Community Partnerships
Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness (LMPHW)
http://www.louisvilleky.gov/Health/
Collaborative activities with LMPHW span a wide spectrum including training, education, public events, research, student activities and staff support. Regular interactions among SPHIS personnel and LMPHW continue to yield innovative approaches to public health and garners local and national attention.
Center for Health Equity (CHE)
http://www.louisvilleky.gov/Health/equity/
Collaboration with the Center for Health Equity, ensure that faculty and students have opportunities for addressing public health issues through an equity lens. The CHE was stablished in June 2006 by Dr. Adewale Troutman, director of the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness.
Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA)
The KHA has been a strong and essential partner for the school. Through this partnership statewide initiatives have been formed in the areas of infection prevention and emergency preparedness. These activities have resulted in national attention and improved outcomes for patients and healthcare response systems. Additionally, this partnership has led to research projects that benefit all Kentuckians.
Kentucky Psychological Association (KPA)
http://www.kpa.org/
The KPA is an umbrella organization of psychologists that provides education and advocacy for mental health professionals. Shared activities with KPA and SPHIS include training in disaster mental health, public health education about mental health, training in health and mental health advocacy, and the coordination of the commonwealth's Disaster Response Network, an American Psychological Association directive that maintains licensed, volunteer psychologists who support disaster response efforts.
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
APIC, a national professional organization, has partnered with SPHIS faculty for training, education, research and publication. This organization represents the more than 12,000 Infection Preventionists practicing in the US and abroad. Capturing trends in the field and providing assistance with development of products and services for the organization has been the basis for an active partnership.
Kentuckiana Chapter of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
http://www.apic-ky.org/apicky/
Infection Preventionists from healthcare facilities, healthcare settings and public health across Central Kentucky and Southern Indiana gather as part of an educational and practice network with the focus being prevention of healthcare-associated infection. Faculty work with this group on collaborative training and research activities that impact patient and healthcare worker outcomes.
Presbyterian Community Center (PCC)
The Smoketown/Shelby Park neighborhood provides many of its services to the community through the Presbyterian Community Center (PCC). PCC and the Harambe Clinic have provided opportunities to students in SPHIS to get hands-on experience in the Community Based Participatory Research and the Culture and Public Health courses. In addition, we provide ongoing consultation as the neighborhoods continue to grow and transform.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Louisville Affiliate
http://www.komenlouisville.org
Susan G. Komen for the Cure is a national organization that provides funding for research and the detection and treatment of breast cancer through fundraising and grant making. Faculty and students have provided professional and volunteer services in the development of the 2009 Community Profile of its 8-county affiliate area and in the Race for the Cure and the Pink Tie Ball, its major fund raising activities and in the review of community grants.
YMCA Pioneering Healthy Communities
http://www.ymca.net/activateamerica/activate_america_leadership.html
The YMCA Pioneering Health Communities Committee provides funding and oversight activities that improve access to fruits and vegetables as well as increasing physical activity in schools. Students in SPHIS as well as faculty have been involved in projects to evaluate these activities.
For more information on these projects contact the Department for Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences at sphhpbs@lousiville.edu.
