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Our Work
We partner with communities to understand and address critical health equity issues.
Support and inform community efforts to address healthy equity issues
Strengthen capacity of community organizations to partner in health equity research and practice
Translate scientific findings and information for community use
Sample Activities:
We are a multi-disciplinary team pursuing original research on emerging health equity issues.
Conduct local, regional, state and national health equity research
Design and implement evaluations of health equity programs and interventions in local, regional and national settings
Conduct translational, operational and implementation research to improve service delivery
Improve diversity in research participation
Sample Activities:
We create multimedia communication tools that speak the voices of communities and inspire change for health equity.
Teach Documentary for Health & Social Justice -- an interdisciplinary course that provides students the unique opportunity to work in partnership with community-based organizations to create short documentary films that educate and advocate for change.
Develop materials that effectively communicate about critical health equity issues
Improve health literacy
Sample Activities:
We provide support to faculty and students across the SF State Campus to explore health equity research and generate new approaches to understanding and addressing health equity issues.
Mentor and provide resources to faculty to foster innovative health equity research.
Provide peer review for faculty preparing health equity research proposals.
Support Affinity Groups that support the development of collaborative research among small groups of faculty from across the university.
Facilitate Affinity Groups that support the development of collaborative research. among small groups of faculty from across the universitySponsor writing retreats to give faculty the opportunity to work on health equity writing projects.
Sponsor writing retreats to give faculty the opportunity to work on health equity writing projects.
Teach graduate and undergraduate level courses on health equity related topics.
Provide opportunities for students to work on health equity research and projects.
Sample Activities:
"Great structure and consultations"
"I appreciated learning about the research interests of other people"
"The amount of work I got done in two days at the retreat would have taken a month otherwise"
"I appreciated learning about the research interests of other people"
"The amount of work I got done in two days at the retreat would have taken a month otherwise"
