Innovative Healthcare Approaches for Underserved Communities
How Music, Education, and Community Can Transform Healthcare
Discover how innovative approaches, including hip hop music, prison education, and community health worker training, are empowering underserved populations to take charge of their health. This event brings together thought leaders who are reshaping healthcare by addressing social determinants and health disparities through creative solutions. Join us on Tuesday, October 8th, 4 pm to 6 pm IST for the panel discussion.
This event is in collaboration with Columbia Center for Community Health’s Institute for Training Outreach and Community Health (InTOuCH)
Speakers
Dr. Olajide Williams, Chief of Staff and Professor of Neurology at Columbia University, is the founder of Hip Hop Public Health, which harnesses the power of music and culture to address health disparities in marginalized communities. His innovative use of hip hop to educate youth about health issues offers a creative approach to public health outreach.
Dr. Robert Fullilove, Professor, Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Associate Dean of Community and Minority Affairs, is the Co-Director of the Bard College Prison Initiative. He will share how his work in providing college education and public health training to inmates in New York’s prison system has contributed to improved healthcare outcomes within the prison population.
Dr. Janhavi Mallaiah, Program Director, Columbia University Community Health Worker Training, will discuss the InTOuCH Community Health Training Program, which focuses on training individuals from vulnerable communities to become community health workers. This program emphasizes stroke and cardiovascular disease prevention and draws parallels with India’s ASHA worker initiative, empowering local communities to take charge of their health.