Community-Based Public Health
Community-Based Public Health work is designed to create broad and sustainable efforts to reduce disparities in health by increasing the capacity of the public health system to serve communities and address the broad social determinants of health.
Within this area, partnerships between public health departments and community groups have been formed to jointly identify local health issues, develop intervention strategies, and mobilize action and resources to promote community health. Building from the early successes of the partnerships, community-based public health work will focus on improving the understanding of public health; creating local, state and national policies that support community-based public health; and increasing collaborative activities between communities and public health departments to address health disparities.
Public Health Reports of Interest
The Partnership for the Public’s Health (PPH) was a $37 million, five-year initiative funded by the California Endowment to develop partnerships between California communities and local health departments. This executive summary, prepared by the Center for Community Health, examines the PPH initiative’s readiness of communities for forming coalitions, sustaining activity and relationships and achieving measurable objectives.
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The Partnership for the Public’s Health (PPH) was a $37 million, five-year initiative funded by the California Endowment to develop partnerships between California communities and local health departments. This report identifies several dimensions in which PPH health departments provide valuable lessons regarding the core capacities needed to improve community health.
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