Mission
and Areas of Focus
The Center for
Health Equity provides a unique venue
to participate in research,
public service and teaching that is
both community-based and focused
on the timely issue of disparities in
health. The Center maintains
a spotlight on community development
and capacity building in order
to enable communities to effectively
develop, implement and evaluate
health programs. The Center
emphasizes collaboration with communities
to identify, understand and raise
awareness about disparities in
health and the conduct of research to
identify, prevent and eliminate
the root causes of disparities in
health.
The
Goals of The Center for Health Equity
are to:
- Collaborate with communities to identify,
understand and raise
awareness about disparities in
health.
- Conduct research in collaboration with
communities to identify,
prevent and eliminate the root causes of
health disparities.
- Provide stakeholders and communities with
the knowledge, tools,
and resources to effectively develop,
implement and evaluate initiatives
to eliminate disparities in
health.
- Provide stakeholders and communities with
the knowledge, tools
and resources to effectively develop,
implement and evaluate maternal
and child health initiatives.
- Provide program evaluation expertise to
public health entities
and community-based
organizations.
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