Making Rochester a Healthier Community
Our mission: To join forces with the community to eliminate health inequalities and improve health through research, education and service.
Message from the Director
Imagine living in one of the healthiest communities in the world. This is the ambitious goal of the Center for Community Health. We are at the heart of a community-wide transformation to make Rochester a healthier place to live.
For decades, we have served a pivotal “match-making” role, connecting URMC faculty, students and staff with community partners to address community health concerns, believing that healthy behaviors are the essential underpinnings of a healthy community. Together we have launched community-based programs and services to improve access to care and encourage healthy lifestyles especially among those whose health is at greatest risk – those living in poverty, the unemployed and undereducated, and those who suffer, often in “quiet desperation.”
This 2011 Report to the Community highlights just a small sample of the many significant inroads we have made over the past decade. With a keen focus on doing what works, most of our interventions are evidence-based and/or include a community-based research component to help us discover the most effective ways to help people change and maintain healthy behaviors over the long-term.
I am proud to report that together, the URMC, CCH and our valued community partners have embraced a new model of community health improvement that gives emphasis to prevention, an approach that is critical to the future health of this community. Working together, the possibility of living in the world’s healthiest community is becoming more than just a dream, it is becoming an exciting reality.
Sincerely,
Nancy M. Bennett, MD, MS
Director, Center for Community Health
Professor of Medicine and of Community and Preventive Medicine
Associate Vice President, University of Rochester Medical Center
What's New?
Please join us for the 3rd Annual Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards to be presented on March 19, 2012
A FUN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY!
Become a HEALTHY HERO volunteer! This is a great way to meet new people, learn more about healthy eating and active play, and share your knowledge with others. For more information see our Flyer or contact Marcia Middleton at 224-3058 or
marcia_middleton@
URMC.rochester.edu.
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Community Health Mini-Grant Program
Funding for URMC Community partnerships
Online Resources
Central Line Training Module
Click here for CLABSI education module »
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