Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Hickman D

Sisters Together and Reaching, Incorporated, Baltimore, MD, USA

Biography

Rev. Debra Hickman is Co-Founder/CEO of Sisters Together And Reaching, Inc. (STAR), a Faith/Community Based Non-Profit Organization whose mission is “advocating and providing optimal health, and wellness to the under-served and at-risk minority communities in a holistic, faith centered environment, with a focus on Minority Women. She holds a Master of Divinity from Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University. Rev. Hickman serves as Assistant to the Pastor at City Temple of Baltimore Baptist and currently serves as the Community Co-Chair of the Johns Hopkins Patient Family Advisory Council.

Publications

Building a Community - Academic Partnership to Enhance Hepatitis C Virus Screening

Background: An estimated 3.5 million Americans are chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). However, the majority are unaware of their HCV diagnosis and few are treated. New models are required to diagnose and link HCV infected patients to HCV care. This paper describes an innovative partnership between Sisters Together and Reaching (STAR... Read More»

Irvin R, McAdams-Mahmoud A, Hickman D, Wilson J, Fenwick W, Chen I, Irvin N, Falade-Nwulia O, Sulkowski M, Chaisson R, Thomas DL and Mehta SH

Research Article: J Community Med Health Educ 6:431

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000431

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