CPHHPR Mission  

The Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research (CPHHPR) is committed to improving the health and well being of the residents of Long island through public health policy analysis and rigorous public health research on the most critical public health issues facing the Long Island community today.  CPHHPR was created in January 2006 through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the GPPH and the Suffolk County Department of Health Services (SCDHS). GPPH's expertise in public health research in combination with SCDHS's access to key leaders from Suffolk, Nassau and Queens Counties, demonstrates the capacity to promote population health analysis on issues of significance to Long Island, its residents, and health care providers.

CPHHPR maintains an academic environment where objectives and unbiased policy analysis can be conducted.  The goal of the CPHHPR is to be a self-sustaining entity, funding its operations and staff through its research grants support.

The CPHHPR strives to bridge the gap between public health and health policy research, and the health needs of the community. This is accomplished by working directly with communities to gain greater understanding of community health issues. In doing so, CPHHPR assists communities in developing preventionand intervention programs and policies that address these needs.

CPHHPR Objectives

1. Provide infrastructure for community-based research
2. Conduct community health research
3. Continuous improvement of community health
4. Reduce health disparities on Long Island
5. Community coalition building
6. Forge research partnerships

CPHHPR in the Community

The Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research has sponsored three Mini-Summits on Minority Health!

• Summit One: July 25th, 2007 Founding Summit and Coalition Meeting: Race, Class, and Public Health 
• Summit Two: October 10th, 2007 Community-Based Participatory Research
• Summit Three: February 28th, 2008 Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Suffolk County Minority Health Coalition: The Power of Partnerships    

CPHHPR Partner Links

The CPHHPR has partnered with The Witness Project (R) of Long Island, a culturally competent health education and outreach program to increase community awareness about breast cancer within Suffolk County's African American population. (Click Here for The Witness Project Website!)

News 

	Save the date. The Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research will host the Think Tank for African American Progress on Long Island in the Spring 2009...stay tuned
	The Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research presented at the American Public Health Association meetings. Congratulations, Susan Darlow, Owen Pyke, Jamie Romeiser, Melody Goodman, and Jewel Stafford.  CLICK HERE for pictures!
	The Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research in collaboration with Literacy Suffolk, Inc. has received a National Institutes of Health Partners in Research grant entitled Community Alliance for Research Empowering Social Change (CARES). CARES will consist of an interdisciplinary team of researchers, community based organizations and community members working together to improve minority health outcomes through evidence based public health. To this end, we are cordially inviting you to participate in guiding the research conducted in your community. No one knows or understands a community better than those that live there. CLICK HERE for the CARES application form! For questions and answers about CARES CLICK HERE!
	The Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research and the Suffolk County Minority Health Action Coalition are excited to invite you to The Suffolk County Minority Health Summit on October 20, 2008 at the Islandia Marriott in Hauppauge, NY from 9 AM - 5 PM.  CLICK HERE to register!
	Graduation 2008:  Dr. Melody Goodman, Director of the Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research, was honored to be this year's keynote speaker for the Honors College Commencement at Stony Brook University. For a copy of her speech, CLICK HERE!
	Summit One: Stony Brook University Press Release
	Summit Three: Suffolk and SBU join forces to fix health disparities (Long Island Business News)

CPHHPR Contact Information

For more information, please contact the Center at CPHHPR@gmail.com  or at 631-444-1625

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