HEALTH EQUITY RESEARCH WEEK BY THE NUMBERS
The Paul A. Godley Health Equity Research Week (HERW) brings faculty, staff, students and community members together to share health equity research with wider Carolina communities.
167 people registered for HERW sessions.
Registrants included 17 community members, 19 faculty members, 19 graduate students, 52 staff members (4 from UNC Health) and 39 undergraduate students.
18 selected “something else” as their role.
123 people attended HERW sessions.
Attendees included 11 community members, 13 faculty members, 12 graduate students, 37 staff members (3 from UNC Health) and 35 undergraduate students.
12 selected “something else” as their role.
Overall, people attended an average of 1.5 sessions each. ~74% of registrants attended a session.
There were 9 sessions with 24 presenters.
We added two sessions in 2024, growing HERW by 28% compared to 2023.
Presenters came from 3 partner organizations, 2 UNC schools, 7 UNC System schools and 1 non-UNC System school: Kiota Doula LLC, Essentially Yours Doula Services, UNC School of Medicine, UNC School of Social Work, UNC TEACCH, CHER, DCRI, CCPH, N.C. A&T State University, UNC Pembroke, Western Carolina University, Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina Central University and Elizabeth City State University.
Attendees completed 47 feedback surveys.
Response rates varied across the sessions. Some sessions had high response rates (greater than 40%), most had moderate responses rates (between 20 and 40%) and two sessions had response rates under 20%.
The average response rate for HERW sessions was 31%.
ENGAGING STUDENTS DURING HERW
We made an effort to include more students in HERW in 2024. We are pleased to share that students submitted abstracts, presented sessions and attended sessions.
11 student submissions
Students submitted ~33% of HERW abstracs.
5 student presenters
Students were ~20% of HERW presenters.
47 student attendees
Students were ~38% of HERW atendees.
What people are saying about student-led sessions
“Very well organized presentation with helpful graphics and charts. I also enjoyed the videos.” — Bridging the Gap
“The resources are wonderful with the video!” — Bridging the Gap
“The voice recordings directly from participants and breaking up the presentation into sections for background and project info [made the session engaging].” — Improving the Care
“Great slides and examples.” — Improving the Care go.unc.edu/GodleyHERW
“The presenters were really excellent. They are enthusiastic about their work and their findings are really interesting, especially the findings about EMR data. This is definitely something I will take into consideration when working with EMR data in the future.” — Reducing Rapid Response
