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	Community and Social Medicine


Community and Social Medicine 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 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. Faculty and Staff Faculty Elzabeth Lynch, PhD, Assistant Professor Molly Martin, MD, Assistant Professor Steven K. Rothschild, MD, Associate Professor Stan Lapidos, MS, Conjoint Instructor Staff Elsa Arteaga, Research Assistant Jessie Beebe, BA, Research Assistant Gwen Brown, Research Assistant Magdalena Nava, Research Assistant Princess Thompson, Research Assistant Walter Washington, BS, Project Director Rebecca Liebman, MPH, Project Director

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