# Presentation: 724623

## Area Health Education Centers(AHEC)

**Legislation: Section 751 of the Public Health Service Act Title VII**
**Created in 1972**
**Funding: via Federal cooperative agreements and matching State and local funds**

## Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) - Purpose

**Improve the recruitment, distribution, diversity,  and quality of personnel providing health services to populations having demonstrated serious unmet health care needs**
**Increase the number of primary care practitioners providing services in underserved areas by offering an educational continuum of health career recruitment and clinical education concerning underserved areas.**

## Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) - Purpose

**Prepare individuals to more effectively provide health services to underserved areas or populations through field placements, preceptorships, the conduct or support of community-based organizations such as Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Indian health centers, public health departments and others**

## Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) - Purpose

**Carry out recruitment and health career awareness programs to recruit individuals from underserved areas and under-represented populations**
**Provide field placements, preceptorships, health professions education and training activities for students and practitioners.**

## Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Program

**FY 2005 Status:**** **
**51 AHEC Programs:**
**13 Basic**
**38 Model**
**200 Community-Based AHEC Centers**
**Areas with no AHEC **
**	****IA, KS, ND, SD, and PR**

## States with AHEC Programs (FY 04)

**States with AHEC Programs (FY 04)**

**States with AHEC Programs**

** ****Areas with no AHEC Programs**

**ND**

**SD**

**KS**

** ****IA**** **

**PR**

## AHEC PROGRAM HEALTH PROFESSIONS STUDENTSat Community-Based Training Sites

| DISCIPLINE | FY 2002 | FY 2004 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medicine | 16,763 | 17,617 |
| Dentistry | 1,792 | 1,696 |
| Nursing | 8,529 | 8,978 |
| Adv. Prac. Nur. | 2,434 | 2,273 |
| Phys. Asst. | 2,517 | 2,251 |
| Mental Hlth. | 454 | 467 |
| Public Hlth. | 549 | 990 |
| Pharmacy | 2,259 | 2,021 |
| Allied Health | 4,602 | 5,141 |
| Com. Hlth. Wk. | 840 | 722 |

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## AHEC PROGRAM GRADES 9-12 KIDS INTO                   HEALTH CAREERS PROGRAMS OF ≥ 20 Hours

| RACE ETHNICITY | FY 2002 | FY 2004 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AM INDIAN/ AK | 751 | 818 |
| ASIAN | 436 | 1,340 |
| BLACK/AFRICAN AM. | 19,085 | 10,954 |
| HISPANIC/ LATINO | 18,666 | 16,004 |
| NAT. HI / PAC.IS. | 83 | 401 |
| WHITE DIS. | 12,333 | 13,338 |
| WHITE NON DIS. | 3,436 | 11,762 |
| TOTAL | 54,790 | 54,667 |

## AHEC – Contribution to Quality of Health Care Provided to Underserved Populations

**Improved quality of care provided to underserved populations –**
**315,820 local providers received continuing education training (annually)**
**CE TOPIC EXAMPLES: Diabetes, Obesity; Hypertension, Cultural Competence; Geriatrics, HIV/AIDS; Health Disparities**

## AHEC PROGRAM CE AT CHC SITES

| DISCIPLINE | FY 2002 | FY 2004 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PHYSICIAN | 6,713 | 3,629 |
| NURSE  | 3,058 | 2,359 |
| ADV. PRAC. NUR. | 768 | 929 |
| PHYS. ASST. | 264 | 433 |
| PHARMACIST | 185 | 95 |
| DENTIST | 679 | 200 |
| DENTAL HYG. | 25 | 69 |
| MENTAL HLTH. | 449 | 522 |
| PHYSICAL TH. | 34 | 17 |
| PUBLIC HLTH | 376 | 416 |
| COM. HLTH. WK. | 431 | 878 |
| ALLIED HLTH. | 2,932 | 1,145 |

## AHEC PROGRAM TRAINING SITES

| TYPE | FY 2002 | FY 2004 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CHC | 775 | 971 |
| NHSC | 374 | 585 |
| HPSA | 3,904 | 5,630 |
| TRIBAL IHS | 186 | 216 |
| FQHC | 364 | 398 |
| RURAL HC | 556 | 585 |
| Health Dept. | 1,015 | 826 |
| Gov’r. Des. | 839 | 728 |
| AHEC Urban | 3,989 | 2,587 |
| Other AHEC | 6,179 | 7,899 |

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## THANK YOU

**Louis D. Coccodrilli, MPH, Telephone: 301-443-6950, Email **_**[Lcoccodrilli@hrsa.gov](mailto:Lcoccodrilli@hrsa.gov)**_
**David Hanny, Telephone: 301-443-6950, **_**[dhanny@hrsa.gov](mailto:dhanny@hrsa.gov)**_
**Norma  Hatot, Telephone: 301-443-6950, **_**nhatot@**__**[hrsa.gov](mailto:dhanny@hrsa.gov)**_