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The Section of Community and Social Medicine seeks to develop and evaluate interventions to reduce the chronic disease burden born by minority communities and the medically underserved. Chronic disease targets are those that are in excess prevalence in disadvantaged populations, including diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular diseases and depression. The community-based participatory research model features partnering with community members who contribute expertise at all steps in the research process, resulting in shared ownership and sustainable changes. Interventions will progress to the ultimate goal of jointly targeting the individual, the community, the culture and the health care system.
The Mission of the Section of Community and Social Medicine is:
- To develop educational programs in pre-doctoral, postdoctoral, and continuing medical education, to advance concepts of community medicine and to promote the value of voluntary community service.
- To collaborate with medically underserved communities to improve access to health care through assistance with needs assessment, program development and evaluation.
- Conduct research in how issues of race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, language and culture impact health values, use of health services, and health outcomes.
- Foster and evaluate innovative collaborative approaches to health care delivery, including:
- Interdisciplinary teams
- Community health workers / Promotoras
- Use of Internet technology
- Peer education
Section Director
Steven K. Rothschild, MD
Faculty
Claudia Baier, MPH, Conjoint Assistant Professor
Maynard Cohen, MD, Emeritus
Edward J Eckenfels, Emeritus
Stan Lapidos, MS, Conjoint Instructor
Thomas Madden, MD Emeritus
Molly Martin, MD, Assistant Professor
Cheryl Rucker- Whitaker, MD, Associate Professor
Laura Sadowski
Doris Vidaver-Cohen, PhD
Steven Whitman, PhD, Conjoint Assistant Professor
Don Zeigler, PhD
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