The mission of the UCLA Semel Institute Center for Community Health (CCH) is to advance the understanding of and to improve the health, development, and quality of life for children and adults in high-risk situations.


To conduct research that informs public policy for improving the welfare of children and adults in high-risk situations. To increase society's acceptance of marginalized persons.

Integrity Rewarding Community
Productivity Contributing Challenging



CCH conducts research that crosses three significant areas impacting children and adults in high-risk situations: HIV, mental health, and chronic illness. CCH projects aim to develop and test interventions that support health promotion and to identify and describe health disparities that exist across different communities. Click on the Research Programs link to the left to learn more.


The work conducted at CCH benefits from a multidisciplinary approach provided by a diverse mix of investigators from clinical psychology, biostatistics, psychiatry, sociology, social work, public policy, epidemiology, urban planning, and educational psychology.

CCH benefits from a number of strong partnerships with community-based organizations. By collaborating on research projects and providing technical assistance, the Center has forged bonds of cooperation that help our faculty carry out their research and health missions.

 
The following is a partial list of community-based organizations that CCH has collaborated with on past projects:

1736 Family Crisis Center
Afflerbaugh Camp & Afflerbaugh-Page Camp School
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
AIDS Project Los Angeles
AltaMed Health Service Corporation
Angel’s Flight
Atlantic Recovery Services
Augustus Hawkins Mental Health Center
Bay Area Young Positives
Bridge Focus
Burbank Outreach Center
CASA Youth Shelter
Casa Libre
Cesar Chavez CDS
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
China CDC
China Anhui CDC
China Fujian CDC
China Yunnan CDC
Common Ground
Covenant House
Curtis Tucker Health Center
Department of Health Services, STD Program
DCFS - Street Outreach Services
Desert AIDS Project
Dolores Mission
Dorothy Kirby School
East Bay AIDS Center
East LA PAU
Eastern PAU
El Projecto del Barrio
Girls and Boys Town of Long Beach
Glass
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Hollywood Mental Health Center
Hubert Humphrey Comprehensive Health Center
Intercommunity Child Guidance Center
JCCS
Jeff Griffith Youth Center
Joveness
Karl Holton School
Katwe Youth Development Association

LA CARE
L.A. Shanti
Los Angeles County Office of AIDS Programs and Policy
Los Angeles County Office of Probation
Los Angeles County Office of Probation Camp Community Transition Program
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center
Los Angeles Superior Court, Juvenile Division
Los Angeles Youth Network
Mengo Youth Development Link
Miller Children’s Hospital
The Mothers’ Programmes
Mujeres y Hombres
My Friend’s Place
North East Valley Health Center
PATH Access Center
RAND Schrader Health & Research Center/LAC+USC Med Center
Safehouse
Santa Clarita PAU
Santa Monica West Community Mental Health Center
Skid Row Mental Health Services
Southwest PAU
TASO Mulago Hospital, Uganda
Teen Canteen
T.H.E. Clinic
Thai Ministry of Public Health
The Way In
Tri-Community Alternative Education Center
UCLA ISAP/Friends Research Institute
UCLA Live
Uganda AIDS Commission
Uganda National Council of Science and Technology
Uganda Youth Development Link
USC Information Science Institute
Venice Family Clinic
Whittier First Day
Whittier Rio Honda AIDS Project
Women at Risk
Women’s Care Center
YMCA of Glendale

A primary component of CCH is the Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS), an HIV core support research center funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. CHIPTS is a partnership of UCLA, Charles R. Drew University, RAND, and CSULB that facilitates science, supports community and investigator partnerships, and disseminates research findings.

 

 

 

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