Regional Networks

Announcing the Launch of Four CCPH Regional Networks
Promoting Health Through Partnerships Between Communities and Higher Educational Institutions

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) builds the capacity of communities and higher educational institutions to develop and sustain partnerships that improve health. As a growing network of over 1000 communities and campuses, CCPH members are collaborating to promote health through service-learning, community-based participatory research, coalitions and other partnership strategies. These partnerships are powerful tools for improving health professional education, civic responsibility and the overall health of communities.

Since its inception in 1996, CCPH’s programs, products and activities have primarily been aimed at the national level. “We have been very pleased by our success as a national organization promoting health through partnerships across the country and increasingly the world. We have gained the reputation of being the leader in advancing community-campus partnership strategies within the health professions,” notes Sarena D. Seifer, CCPH’s Executive Director. “Yet, to fully involve and respond to all of the key stakeholders in community-campus partnerships, we must also be able to work at a regional level, closer to where the action is. The development of CCPH Regional Networks will expand our reach and elevate the role of students and community leaders in this vital work.”

Starting in January 2003, CCPH launched four Regional Networks as a strategy for advancing its mission and providing greater value to its members. The CCPH Regional Networks are intended to support and invigorate local community-campus partnerships through such activities as convening meetings, facilitating information exchange, providing opportunities for professional development, and expanding membership. The Networks serve as the “eyes, ears, and voice” of community-campus partnerships at all levels, assuring that key national information is disseminated at the local level and local concerns are raised to the national level. In this initial phase, the four Regional Networks are a starting point for a sustained strategy of Regional Network development across the country.

The inaugural CCPH Regional Networks listed in alphabetical order are:

• Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex CCPH Regional Network
• Metro DC CCPH Regional Network
• New England CCPH Regional Network
• Northeast Pennsylvania CCPH Regional Network

The CCPH Regional Networks are supported in part by a grant from the federal Corporation for National and Community Service, Learn and Serve America: Higher Education.