About Us
Vision:
The CHC serves as a hub for partnerships supporting research, education and outreach to enhance the health of individuals and communities locally, regionally and globally.
Mission:
The CHC operates under three pillars by providing education, community engagement, and research in support of healthy people in healthy places. Through these pillars, CHC will advance meaningful place-based community health strategies that are holistic, sustainable and just.
Values:
The CHC is committed to:
- Building community capacity to support healthy, sustainable environments and healthy behavior choices
- Equipping students with the skills to develop and implement innovative health behavior change programs grounded in science and evidence-based practice
- Supporting transdisciplinary collaboration between PSU’s clusters and community partners
- Ethical principles & practices, including health equity, professionalism, humility, diversity, communication, and community engagement within a social justice framework
- Policy development through application of empirical research findings and evidence-based practice
Goals:
- Establish an advisory board that is made up of community partners, faculty and students that inform all three pillars at each stage
- Establish a group of affiliate faculty for collaborative research and projects
- Engage students in skill building through coursework, opportunities to conduct research and project implementation
- Provide leadership, consultation, and organizing to community-based efforts to build health for all
- Integrate ethical principles & practices into all CHC efforts
- Secure external funding for Center efforts