North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program Records, 1973-1990

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Summary

Creator:
North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program.
Abstract:
The North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program began in 1972 to establish statewide community training for health professionals and to reverse a trend toward shortages and uneven distribution of primary care physicians in the state's rural areas. Contains correspondence, reports, minutes, transcripts, newspaper articles, budgets, informational directories, and directories pertaining to the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program and the Duke-Fayetteville Area Education Center (now the Southern Region). Major correspondents include Ewald W. Busse, William G. Anlyan, and Thomas E. Frothingham. Materials range in date from 1973 to 1990.
Extent:
1.5 Linear Feet (1 carton)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
AR.0018

Background

Scope and content:

Contains correspondence, reports, minutes, program materials, contracts, memoranda, budget materials, directories, and transcripts of conference proceedings. Major subjects include the statewide North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program (AHEC) and the Duke-Fayetteville Area Health Education Center (now the Southern Region). Materials date from 1973 to 1990.

Biographical / historical:

The North Carolina Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Program evolved from national and state concerns with the supply, distribution, retention and quality of health professionals. In 1970, a report from the Carnegie Commission recommended the development of a nationwide system of Area Health Education Centers. Legislation and federal support since the early 1970s has made the implementation of AHEC programs possible in many states. This national focus coincided with a growing effort in North Carolina to establish statewide community training for health professionals and to reverse a trend toward shortages and uneven distribution of primary care physicians in the state's rural areas.
The program began in 1972 with three AHEC regions under a federal AHEC contract with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) School of Medicine. In 1974, the North Carolina General Assembly approved and funded a plan by the UNC-CH School of Medicine to create a statewide network of nine AHEC regions. The plan called for the establishment of 300 new primary care medical residencies and the regular rotation of students to off-campus sites. The General Assembly also provided funds to build or renovate AHEC educational facilities in the nine regions and to develop the proposed program components.
By 1975, all nine AHECs were operational: Area L AHEC (Edgecombe County, Halifax County, Nash County, Northampton County, and Wilson County), Charlotte AHEC (Anson County, Cabarrus County, Cleveland County, Gaston County, Lincoln County, Mecklenburg County, Stanly County, and Union County), Southeast AHEC (Brunswick County, Columbus County, Duplin County, Pender County, and New Hanover County), Eastern AHEC (Beaufort County, Bertie County, Camden County, Carteret County, Chowan County, Craven County, Currituck County, Dare County, Gates County, Greene County, Hertford County, Hyde County, Jones County, Lenoir County, Martin County, Onslow County, Pamlico County, Pasquotank County, Perquimans County, Pitt County, Tyrrell County, Washington County, and Wayne County), Greensboro AHEC (Alamance County, Caswell County, Chatham County, Guilford County, Montgomery County, Orange County, Randolph County, and Rockingham County), Mountain AHEC (Buncombe County, Cherokee County, Clay County, Graham County, Haywood County, Henderson County, Jackson County, Macon County, Madison County, McDowell County, Mitchell County, Polk County, Rutherford County, Swain County, Transylvania County, and Yancey County), Northwest AHEC (Alexander County, Alleghany County, Ashe County, Avery County, Burke County, Caldwell County, Catawba County, Davidson County, Davie County, Forsyth County, Iredell County, Rowan County, Stokes County, Surry County, Watauga County, Wilkes County, and Yadkin County), Duke AHEC (Bladen County, Cumberland County, Harnett County, Hoke County, Moore County, Richmond County, Robeson County, Sampson County, and Scotland County), Wake AHEC (Durham County, Franklin County, Granville County, Johnston County, Lee County, Person County, Vance County, Wake County, and Warren County).
The North Carolina AHEC Program's program office is located at the University of North Carolina at CH.
Duke University Medical Center became a participant in AHEC in 1975 when Ewald W. Busse became Duke's Director of Medical and Allied Health Education. For educational purposes, the program reported to an executive board originally composed of Chairman Busse, Vice-Chairman Ruby Wilson, Thomas E. Frothingham, Carol Hogue, and Stan Morse. Although Duke is located in Durham County, which is part of the Wake Region, Duke is affiliated with the Southern Region. This seemingly misplaced affiliation is due to a partnership between the Duke University Medical Center and the Southern Region (formerly known as the Fayetteville Area Health Education Center, or FAHEC), dating back to 1976. Prior to 1976, FAHEC had partnerships with UNC-CH and Campbell College.

Acquisition information:
Source unknown, Source unknown (March 2013)
Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff: date unknown; encoded by Dawne Howard Lucas: October 2007; updated by Archives staff: March 2013.

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Statewide Program, 1974-1990; Duke-Fayetteville Area Health Education Center, 1973-1985.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Duke University Medical Center Library's online catalog.

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Personal Name(s):
Busse, Ewald W., 1917-2004
Anlyan, William G.
Frothingham, Thomas E.
Corporate Name(s):
Duke University. Medical Center
North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program
Topical Term(s):
Education, Medical.

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Contains University Administrative records. These include records of the officers of the University, as defined in the Bylaws, the deans of schools and colleges, and departments, institutes, and other offices as designated by the President. For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the director of the office of record and the University Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the University Archivist. (Issued by the Office of the Chancellor, December 1, 1975). This collection must be screened by an Archives staff member prior to researcher use.

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program Records, Duke University Medical Center Archives.