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University of Cincinnati College of Medicine first-year medical students will participate in a Physician and Society course that is designed to provide an opportunity for students to learn more about the social determinants of health of the Greater Cincinnati neighborhoods, and explore the roles of the physician, teams and community in improving health. The main goal for students is to gain knowledge on social determinants of health of patients and communities, by working collaboratively throughout the year with a local community organization.
Our community partners for this Service-Learning experience represent our community’s public health and social service safety-net providers. In service-learning, the goal is to not only meet the community partner’s objectives but the students’ learning objectives as well. To achieve this, each student group project may look different based on the needs of the community/community partner. Some projects may be more program assessment /exploring a question while others may be more program implementation. The goal is that the student partnerships with the community will build capacity from year to year and offer opportunities for sustainability so that students and community partners can build on their work within the community.There are fifteen community partners for students to choose from, some of which are more closely tied to the neighborhood they are in, and some that serve the broader community. The groups work with their chosen community partner to implement a program improvement or health promotion intervention.
Student’s begin collaborating with a community partner during the introductory block each August and work in conjunction with them throughout the academic year. During the fall semester, students engage in opportunities to learn more about their community partner and the communities they serve in order to develop community focused projects. During the spring semester, students collaborate more intimately with their community partner and community members to implement their project idea and provide suggestions for a health improvement or intervention. The Physician and Society M1 course concludes a special day on site where students share their experiences and final projects with the UCCOM broader community and community partners.
Brighton Center wraps a community of support around individuals and families by tackling the issues that prevent people from becoming self-sufficient, removing the barriers they face, and creating hope so that goals can be achieved and dreams realized. From our modest beginnings in 1966, we have grown to provide a wide range of programs and services which include meeting basic needs, adult and early childhood education, workforce development, substance abuse recovery for women, affordable housing, financial education and counseling, youth services, and neighborhood-based programs. Students working with the Brighton Center will work with their Scholar House program, which is a comprehensive self-sufficiency program for single-parent families that provides affordable housing, child development services, and case management support as they pursue a degree in higher education.
Brighton Center
Since 1826, the Cincinnati Health Department (CHD) has been committed to protecting and improving the health of the people of Cincinnati. As a nationally recognized leader in public health, CHD advocates for responsive health and human services that promote healthy living environments and social well-being, as well as works to reduce health inequities such as poverty and unemployment.CHD has a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) designation status and serves over 40,000 patients annually. CHD operates seven Primary Care Health Centers, one free-standing dental center, one free-standing vision and dental center and thirteen School-Based Health Centers.
Cincinnati Health Department
For more than 46 years, PWC has been strengthening our communities by providing critical home repairs, energy conservation, and accessibility modification services in an effort to help residents remain independent and healthy in their homes. PWC proudly performs more than 8,000 services for eligible homeowners each year, whose typical income is just $14,000 a year. Often, these individuals face challenges due to illness, disability, job loss or other circumstances.
People Working Cooperatively
Cooking for the Family is a 5-week program held in the kitchen classroom at the St. Anthony Center. Participants learn 8 basic cooking skills and techniques utilizing fresh seasonal vegetables. As each student builds knowledge and confidence to cook more at home, the whole family gets involved in daily meal preparation.
Saint Francis Seraph Ministries
Since 1961, Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses (Neighborhood House) has been serving Cincinnati’s West End Community as a social services resource and community gathering space. The Neighborhood House is located in an 18,000 square foot building. It is the safe-haven and second home for approximately 2,500 – 3,000 at-risk children, teens, families, seniors, and disadvantaged citizens annually.
Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses
Thirteen member churches, from six Cincinnati-area communities, support CAIN with board members, financial help, and volunteers. For 10 consecutive years, CAIN has been highly ranked and received the Top-Rated Award designation from Great Nonprofits, based on reviews from guests, volunteers, donors and other stakeholders. In 1993, CAIN’s pantry served 70 families each month and more than 350 families monthly in 2018. Grace Place welcomed 58 families (65 adults and 97 children) in 2018 and Phil’s Place served over 5000 hot meals.
Churches Active in Northside
Hamilton County Public Health educates, serves and protects our community for a healthier future. Hamilton County Public Health serves more than 497,000 Hamilton County residents living outside the cities of Cincinnati, Norwood and Springdale. With a staff of more than 100, including Environmental Health Specialists, plumbers, health educators, nurses and epidemiologists, Hamilton County Public Health strives to prevent disease and injury, promote wellness, and protect people from environmental hazards.
Hamilton County Public Health Department
The Community Learning Center Institute leads the ongoing engagement of the Greater Cincinnati community in the development of all schools as community learning centers, each with a set of financially self-sustaining, co-located community partnerships responsive to the vision and needs of each school and its neighborhood.
Community Learning Center Institute- Saylor Park
Our Daily Bread is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs of Cincinnati residents and those who frequent the area. Every person in the Greater Cincinnati community has sufficient access to food, essential social services and a safe place of belonging.To provide stability and hope to guests in need by offering meals, hospitality and services in a safe, respectful environment, located in Over the Rhine.
Our Daily Bread
Our mission is to give honor to Jesus Christ by providing accessible, comprehensive health care in partnership with our patients and community leading to healthy, changed lives.
Crossroad Health Center
Every day, we provide shelter, safety and nourishment to 210 homeless men and women who otherwise would go without. Through our two gender-based, low-barrier shelters, we empower residents with holistic case management, health and employment services – while helping them to secure permanent housing.
