The Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group has partnered with the Johns Hopkins Bayview Internal Medicine Residency Program.  Our joint venture is sponsored by the Brancati Center for the Advancement of Community Care: Grant Program for 
Education in Community and Population Health, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Representatives of the program actively communicate with students of schools and colleges in various regional districts. They offer to buy concept map nursing in order to confirm their academic success and devote more time to social activities, because this part is necessary when filling out an application for participation in a grant.

We have been awarded $15,000.00 for the project.  See below to find out more about this partnership and get reports on the progress that we are making. Thank you Drs. Johnson and Rios. 

Erica Johnson, MD 

Internal Medicine Residency Director,
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Ctr

Rebeca Rios, PhD 

Assistant Professor,
​Division of General Internal Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Ctr

The Project: 

Training for Engagement and Advocacy for Community Health (TEACH): Co-Learning through an inter-generational empowerment project. 

THE TEACH PROJECT SUMMARY

There is a growing imperative to educate health professionals to address the social determinants of health "in, with, and across communities" (National Academies, 2016). However, the role of community engagement and reciprocity of learning opportunities has rarely been included in medical education curricula (Hunt et al., 2011). Paralleling national trends, the community of Turner Station, a historically Black community located in southeast Dundalk, has seen an increase in the number of aging residents serving as custodial grandparents as a result of rising trends in parental social problems such as substance abuse and incarceration poverty. African American seniors may be at heightened risk for physical and mental health problems due to the combined pressures associated with declining g health and caring for young children (Chen et al., 2014).

TEACH is a new longitudinal curriculum that will allow internal medicine residents to identify and address social determinants of health in patient care, increase utilization of community resources through direct community partnerships, and engage with the community to achieve health equity goals in Baltimore. The goal of the curricular component Co-learning through an Inter-Generational Empowerment Project, is to strengthen community-base learning through an innovative application of a participatory social action project with intergenerational community members. Photovoice is a participatory research tool that engages people in their communities as 'experts in their own lives' using photographs and stories to document day-to-day experiences and health challenges (Wang et al., 2004). Through photography and stories, youth from Turner Station Girl Scouts troops will engage seniors in the community to gather information about lived experiences with health and aging. Internal medicine residents will work directly with Turner Station youth and serious in a Photovoice project to create digital narrative that explore their perceptions of topics such as wellness, the social and build environment, and chronic disease management.

To evaluate the curriculum, we will use mixed methods incorporating quantitative and qualitative data to measure the impact of the curricular components on resident physician learners and other key stakeholders. By using community-based experiences and collaboration with community organizations to teach the social determinants of health, this curriculum will fill an important gap in graduate medical education with regard to community health and population health.  

Principal Investigators: Erica Johnson, MD
and Rebeca Rios, PhD
​Co-Investigators: Manasa Ayala, MD
​and Stephanie Nothelle, MD
May 2, 2016

Partnerships make the world go round

Observing that our mission is to protect, preserve and promote the legacy of Henrietta Lacks and her singular contributions to modern medicine and to serve as a clearing house for activities that extend Lacks’ legacy and the history of Turner Station, Maryland, where Lacks resided at the time of her death, we find it exceedingly gratifying to form relevant partnership throughout our community and beyond.  The following is a partial list of our partners to date:

Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School
Vancouver, Washington 

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Division of General Internal Medicine
Internship Program
c.o. Dr. Rebeca Rios
5200 Eastern Avenue
Mason Lord Building, Center Tower, Suite 2200
Baltimore, MD 21244

• Works with HLLG to extend the education mission of the organization to new interns

Kingdom Economic and System
411 A New Pittsburgh Avenue
Turner Station, MD 21222

•   Co-sponsors the  Annual Henrietta Lacks and Turner Station Heritage Program (first Saturday in August)

Morehouse School of Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 
720 West View Drive, SW
Atlanta, GA 30310-1495

• Convenes Annual HeLa Women’s Health Conference

Morgan State University
1700 East Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21251-0001

• School of Architecture and Planning:  Conducts charettes and provides information on training to preserve the heritage of Turner Station for such buildings as The Community Post (411 A. New Pittsburgh Avenue, Turner Station, MD 21222) and the HeLa Café and Museum (201 Main Street, Turner Station MD 21222), among other historical landmarks in Turner Station.  
• The University Writing Center:  Orchestrates the Annual Black History Month Essay Contest (the prompt for which addresses the legacy of Henrietta Lacks)

R. McGhee & Associates
Architecture, Interior Design & Preservation
1123 11th Street NW, Suite 100
Washington, DC 20001
www.rmc-architects.com

• Provides pro bono work to preserve the heritage of Turner Station

St. Matthew United Methodist Church
101 Avon Beach Road
Turner Station, MD 21222

• Makes meeting space available for presentations and supports the programming of HLLG

The Community College of Baltimore County, Dundalk Campus
7200 Sollers Point Road
Baltimore, MD 21222-4649

• Office of Institutional Advancement:  Coordinates the Henrietta Lacks Scholarship Fund (scholarships awarded in the STEM fields to students from Turner Station)
• Department of Theatre Arts:  Provides meeting space for monthly meetings of the HLLG and collaboration in fund raising for the Henrietta Lacks Scholarship Fund 

The Fleming Senior Center
641 Main Street
Turner Station, MD 21222

• Makes available meeting rooms for historical presentation and permits oral history interviewing

St. Matthew United Methodist Church
101 Avon Beach Road
Turner Station, MD 21222

• Makes meeting space available for presentations and supports the programming of HLLG

The Johns Hopkins University 
Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
1820 Lancaster Street, Suite 300
Baltimore, MD 21231

• Coordinates the Annual Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture (the goal is to honor Henrietta Lacks and the positive global impact of HeLa cells (http://ictr.johnshopkins.edu/service/the-henrietta-lacks-memorial-lecture/)​

Union Baptist Church
105 S. Main Street,
Turner Station, MD 21222

• Hosts the formal program for the Annual Henrietta Lacks and Turner Station Heritage Program (first Saturday in October)