Integrating approaches for improving community health equity through better health conditions and services, enhancing education in families, communities, and schools, and advancing economics in job skills, workforce development, employment, and individual-and-collective wealth building, while also addressing the diverse cultural identities that shape our communities.
(443) 529-9935

For details, pricing, and scheduling, please contact Kimya Nuru Dennis. This is your first step towards implementing effective health education solutions that promote community health equity and respect cultural identities within communities, organizations, and schools.

2 hours
Contact Kimya Nuru Dennis for details, pricing, and scheduling related to community health equity.
Price is per 5 pre-registered attendees.
A minimum of 5 pre-registrants is required.
We Need H.E.L.P. qualifies for CEU and is designed for advocates, students, and professionals within the medical and health community, focusing on health education solutions and cultural identities.

Contact Kimya Nuru Dennis for details, pricing, and scheduling. She specializes in teaching families and communities how to develop pedagogy, curriculum, and course materials that reflect cultural identities. Additionally, she offers health education solutions, including library content and 6-month or annual evaluations and assessments aimed at promoting community health equity.

6 hours: One day or three two-hour sessions focused on community health equity.
Contact Kimya Nuru Dennis for details, price, and scheduling of health education solutions.
Begin with a plan that respects cultural identities, end with a plan, and schedule follow-up evaluations and assessments.
Communities, organizations, K-12 decision makers, and college decision makers ready to change policies, practices, interactions, and implement 6-month or annual evaluations and assessments.

Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis, Ph.D. is a community advocate, sociologist, criminologist, professor, and researcher dedicated to promoting community health equity. Dr. Dennis engages with local, national, and global collectives to help change and continually assess critical areas such as cultural identities, mental health, disabilities, epilepsy, suicide prevention, substance use, and reproductive freedom and health. Additionally, she advocates for those who are permanently childfree-by-choice.
She creates and teaches health education solutions through courses and training in medical-and-health academic programs, organizations, and services. Dr. Dennis also focuses on teaching and evaluating crisis de-escalation trainings, policies, and practices for first responders and law enforcement. Her efforts extend to increasing reading in families and communities beyond school requirements and assisting them in developing and evaluating school curriculum, course materials, pedagogy, and tests. Furthermore, she is involved in initiatives related to job skills, workforce development, economic development, and wealth building.
Examples of Dr. Dennis's discussions and services illustrate her commitment to these vital areas.
Dr. Dennis's work in health education economics focuses on community health equity and involves local, national, and global collaborations.
Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Dennis earned both a bachelor's and a master's degree there, embracing the rich cultural identities of the area.
For 17 years, Dr. Dennis lived in North Carolina, where he pursued a doctorate and served as faculty, contributing to health education solutions in the region.
Currently, Dr. Dennis resides in Baltimore, Maryland, continuing to engage in discussions and services that promote health equity.
Integrating approaches for improving community health equity through better health conditions and services, enhancing education in families, communities, and schools, and advancing economics in job skills, workforce development, employment, and individual-and-collective wealth building, while also addressing the diverse cultural identities that shape our communities.
(443) 529-9935
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October 2025, “Women explain how they decided whether to have kids,” NPR Series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing the World, Here & Now, Robin Young, NPR
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/10/29/small-families
March 2025, "Childfree Education with Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis," Choose the Bear by Kat Calvin
2022, “Change is Not a Part-Time Job with Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis,” Time for Teachership
https://www.lindsaybethlyons.com/blog/change-is-not-a-part-time-job-with-dr-kimya-nuru-dennis
May 2018, “Suicides across Cultures,” The Matt Townsend Show, BYU Radio
http://www.byuradio.org/episode/b7c00a8d-1815-4454-b700-359b7afd4c0d?playhead=752&autoplay=true
March 2018, “Mental Health and Minority Communities,” All Sides with Ann Fisher, WOSU-NPR
http://radio.wosu.org/post/mental-health-and-minority-communities
March 2018, “Seeing Suicide Through A Non-White Lens,” Straight Fruit: 89.3 WFPL
http://wfpl.org/strange-fruit-seeing-suicide-through-a-non-white-lens/
February 2018, “Demographic and Cultural Variance in Suicide and Mental Health,” All Sides with Ann Fisher, WOSU-NPR
http://radio.wosu.org/post/wellness-wednesday-exercise-science-and-suicide-demographics
http://radio.wosu.org/programs/all-sides-ann-fisher#stream/0
2018, Suicide and Black America, No Jargon, Scholars Strategy Network
https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/scholars-strategy/episode-145-suicide-and-iawhxXnM354/