collage FIU medical students to learn from unlikely teachers: South Florida residents

Members of the team that surveyed residents of North Miami-Dade for Florida International University's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM) Benchmark Survey discuss their experiences. The Benchmark Survey paints a sobering picture of poverty and medical need in certain North Miami-Dade County neighborhoods.
Approximately 35 percent of those surveyed were uninsured for at least some time during the previous 12 months, more than double the estimated national rate. The infant mortality rate in one of the areas surveyed is 14.5 per 1,000 live births, well above the Florida rate of 7.2 per 1,000 live births. Close to 60 percent of African American residents report high blood pressure, compared to 25 percent of Hispanic residents, providing evidence of some of the important disparities present in this community. Forty percent of all residents are diabetic, 30 percent suffer from asthma, and 22 percent are obese.
The HWCOM Benchmark Survey lays the groundwork for the NeighborhoodHELP™ project, part of the innovative Green Family Medicine and Society curriculum of the College of Medicine. NeighborhoodHELP pairs every medical student with a household in the North Miami-Dade, including areas of the cities of Miami Gardens, Opa-locka and unincorporated Miami-Dade. Medical students will visit the households regularly during the last three years of their medical education along with colleagues from social work and nursing.

collage FIU medical students to learn from unlikely teachers: South Florida residents
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