Improving the health of underserved populations through proven methods and new ideas

Rochester Healthy Community Partnership (RHCP) is a community-academic partnership with a mission to promote health and well-being of the community through community-based participatory research (CBPR), education and civic engagement to achieve health equity.

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Community and academic partners work together to plan, implement, and evaluate projects across a broad range of health topics.

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Publications

Community and academic partners co-author publications aimed at increasing understanding, awareness, and effective practices to improve health.

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Achievements

By working and learning together, we are able to accomplish more than we can on our own.

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Thank you to our partners for all of their support. We invite you to join us in improving the health of our community.

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Social Network Analysis

Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) receive fewer recommended preventive cancer screenings than English-speaking patients.

Closing the Gap

Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) receive fewer recommended preventive cancer screenings than English-speaking patients.

Stories for Change (S4C)

Racial and ethnic minorities in the United States, including immigrants and refugees, have higher rates of diabetes, and worse outcomes than the general population.

Healthy Immigrant Community

While immigrant and refugee populations arrive to the United States healthier than the general population, these advantages disappear over time, partly due to adoption of unhealthy dietary behaviors.

Healthy Immigrant Families (completed)

Immigrants and refugees arrive to the United States healthier than the general population.

Let’s Talk about TB (completed)

More than half of active tuberculosis (TB) cases in the United States occur in foreign-born individuals; the majority of these cases are attributable to reactivation of latent TB infection (LTBI).

Let’s Talk (completed)

Healthy literacy influences health behaviors and health outcomes. It is estimated that close to half of the adult United States population is functionally illiterate when it comes to health.

Club Fit

Childhood obesity is a public health epidemic that has been increasing at alarming rates in the United States.

Positive Loser (completed)

Immigrants and refugees to the United States have physical activity levels and dietary behaviors that are less healthy than the non-immigrant majority.

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Rochester, Minnesota

Improving the health of underserved populations through proven methods and new ideas

Projects

Publications

Achievements

Some of Our Partners

Most Recent Projects

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