linda H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: McClellan
authors.forename: M Lisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: McGee
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D013714:Tennessee; D014495:Universities