USA: New York City, Plan A Health, Inc

Plan A Health Truck

This site is offered in collaboration with the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia's Business School.

Plan A mobile clinics bring health care directly to underserved communities in Mississippi, with an emphasis on improving sexual and reproductive health. We serve all people, regardless of insurance status, income, or location, and ensure access to affordable, quality, and compassionate care. Our first clinic opened in April 2021 and serves the Mississippi Delta region.

Site Mentor: Caroline Weinberg, MD, MPH

Research opportunities available at this site:
Summer Research Projects, Scholarly Projects, and Research Year

Site operated in partnership with the Tamer Center at Columbia's Business School: additional paperwork will be needed post-selection

Thematic Research Areas at this site:
Access to healthcare, Health Systems and Health Governance, Social Determinants of Health, Epidemiology, Maternal and Child Health, Adolescent Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Women's Health, and Infectious Diseases

Global Pop funds students from the following CUIMC Schools at this site:
VP&S

Language requirement:
No

Potential activities that could be carried out by students at this site:
Literature Review, IRB development, Interview tool development, Attend regular Team/Site meetings, Data collection, Data analysis, Program monitoring and evaluation, Manuscript writing, Summarizing/Disseminating results, Development of Educational Materials, and Community outreach

Other requirements or information:
Plan A Health is based in Mississippi but students will work remotely.

Project Website:
https://www.planahealth.org/

Abbout Projects with Plan A Health, Inc

Project Information:
Plan A clinics offer free healthcare services in rural communities with a focus on women's health and SRH. Our research includes an ongoing evlauation program, an analysis of existing clinics in the region, a community needs assessment, and a multisite study on HIV outreach in rural communities. In general, we are also devloping materials and doing ongoing community outreach through campaigns as well as developing a plan to launch a second clinic.

Student Project Activities:
The student would work closely with the existing team in one or more aspects of this work (weekly team meetings, regular communication via slack/email, one-on-one meetings).

Student Participation: Remote

Number of Students: 1