UC San Diego Center For Community Health

About Promoting health equity in the community through education, research, service and training Who We Are The Center for Community Health is a multidisciplinary group of professional physicians, researchers, evaluators and public health and community outreach educators. We are dedicated to promoting evidence-based health practices at a community level. How We Work Our Center promotes optimal health in all populations through interventions that target chronic disease and obesity prevention. Education Translation of clinical research to public health policy and services into community-based outreach initiatives through education. Research and Evaluation Social, environmental and biological determinants of childhood obesity and chronic disease. Service Collective impact framework and multi-sector approach to promoting healthy communities locally, state-wide, nationally and internationally. Training In-person and web-based training and technical assistance on a wide range of health equity topics.