J R Young Health Equity Institute

Where Passion Meets Educational and Health Equity

Working toward a culturally competent world — a global institute devoted to learning and care.

Committed Educators and Healthcare Professionals

The J R Young Health Equity Institute©® is a charitable organization founded in March 2022 by Dr. Geraldine Q. Young, DNP, with a mission to reduce educational and health disparities everywhere. Situated in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, the institute is research-based and delivers innovative educational and health equity services for all, and it is recognized as a minority-serving institute.

Our mission is to create excellence in inclusive, equitable healthcare education by supporting and preparing diverse students, faculty, healthcare providers, patients, families, communities, and organizations to deliver competency-based, equitable, team-based care and to advocate for social and distributive justice in healthcare.

The institute unites the Office of Health Equity Education and the College of Diverse Education, Health, and Wellness Sciences. The office serves diverse clientele through educational equity, health equity, and clinical services, while the college offers interprofessional education programs that advance educational and health equity. The institute supports the community and beyond with quality, affordable services designed to achieve better health outcomes.

We envision leading an innovative, productive, culturally competent world that systematically eradicates educational and health disparities — offering a healthier and brighter future for all.

Clinical Services

The institute offers clinical services that deliver healthcare across the lifespan, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. These services are centered on patients, families, students, faculty, communities, and organizations, and they are delivered in collaboration with partners from multidimensional perspectives and settings. Services also address the needs of the College of Diverse Education, Health, and Wellness Sciences. All major health insurances are accepted, and preceptorships and mentorships are available.

College of Diverse Education, Health, and Wellness Sciences

The college's inaugural programs consist of innovative health equity, nursing, and public health programs. Tuition is affordable and the curriculum is innovative, advancing educational equity and health equity. Our mission embraces the pursuit of excellence both inside and outside the classroom, encouraging critical thinking and emphasizing diverse, equitable, inclusive, and antibias teaching-learning processes.

The institute is pursuing accreditation processes with the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), National League of Nursing (NLN), American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), American Public Health Association (APHA), American Medical Association (AMA), and the state of Mississippi. The institute is also developing standards and an accreditation process for educational equity and health equity.

Vision and Purpose

The institute's vision embodies a plan to make global education and healthcare a reality regardless of race, ethnicity, color, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, socioeconomic status, nationality, religion, geographical location, ability/disability, and/or veteran status.

The institute's purpose is to create programs and initiatives grounded in healthcare education, research, clinical practice, and administration (policy) to reach educational and health equity. Diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, antiracism, interprofessionalism, and quality improvement are integral to these programs and initiatives. Flexible offices and classes serve as initial platforms for development, implementation, progress monitoring, and delivery of health education and services to reduce health disparities and improve equity and outcomes.

The objective is to build an educational institute and support a diverse college of health professions serving the Mississippi Delta and beyond, addressing the social determinants of health and health disparities (inequities). The overarching goal is to create a culture of belonging in education and healthcare. Key interprofessional partnerships in education, healthcare, the community, government, and research form the foundation of the institute, including the Diverse Coat Society.

We invite you to support and partner with the J R Young Health Equity Institute as it builds a model for a healthier Mississippi Delta and beyond — a model to be shared statewide, nationally, and eventually internationally to improve education and health equity.

What Sets Us Apart

First-Rate Curriculum

Whether you are a beginner, an expert, or somewhere in between, we offer a range of high-quality courses designed to prepare you for your next step, with placement tests that help match you to your knowledge and skill levels.

Commitment to Excellence

Our mission embraces the pursuit of excellence both inside and outside the classroom, encouraging critical thinking and emphasizing diverse, equitable, inclusive, and antiracist teaching and learning processes.

Generate Excitement in Assessment

Assessment is foundational to the J R Young Health Equity Institute. Ongoing assessments show where we are, where we are going, and where we want to be. Success is the only option for achieving evidence-based, sustainable, quality interventions that reach educational and health equity. The assessment process uses a multi-modular approach to improve technologically advanced, data-driven equitable outcomes.

The Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is an interprofessional team made up of nurse practitioners, a social worker, a financial director, and a licensed practical nurse. The institute is a black-owned charity.

Support System

The Advisory Board serves as a support system for the institute, made up of individuals with diverse and intersecting backgrounds — a characteristic that is important to achieving the mission and vision of the institute.

Institutional Outcomes

• Create alliances
• Advocate for educational equity and health equity
• Provide global educational and healthcare resources for diverse populations
• Develop, implement, and evaluate programs to improve educational and health outcomes
• Integrate foundational technological advancement and classroom innovation
• Provide evidence-based, competency-based, and systems-based services
• Prepare populations and communities for team-based education and care
• Improve global education and health accreditation

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