SAHEC

Welcome To Southside AHEC!

Southside Area Health Education Center, Inc.

Longwood University

201 High Street

Farmville, VA 23909

Executive Director:	Wayne G. Terry, PhD, FACHE
Program Manager:	Katrina Freeland
Program Assistant:	Marionetta Allen
Office located at:	Longwood University, 201 High Street
	Farmville, VA 23909
	(physical location - 509 Pine Street, Farmville)

Phone:	434-395-2861
FAX:	434-395-2864
e-mail	sahec@longwood.edu

Mission and Goals of Southside AHEC

The mission of the Southside Area Health Education Center, Inc. is to improve the health of Southside Virginians through health careers promotion, practice support, and health education.

The goals of the Southside Area Health Education Center, Inc. include:

1.    Provide all secondary students exposure to health careers and to the opportunities
   available in health careers.

2.    Enhance and expand relationships with health training institutions.

3.    Identify means of support to the community-based training programs of primary
   care and allied health professional students and residents in Southside Virginia's
   underserved areas.

4.    Provide practice support to healthcare professionals, matching graduates to
   practice sites, and disseminating information through modern technology.

5. Create partnerships with community businesses, healthcare, education, and human
service organizations to achieve the shared goal of improved health and disease
prevention for the citizens of Southside Virginia.

6. Promote a broad based concept of wellness for Southside Virginians.

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Service Area

These activities take place within the geographic boundaries of the counties of Amelia, Brunswick, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward, Prince George, Surry, Sussex, and the cities of Emporia, Hopewell, and Petersburg. Emphasis is placed upon conducting activities in areas defined as medically underserved areas (MUAs) and/or health professional shortage areas (HPSAs).

Board of Directors

Shayla Anderson **	Linda Bohanon
Carol W. Dill, EdD	Carolyn Early **
Elizabeth B. Farrell, MHA	Beverly A. Smith-Franklin, MBA, PhD
Franklin D. Harris **	Cindy V. Holloman
Terry D. Lewis **	Larry A. Massie MA/Ed
Colleen G. Meiser, RN	Beth Phillips, RN
Troy W. Pulliam, PA-C	Terry J. Quick
Sheryl Reitz, OTR	Thomas H. Rose, Jr, LLB
Sally Boyd Slaff, MT **	M. Geoffrey Smith, MD, MPH **
Wayne G. Terry, PhD FACHE	Patrice Thornhill **
Kathy S. Worster, MA, MBA

** Executive Board members

e-mail us at sahec@longwood.edu

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1.	Provide all secondary students exposure to health careers and to the opportunities available in health careers.
2.	Enhance and expand relationships with health training institutions.
3.	Identify means of support to the community-based training programs of primary care and allied health professional students and residents in Southside Virginia's underserved areas.
4.	Provide practice support to healthcare professionals, matching graduates to practice sites, and disseminating information through modern technology.
5.	Create partnerships with community businesses, healthcare, education, and human service organizations to achieve the shared goal of improved health and disease prevention for the citizens of Southside Virginia.
6.	Promote a broad based concept of wellness for Southside Virginians.