Lourdes Center for Public Health
Recognizing the import role that public health and population-based methodologies can play in effective health promotion and disease prevention, the Lourdes Health System established the Lourdes Center for Public Health to engage in public health studies and activities in the communities served by those New Jersey hospitals that are members of Catholic Health East. With its particular commitment to urban health and vulnerable populations, the Center plays a critical role in evaluating the delivery of primary care in Camden, Trenton, and Newark - the three major cities served by Catholic Health East New Jersey.
CHE hospitals take seriously the call to "be a transforming, healing presence within the diverse communities in which we live and serve." By engaging stakeholders in community-based participatory research, the Center helps the hospitals and the communities they serve address critical public health challenges. In addition to building our communities' capacity to be healthy, the portfolio of research generated by the Center's work will provide a model for other hospitals and communities.
The Center partners with community organizations and with regional academic institutions in projects of applied public health practice. By engaging the academic community and graduate-level public health students in research, the Center addresses public health concerns and encourages and equips future generations to become involved.
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In this forum, students share their experiences while engaged in projects for the Center for Public Health.
