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The
Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center is a program committed
to providing primary health care needs to the people of the Commonwealth.
This statewide program meets these needs
by:
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Increasing
primary health care services, |
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Improving
quality of life, |
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Advancing
health promotion and disease prevention and |
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Providing
a health professions workforce through development, recruitment and retention. |
The PA AHEC Program Mission
The mission of the PA AHEC
program is to help communities meet their primary health care needs by
creating a statewide infrastructure bridging community and academic
resources in order to.......
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Facilitate the recruitment and
retention of primary care providers in underserved communities through
educational and training programs |
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Develop an information and
communication network to provide consultation, technical assistance,
education and other professional support for community-based primary care
practitioners |
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Increase the number of
individuals from minority and underserved communities and populations who
enter primary care and allied health professions |
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Evaluate and assess the public
health needs of communities within and among the regions and provide
innovative, multi-disciplinary responses to those needs |
VISION STATEMENT
The PA AHEC is committed to becoming a national leader in the effort to
enhance the health status of underserved communities. We intend to build
on the solid foundation established over the past five years through the
cooperative efforts of regional AHECs by strengthening our partnership with
community, government and educational agencies and institutions, and by
expanding our collaboration with interdisciplinary health care provider groups
throughout the state. By the year 2005, the PA AHEC will have convincingly
demonstrated the value of its unique role in significantly increasing access to
health services and resources within currently underserved areas of the
state. In so doing, we will be recognized as a National Model and as a
source of Best Practices for recruiting and retaining primary care practitioners
into underserved areas and developing effective community-based health promotion
programs. In order to achieve this vision, PA AHEC will harness the
enthusiasm and energy of its members and stakeholders to carry out the
following:
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Strengthen collaborative relationships across
the regional AHECs in order to enhance our ability to plan and coordinate
creative activities, share quality information and leverage scarce
resources
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Create health promotion initiatives and
continuing professional education programs that fully engage the
interdisciplinary health care community - students, educators, researchers
and providers - in the planning, implementation and evaluation. Gain
the trust and active participation of a cross-section of health care
consumers, especially from underserved areas of the state in this effort
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Develop and maintain fully functioning
partnerships with governmental agencies, educational institutions and
community organizations in order to secure fiscal resources and political
support for the AHEC agenda
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Disseminate what we have learned widely, using
both community-based and professional forum, measure the results of our programs through the use of clear objectives, sound methodology and reliable
data
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Promote the design, implementation and
evaluation of technology that can foster the connectivity among consumer, academician
and health care practitioners |
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This program is funded, in part,
by: Public Health Services, Department of Health and Human Services
Administration, Division of Medicine, Bureau of Health Professionals, AHEC and
Special Services Branch and The Pennsylvania Department of Health.
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