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Healthy Conversations
MISSION –
Healthy Conversations will be a televised production to improve health literacy in areas of greatest disparities in Eastern North Carolina
GOALS –
To increase awareness and knowledge of conditions that lead to premature mortality and morbidity in the population of Eastern North Carolina.
- To introduce known public health strategies that will be effective in eliminating health care disparities.
- To allow for a public forum to discuss and discover strategies that may be unique to our regions health disparities.
STRATEGIES –
To develop a series taped program that expose the audience to experts both medical and professional in the fields related to health disparities.
- To develop an online risk assessment program to assist the population at risk to attain a greater knowledge of their risk factors and a way to decrease or eliminate them.
- To utilize existing media (i.e. radio and other television programs) and print to disseminate information related to the conditions of health car disparities in our region. These printed materials will contain addresses for additional information and also will be distributed at key public institution and other religious institutions to be helpful in reaching the active population.
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