Shelterhouse
The Su Casa Hispanic Center, a program of Catholic Charities of Southwestern Ohio, serves the Hispanic/Latino individuals who are seeking a better life for themselves and their families. Su Casa is the primary provider of social, educational, language, employment and health care services to the Hispanic/Latino community in Greater Cincinnati. Su Casa strives to become the place where Latino/Hispanic individuals connect with their culture and develop ways to live healthy and fulfilled lives in the United States. We have an established reputation and a dedicated and professional team of professionals trusted throughout the community.
Su Casa Hispanic Center
St. Joseph Home is a Cincinnati based nonprofit that provides much needed support systems for people with complex disabilities and their families. All of our disability services focus on top-level medical care while helping individuals discover and use their gift, talents and dreams.
Saint Joseph Home
The Equitas Health Cincinnati Medical Center & Pharmacy, located in the Walnut Hills neighborhood, offers primary care, trans health, specialty HIV care, HIV/STI testing and treatment, psychiatry, counseling, and community pharmacy services all under one roof.
Equitas
Brighton Center wraps a community of support around individuals and families by tackling the issues that prevent people from becoming self-sufficient, removing the barriers they face, and creating hope so that goals can be achieved and dreams realized. From our modest beginnings in 1966, we have grown to provide a wide range of programs and services which include meeting basic needs, adult and early childhood education, workforce development, substance abuse recovery for women, affordable housing, financial education and counseling, youth services, and neighborhood based programs. Students working with the Brighton Center will work with their Scholar House program, which is a comprehensive self-sufficiency program for single parent families that provides affordable housing, child development services, and case management support as they pursue a degree in higher education.
Cincinnati Homeless CoalitionThe Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition is a unified social action agency, fully committed to its ultimate goal: the eradication of homelessness with respect for the dignity and diversity of its membership, people experiencing homelessness and the community. Our Coalition works towards this goal by coordinating services, educating the public, and engaging in grassroots organizing and advocacy.
Cincinnati Homeless Coalition
Cincinnati Health Department (CHD)Since 1826, the Cincinnati Health Department (CHD) has been committed to protecting and improving the health of the people of Cincinnati. As a nationally recognized leader in public health, CHD advocates for responsive health and human services that promote healthy living environments and social well-being, as well as works to reduce health inequities such as poverty and unemployment.
CHD has a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) designation status and serves over 40,000 patients annually. CHD operates seven Primary Care Health Centers, one free-standing dental center, one free-standing vision and dental center and thirteen School-Based Health Centers.
SFSM (St. Francis Seraph Ministries)Cooking for the Family is a 5-week program held in the kitchen classroom at the St. Anthony Center. Participants learn 8 basic cooking skills and techniques utilizing fresh seasonal vegetables. As each student builds knowledge and confidence to cook more at home, the whole family gets involved in daily meal preparation.
Anyone who comes to the Healing Center has the opportunity to seek help with whatever is going on in his or her life. As a not-for-profit organization, the Healing Center provides assistance regardless of economic circumstances, race, ethnicity, or religious affiliation. Those in need can receive help with everything from family or relationship crises to emergency food and clothing to tutoring in preparation for GED tests, financial coaching and job searches. This community agency has a higher percentage of Spanish-speaking clients and serves the community beyond its Springdale location.
The Healing Center
CAIN (Churches Active in Northside)Thirteen member churches, from six Cincinnati-area communities, support CAIN with board members, financial help, and volunteers. For 10 consecutive years, CAIN has been highly ranked and received the Top-Rated Award designation from Great Nonprofits, based on reviews from guests, volunteers, donors and other stakeholders. In 1993, CAIN’s pantry served 70 families each month and more than 350 families monthly in 2018. Grace Place welcomed 58 families (65 adults and 97 children) in 2018 and Phil’s Place served over 5000 hot meals.
OTRCH is a non-profit community development organization that provides a wide spectrum of affordable and supportive housing options with life-changing programs that help low-income residents in Over-the-Rhine succeed. For over four decades, OTRCH has never wavered from its commitment to: 1) Build a sustainable, diverse neighborhood that values and benefits low-income residents, 2) Create an inclusive community in this evolving historic district, and 3) Advocate on behalf of its residents. To meet this mission, OTRCH has restored 86 properties (410 housing units) and assembled a broad mix of 20+ service providers/agency partners and 800 volunteers to ensure that residents receive affordable housing along with access to health care, job services, education, faith-based services and community associations that strengthen their ability to succeed.
Over the Rhine Community Housing
Our Daily Bread is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs of Cincinnati residents and those who frequent the area. Every person in the Greater Cincinnati community has sufficient access to food, essential social services and a safe place of belonging. To provide stability and hope to guests in need by offering meals, hospitality and services in a safe, respectful environment, located in Over the Rhine.
Crossroad Health CenterOur mission is to give honor to Jesus Christ by providing accessible, comprehensive health care in partnership with our patients and community leading to healthy, changed lives.
Shelterhouse. The David and Rebecca Barron Center for Men, Esther Marie Hatton Center for WomenEvery day, we provide shelter, safety and nourishment to 210 homeless men and women who otherwise would go without. Through our two gender-based, low-barrier shelters, we empower residents with holistic case management, health and employment services – while helping them to secure permanent housing.
St. Joseph HomeSt. Joseph Home is a Cincinnati based nonprofit that provides much needed support systems for people with complex disabilities and their families. All of our disability services focus on top-level medical care while helping individuals discover and use their gift, talents and dreams.
EquitasThe Equitas Health Cincinnati Medical Center & Pharmacy, located in the Walnut Hills neighborhood, offers primary care, trans health, specialty HIV care, HIV/STI testing and treatment, psychiatry, counseling, and community pharmacy services all under one roof.
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Medical Sciences Building Room G453 - G456231 Albert Sabin WayPO Box 670520Cincinnati, OH 45267-0520
Mail Location: 0520Phone: 513-558-1795Fax: 513-558-4949