Curtis and Ethel Jean Jackson

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• In memoriam for Ethel Jean
  - July 5, 2020
• Photos
  Being assembled
• Book - If You Were Not Black
  Curtis Jackson, Jr. with Brenda Womble, 2021
  WTVD - Chapel Hill friends seek to bridge racial divide with new book "If you were not Black" (10 min)
  Steve Daniels, WTVD, February 25, 2021
  Brenda Womble and Curtis Jackson felt a calling to write a coffee table book titled "If you were not Black". They hope it will help white America understand the Black experience.
  "This book is about the inside knowledge of the Black experience, past, present, and it seeks to bridge the gap of the racial divide in America," said Womble.
  This report is based on an interview conducted earlier in February; this webpage has FOUR embedded videos, each about 2 minutes in length including ads.)
  The book is available from https://omegatheatrics.com/product/if-you-were-not-black/
• Department of Health Behavior information
• Ethel Jean Jackson Health Education Practice Award
• Ethel Jean Jackson recognition and interviews
• Ethel Jean Jackson Retirement Celebration, March 20, 1998 (3 hrs)
  The Life and Work of Ethel Jean Jackson., Celebration of Ethel Jean Riggsbee Jackson's retirement from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health. Held March 20, 1998 at the Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Rudolph Jackson, Master of Ceremony. Ivey Joe Paige, Keyboard. Bennett College Choir Ensemble. Reading by grandchildren Charles, Jesse, Caleb, Autumn. Video production by Fields Video, Durham, NC.
• Recruitment and Training Issues from Selected Lay Health Advisor Programs among African Americans: A 20-Year Perspective
  Ethel J. Jackson, MPH, and Carolyn P. Parks, PhD; Health Education & Behavior 1997 (August);24(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/109019819702400403
  Abstract:
  The use of lay health advisors (LHAs) to address the health disparity among African Americans is well documented and considered a culturally appropriate model of community health promotion. The recruitment and training of LHAs are important components of the model but have not been fully explored in the LHA literature. Recruitment and training of LHAs should reflect both the existing roles they have in their respective communities and those proposed by the programs to which they are recruited. This article reviews and describes the components of recruitment and training as implemented in selected LHA programs among African Americans. The article will address the role and purpose of LHAs in health promotion among African Americans, a historical perspective of recruitment and training, recruitment and training methods in selected LHAs programs for African Americans, and recommendations for the recruitment and training of LHAs for health promotion among African Americans.
• Interview with Curtis Jackson (2 hours)
  Recorded by Victor Schoenbach at Curtis and Ethel Jean's home in Chapel Hill on July 13, 2019. Curtis describes growing up in Georgia during the Segregation Era, his work in schools and in retail management before entering public health, as well as his experiences working in public health and with faith communities in North Carolina.
• Interview with Ethel Jean and Curtis Jackson (57 minutes)
  Vic Schoenbach (audio, 55 MB; left-click to play in the browser, right-click to download and play offline); November 20, 2011 at their home in Chapel Hill, NC. (This interview was one of Vic's first recorded interviews.)