OUR STORY

We are a group of academic and community partners who work together to produce high-quality, relevant publications.

Our community partners are actively involved in the creation of manuscripts, serving as co-authors and contributors. 

R: Rochester

RHCP began in 2004 as a partnership between community organizations in Rochester, Minnesota and researchers at Mayo Clinic to address health concerns of the community.

H: Healthy

Our primary aim is to improve the health of our community through community-based participatory research, education and civic engagement.

MISSION

To promote health and well-being among the Rochester, MN population through community-based participatory research, education and civic engagement to achieve good health for all.

OUR START

Every day we all make choices, but rarely does a simple choice have ramifications that last twenty years and affect hundreds of people…

• We value and respect diverse cultures, experience, and expertise.

• We have shared values.

• We maintain confidentiality.

• We have clear and common goals.

• We maintain a sense of humor.

• We foster effective leadership.

• We have a defined decision making process (majority).

• We have a process for conflict management and resolution.

• We encourage equitable involvement.

• We maintain an atmosphere of trust.

• We are committed to CBPR principles.

• We have a defined agenda.

• We prepare for meetings.

• We share food at meetings.

• We review and approve minutes in a timely fashion.

• We agree on the timing, frequency and location of meetings.

• We encourage communication between members.

• We strive to begin and end meetings on time.

• We have established a welcoming environment.

• We address each other by first name.

• We work in small groups.

• We are informal.

• We maintain a spirit of openness.

• Alliance of Chicanos, Hispanics, and Latin Americans

• Boys & Girls Club of Rochester

• Cambodian Association of Rochester Minnesota

• Cambodian American Partnership of Minnesota

• Co-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Church

• Community Health Service Inc – Rochester

• Divanyx Event Center and Photography

• Hawthorne Education Center

• Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association

• Hennepin Healthcare

• Ethiopian Community in Rochester Minnesota

• Fostering African-American Improvement in Total Health

• Luther College

• Mayo Clinic

• Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

• Mountain Park Health Center

• Multicultural Learning Center

• New Faces of America

• New Sudan American Hope

• Olmsted County Public Health Services

• Olmsted Medical Center

• Pamoja Women

• Rochester Area Family Y

• Rochester Buddhist Temple

• Rochester Cambodian Church of the Nazarene

• Rochester Community and Technical College

• Rochester Public Library

• Rochester Public Schools

• Rochester Ready

• Somali American Social Service Association

• Somali Community Resettlement Services

• StoryCenter

• Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation

• The Center Clinic

• The Church of St Francis of Assisi

• University of Minnesota Rochester

• University of Minnesota Extension

• University of Mississippi Medical Center

• University of New Mexico

• Vision Church

• Winona State University