Health Disparities for African American Men: Illustrated by Male Prisoners

Daily Theme: Caring for Rural, Diverse and Underserved Populations

Objectives:
1. To present a review of health disparities for African American men
2. Use of case studies from male inmates to illustrate health disparities
3. A discussion of awareness and possible approaches to health disparities

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Speakers

Dr. Lisa Chappell

Lisa Chappell, PhD, FNP-BC is the Associate Dean of Family Nursing since January 2014. She has worked as faculty at Frontier Nursing University since January 2009.

Dr. Chappell has been a nurse for 40 years including 20 years as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She obtained a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Auburn University, a Master of Science in Nursing from University of Alabama in Birmingham as a Maternal-Infant Nurse Specialist and a second MSN as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She earned a PhD in Nursing from the Medical College of Georgia in 2007.

Her clinical practice experience as a nurse practitioner includes rural clinics, emergency medicine, student health, a psychiatric facility, and correctional medicine. Dr. Chappell has 17 years of teaching experience mostly at the graduate level with nurse practitioners.