Center for Community Health and Development

Center for Community Health and Development

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The mission of the KU Center for Community Health and Development (CCHD) is to promote community health and development through collaborative research, teaching and public service. Established in 1975, the KU CCHD joined the Life Span Institute as a distinct center in 1990. The CCHD has developed widely used capabilities for community-based participatory research (including its Community Check Box Evaluation System) and for building capacity for community work (including the Community Tool Box). Recognition of these capabilities led to an official designation in 2004 as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre.

Visit the Center for Community Health and Development Website

communityhealth.ku.edu

Current Projects

Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
Preparing Community Health Ambassadors as Change Agents in Creating Healthier Settings in Wyandotte County, Kansas
The effect of built and social environments on childhood obesity and racial/ethnic disparities in the national Healthy Communities Study
Preventing Youth Violence by Addressing Social Determinants Through the KC Youth Violence Prevention Project
Evaluation of the Healthy Schools Healthy Communities Initiative
Building Capacity for Developing, Implementing, and Evaluation the Family Health and Wellness Coalition's Community Health Improvement Plan for Social, Environmental, and Behavioral Change
Wyandotte County Community Health Improvement Plan
Rehabilitation and Research and Training Center on Promoting Interventions for Community Living
Behavioral Health Data Collection, Analysis, and Evaluation

News

Largest study of its kind gauges community efforts to combat childhood obesity, a key risk factor for later chronic disease ( )
KU experts publish new guide for making homes visitable by wheelchair users ( )
Health for the 21st Century Summit ( )
Amid shifting demographics, researchers strive to boost well-being for Wyandotte County with community health plan ( )
Bob Dole makes gift to KU disabilities center ( )

Jerry Schultz, Ph.D.
Co-Director
Stephen Fawcett, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor
Vicki L. Collie-Akers, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Health Promotion
Jomella Watson-Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Community Participation and Research
Christina Holt
Associate Director for Community Tool Box Services
Research Assistant,
Research Assistant,
Senior Research Assistant,
Senior Research Assistant,
Community Mobilizer/Research Assistant,
Administrative Assistant ,
Technology Project Coordinator,
Senior Research Assistant,

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