Search Results: MCH Organizations

Annotation: The Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1996 to foster health-promoting partnerships between communities and educational institutions. It identifies students, institutional leaders, and community leaders as equal constituencies and serves as a bridge between government and foundation-sponsored initiatives in community-oriented health professions education. CCPH has an online newsletter, Partnership Matters; a mentor network that provides training and technical assistance; other training opportunities; and awards for exemplary partnerships.

Keywords: Collaboration, Community based services, Health occupations, Health personnel, Model programs, Public private partnerships, Training, Universities

Annotation: The Hilltop Institute (formerly the Center for Health Program Development and Management at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County) works with government agencies, foundations, and nonprofit organizations at the national, regional, and local levels to improve the health and social outcomes of vulnerable populations. With expertise in Medicaid and access to care, the Institute (1) analyzes and recommends Medicaid payment systems and rates; (2) supports community health improvement through analysis and technical assistance.; (3) analyzes federal, state and local health care policies to optimize access to services, quality of care, provider performance, and purchaser value; and (4) develops implements, and evaluates new delivery and financing models for publicly funded health care systems.

Keywords: Access to health care, Minority groups, Research, Universities

Annotation: The Morgan State University School of Community Health and Policy received accreditation in 2005 and is the first doctorate-granting, urban practice-based public health program at a Historically Black College or University. The school comprises the Public Health Program, the Prevention Sciences Research Center, and the undergraduate Food and Nutrition Program and provides students with the opportunity to learn community-based participatory research meethods and critical analytic skills, applied to practice in urban and underserved settings, with a focus on adressing racial and ethnic health disparities.

Keywords: Public health schools, Historically black colleges and universities

Keywords: Universities

Annotation: The Oregon Health & Science University is a public academic health center with a system of hospitals and clinics across Oregon and southwest Washington; it is also an institution of higher learning with schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry and public health, and a research hub. The Center for Health Systems Effectiveness has the mission to provide the analyses, evidence, and economic expertise to build a better and more sustainable healthcare system.

Keywords: Medical research, Medical schools, Oregon, State agencies, Universities, Washington

Annotation: Project Health is a collaboration of undergraduate volunteers, physicians, and community leaders that provides services to children and families in Boston, New York, Providence, R.I., and Washington, D.C. Students design and implement programs for low-income children to interrupt the link between poverty and poor health, including hospital-based advocacy programs and community-based afterschool programs. Examples of programs include family help desks, resource centers, asthma swimming programs, and sports and nutrition programs.

Keywords: Adolescent health programs, Child health programs, Collaboration, College students, Community programs, Universities, Volunteers

Annotation: The UNC Center for Maternal and Infant health aims to improve the health of North Carolina's women and infants. The Center focuses on helping patients with high-risk pregnancies and families with medically fragile infants to navigate a complex health care system, working with them to make sure they are receiving the best care and support available. An A-Z list of fact sheets for women and families is available on the website, along with links to resources for professions.

Keywords: Child health, Maternal health, Professional education, Public health, Schools of public health, Universities

Annotation: The Department of Maternal and Child Health is committed to improving the health of women, children, and their families. Its mission is to integrate its teaching, research, technical assistance, and consultation programs to promote and improve the health status of specific, vulnerable population groups – women in their reproductive years, children (including those with special needs), and their families in domestic and international settings. Health is defined in the broadest sense, to include physical, political, economic, cultural, and psychosocial factors. The department addresses critical health problems, such as perinatal and infant mortality, child health policy, maternal and child nutrition, child and adolescent health promotion, and violence in the lives of women and children.

Keywords: Child health, Maternal health, Professional education, Public health, Schools of public health, Universities